Associate - Trade Surveillance
Core
Conduct daily trade surveillance reviews to detect, review, and escalate potential market manipulation and abusive trading activity using Nasdaq Trade Surveillance (NTS) for equities and listed options.
Role type
Associate trade surveillance analyst
Builds
Risk mitigation and market integrity for active trader client base
Domain
Financial services / Capital markets / Trade surveillance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
NTS platform expertise, equities and listed options market knowledge, order lifecycle analysis, trade reconstruction, order book analysis, market context review, analytical judgment, documentation skills
Preferred skills
Experience with active retail trading environments, ability to distinguish legitimate strategies from abusive conduct
Responsibilities
Review order lifecycle data to assess intent and impact, Analyze activity to identify manipulation (spoofing, layering, momentum ignition, wash trading, marking the open/close, pre-arranged trades), Perform cross-product surveillance across equities and listed options, Independently review and disposition NTS alerts, Document findings in surveillance case management systems, Escalate potential issues with supporting analysis, Assist in preparing case summaries for Trade Surveillance Committee meetings, Provide feedback on alert performance and recurring patterns
Seniority
Mid-level individual contributor
