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About the Role

This role in the Compliance Department at Optiver in Sydney is crucial for ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and best practices by leveraging expertise and driving innovation. You will investigate unusual trading patterns, analyze large datasets, and build automation to keep markets clean.

Responsibilities

Investigate trade surveillance alerts end-to-end, reconstructing order and trade activity from market data, and reviewing related communications, to identify risk factors, potential market abuse and undesired conduct, and to establish what actually happened and why.
Analyze large sets of market and trade data using SQL, Python and AI-assisted workflows, to detect, evaluate and explain unusual trading patterns and assess potential risk.
Build and automate detection logic, tooling and data pipelines, including AI and machine-learning driven systems, that make surveillance faster, sharper and more scalable.
Leverage AI workflows and systems to investigate alerts and surface risk more effectively, and help design, build and refine those systems.
Design and test controls to detect and prevent market abuse, then measure whether they actually work.
Contribute to the execution and continuous improvement of the Compliance monitoring and surveillance framework.
Review surveillance electronic communications alerts and follow them up to resolution.
Combine technical skill with a solid understanding of the regulatory framework to keep controls fit for purpose.
Identify gaps in the surveillance framework and push improvements that mitigate the firm's biggest risks and enable growth.
Advise on and support the implementation of compliance requirements.
Build strong communication lines across functions to enhance collaboration.

Requirements

An analytical and investigative mind, with a strong eye for detail and a talent for spotting outliers and the unexpected in large, noisy datasets.
3+ years of relevant experience in trade surveillance, market abuse monitoring, or a related markets, data or compliance-technology role.
Strong sense of integrity and the ability to balance business interests with independent judgment.
Strong data skills, preferable to have hands-on experience using SQL or Python to analyze large datasets.
Experience automating analysis or building data tooling is a strong plus.
A genuine interest in using technology and data to solve problems in financial markets and trading.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
A proactive, collaborative and results-driven approach to work.
A supportive team player with a positive outlook and the ability to build strong relationships.
Ability to focus and maintain high-quality output in recurring tasks.
Experience working at or with exchanges and regulators is a strong plus.

Skills

SQL
Python
AI-assisted workflows
Machine-learning

Location

Sydney

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

3+ years of relevant experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification

Benefits

Performance-based bonus structure
Training, mentorship and personal development opportunities
Daily breakfast, lunch and an in-house barista
Gym membership plus weekly in-house chair massages
Regular social events, including a company trip every two years
Guided relocation, a competitive relocation package and visa sponsorship where necessary

About the Company

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.

Equal Opportunity

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, and welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the process.