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Graduate Compliance Analyst
Our Team
This role offers a unique opportunity to sit at the intersection of global commodities trading, regulatory oversight, and market integrity. You will play a key part in protecting both the firm and wider markets through proactive surveillance, direct engagement with front‑office teams, and involvement in emerging regulatory developments. The role stands out for its breadth—hands‑on alert investigation, cross‑functional collaboration, regulatory interaction, and an advisory position supporting trading desks.
What You Will Do
A day in this role will include a diverse mix of surveillance, investigative work, advisory responsibilities, and regulatory engagement:
Trade & Communications Surveillance
1. Perform trade surveillance across multiple global commodities markets, monitoring for market abuse indicators such as spoofing/layering, wash trades, front‑running, and insider trading.
2. Conduct communications monitoring to ensure compliance with relevant regulatory expectations.
3. Own the full lifecycle of surveillance alerts: triage, investigation, escalation, and documentation.
Regulatory & Compliance Support
4. Assist in business impact assessments, regulatory change management, and implementation projects.
5. Monitor evolving legislative and regulatory developments relevant to the KAES trading business.
6. Support the firm’s FCA reporting obligations.
7. Oversee AML/KYC onboarding checks to ensure robust compliance controls.
8. Assist with responding to enquiries from Exchanges, regulators, and other external stakeholders.
Advisory & Stakeholder Engagement
9. Act as an advisory partner to front‑office trading desks.
10. Engage with traders, business support teams, counterparties, regulatory authorities, trade associations, and working groups.
11. Continuously improve and adapt surveillance frameworks as regulatory risks evolve.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
12. Demonstrated interest in commodities‑related business.
13. Educated to degree level or equivalent.
14. Strong organizational, project management, analytical, and critical‑thinking abilities.
15. Confident engaging with front‑office stakeholders in time‑sensitive environments.
What Will Put You Ahead
16. Experience performing trade and communications surveillance.
17. Experience handling regulatory enquiries.
18. Solid understanding of futures markets.
19. Ability to communicate, interact with, and challenge staff at all levels, strong teamwork skills.
20. Knowledge of regulations such as MAR, REMIT, MiFID II, and EMIR.
21. Familiarity with LME and CME market structures.
22. Understanding of the FCA Handbook.
23. Exposure to European Commodity Exchange Rulebooks.
24. Knowledge of anti‑money laundering rules.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
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