Trade Surveillance Analyst

This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office/2 days remote).

Interactive Brokers seeks Trade Surveillance Analysts for its Chicago, Illinois, office. This entry-level position has excellent growth potential for highly motivated and exceptional performers. Analysts will report to a Compliance Manager and help ensure the firm complies with the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, anti-terrorist financing, sanctions, industry anti-money laundering, and securities laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conducting account activity reviews, including trading, deposit, withdrawal, and public domain activity, to determine if the activity aligns with IBKR policy.
• Advising management by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Preparing regulatory filings.
• Contribute to streamlining current processes and identifying areas for improvement.
• Review trading data for suspicious activity or patterns of unusual trading.

The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of regulatory compliance experience working for an exchange, a regulatory organization, a broker-dealer (BD), a futures commission merchant (FCM) or a similar organization. Alternatively, experience in internal audit, legal, accounting, or other control functions of a financial services firm or regulator would be beneficial. Absent direct industry experience, we will also consider applicants with excellent bachelor-level educational credentials, some background in finance, economics, data analytics, or similar areas, and strong analytical and quantitative skills.

Qualifications, Skills, Attributes:

• Strong product knowledge of equity or exchange-traded derivative markets, or, preferably, both
• High degree of comfort and fluency with computers and technology, and understanding of how technology is applied to business and regulatory problems
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented with outstanding organizational and project management skills
• Ability to work both independently as well as in a small team environment, and to multitask with minimal supervision
• ACAMS, CFE, CFCS, Series 7, or other FINRA licenses or certifications are a plus

To be successful in this position, you will have the following:

• Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication (Verbal and written) skills.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.

Company Benefits & Perks