Communications Surveillance Analyst - High Frequency Trading - Selby Jennings

Communications Surveillance Analyst

Quantitative Investment Manager | London

We are partnering with a leading quantitative investment manager to hire a Communications Surveillance Analyst into its London Compliance team.

This is a hands-on surveillance role suited to a junior-to-mid-level candidate who can combine day-to-day alert review and investigations with the technical capability to develop, automate and improve surveillance tools and controls.

Important: This remains a genuinely hands-on alert review position, so candidates should be comfortable maintaining responsibility for day-to-day surveillance while also helping to technically enhance the function.
Key Responsibilities

• Conduct daily reviews and investigations of electronic and voice communications alerts, including email, chat and messaging channels.
• Assess, document and escalate potential conduct concerns and surveillance findings.
• Develop and enhance surveillance alerts, scenarios, reports and controls, rather than purely reviewing existing alerts.
• Support the integration of new communications feeds and implementation of data-quality controls.
• Build reporting and MI packs to provide oversight of surveillance activity and emerging risks.
• Work closely with Compliance, Trading and Technology teams to improve surveillance processes and systems.

Key Experience Required

• 2+ years' relevant Communications Surveillance experience preferred. Exceptional candidates with around 12 months' experience may be considered where they possess particularly strong technical/Python capability.
• HFT experience is a key priority, ideally gained within a buy-side, hedge fund or quantitative trading environment.
• Hands-on experience reviewing and investigating electronic communications and voice surveillance alerts.
• Strong practical Python and data skills; SQL and experience using AI-assisted coding tools would be advantageous. Python, SQL and AI-assisted tools are also highlighted as beneficial in the underlying specification.
• Demonstrable experience building, developing or improving surveillance alerts, tools, controls or automation, rather than experience limited purely to alert review.
• Experience with data feeds, data-quality controls, custom alerts and reporting is highly advantageous.
• Global Relay experience would be beneficial.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills, with knowledge of market abuse or trade surveillance considered advantageous.