Compliance Monitoring Executive - Director

Job Description

Responsibilities:The incumbent shall work to implement and perform monitoring of first level trade and order alerts across all of the banks business lines. At the same time s/he will give input for the improvement of the monitoring tools to reduce noise or false positivesand additionally s/he will contribute to the design of new monitoring strategies.

• Execute monitoring and surveillance controls that extend to the bank for conduct and market abuse risks. This includes, but it not limited to:
• Monitoring of Trades, Orders, RFQs, book and Market Data. (Daily)
• Market Soundings and Investor Feedback.
• Systems access and communications.
• Conflicts of interest.
• LIBOR submission and related communications monitoring.
• Assist, improve and help implement new monitoring controls other than those set out above.
• Follow up on any alerts identified as requiring calibration, threshold or logic changes or general improvements.

• Compile breach / incident and audit trail reports arising from monitoring activity and report the outcome to the Head of Compliance Monitoring and Surveillance.
• Create and document detailed user guides and desk top procedures ensuring all policies remain up to date.
• Contribute to the maintenance of the annual Compliance Monitoring and Surveillance book of work.
• Highlight issues to senior management regarding data input, data output and market data.
• Identify and escalate potential instances of Market Abuse, Operational risk and other market integrity issues as discovered from the alert creation process.
• Ensure the efficient escalation of any potential breaches and tracking them as appropriate.
• Ensure that the monitoring findings are accurately recorded and retrievable to provide full reporting to senior management.
• Proactively identify gaps and weaknesses in surveillance/ monitoring activity and actively seeking to address them.
• Ensure confidentiality at all times due to privileged information access.
• Maintain awareness of key regulatory updates and analysing their impact on alert development.
• Participate actively to the changes in the organisation triggered by the revamping of the monitoring platform and tools.

Periodic Reportin

• Provide periodic and ad-hoc reports and updates to the heads of Business Compliance and Business Compliance Monitoring & Surveillance.
• Create and distribute high quality reporting in accordance with the monitoring framework and deliver these reports to management as required.
• Update and provide management information as requested for local, group, head office and regulatory requests.
• Contribute toward the production and maintenance of the Annual Compliance Monitoring Plan (the Monitoring Plan), which has an obligation to meet all relevant regulatory, compliance and internal audit requirements.
• Assist with internal and external compliance reporting.

Validation Findings

• Liaise with the head of Global Business Compliance Monitoring & Surveillance in relation to monitoring and surveillance output.
• Track and follow up issues identified as a result of monitoring activity and escalate where necessary.

Ad-hoc

• Assist the Head and Deputy of Compliance Monitoring & Surveillance and the Head of Business Compliance with ad-hoc tasks, projects, investigations and regulatory thematic reviews as requested.
• Stay abreast of regulatory changes and industrial developments that may impact the bank.

Legal and Regulatory Responsibilities

• Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal Compliance requirements, including, but not limited to, the London Compliance manual and the Financial Crime Policy.
• Complete all mandatory training in a timely fashion.
• Contribute in the production and maintenance of the Annual Compliance Monitoring Plan (the Monitoring Plan) which will meet all relevant regulatory, compliance and internal requirements.
• Assist with internal and external compliance reporting.

Validation Findings

• Liaise with the head of GBC M&S in relation to monitoring and surveillance results
• Track and follow up issued identified as a result of monitoring activity and escalate when necessary.
• Share finding into transaction surveillance solutions

Skills:

• Trade Surveillance Monitoring experience
• Prior experience in eCommunications surveillance, trade surveillance, market abuse, market conduct or compliance within an investment bank
• Understanding of basic Capital market products such as FICC products, repo, Origination, Syndication, Credit and Treasury.
• Understanding of Market Abuse Regulation and the associated Alert Scenarios, but not limited to: Layering/Spoofing, Front Running, Wash Trades, Ramping, Cross Product/Venue Manipulation, Manipulation of Benchmarks.
• Solid controls development experience - streamlining processes and controls.
• Ability to review and analyse data then present results statistically in MI format.
• Proven experience of delivering high quality compliance MI reports for senior management.
• Proven experience of executing compliance reports and investigations or similar regulatory reports.
• Ability to track and document investigation until resolution.
• Proven experience of written communications with senior managers
• Ability to constructively challenge Front Office.

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