Compliance Officer - Leading Systematic Trading Firm

Our client is an advanced, global trading firm seeking a highly motivated compliance individual to join their Trading Compliance team and work closely with the current Head of Compliance. This is a fantastic opportunity to assist the Head of Compliance in building out the compliance programme and quickly add value across a diverse set of responsibilities.

• Support the Head of Trading Compliance in building and maintaining the firm’s compliance programme for a leading quantitative fund.
• Research and interpret regulatory requirements, ensuring the firm remains aligned with evolving global rules.
• Manage regulatory horizon scanning, reporting obligations and policy implementation to maintain compliance standards.
• Become involved in trade alerting/surveillance for the wider business.

• Circa 5+ years compliance experience with ideally a background in either asset/investment management, hedge fund, markets or trading firms.
• Strong attention to detail and able to manage multiple projects efficiently under tight deadlines.
• Strong communicator with collaborative mindset, capable of independent work and effective stakeholder engagement.
• Beneficial to have exposure across quantitative or systematic trading systems/environments.
• Ideally based in Stamford, Connecticut, but open to working between New York and Stamford.

Due to the high volume of applications, if you haven’t heard back from the team on this role, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful. If your profile matches any of our other opportunities, one of our consultants will be in touch.

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