Analyst - Quality Assurance Financial Crime Compliance

This is Hybrid role (4 days in office /1 day remote)

Interactive Brokers is looking to hire a full-time Quality Assurance Compliance Analyst at the Chicago office. This is a position with excellent growth potential for highly motivated and exceptional performers. Analysts will report to a Quality Assurance Compliance Manager in our Chicago office and will assist with ensuring the firm complies with Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, anti-terrorist financing, sanctions, industry AML, and securities laws and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conducting Quality Assurance reviews of account activity, including trading activity, deposit and withdrawal activity, and public domain activity, to determine if activity is in line with IBKR policy
• Advising management by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and trends.
• Conduct Quality Assurance reviews on regulatory filings
• Contribute to streamlining current processes and identifying areas for improvement
• Review trading data for suspicious activity or patterns of unusual trading

The ideal candidate will have some regulatory compliance experience working for an exchange, a regulatory organization, a Broker Dealer (BD), a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) or similar organization. Alternatively, experience in internal audit, legal, accounting or other control function of a financial services firm or regulator would be beneficial. In the absence of direct industry experience, we will also consider applicants with excellent Bachelor’s-level educational credentials who have some background in law, accounting, data analytics or similar areas with strong analytical and quantitative skills. In order to thrive and succeed in a remote work environment candidates must be focused, adaptable, collaborative and have strong time management skills.
Qualifications, Skills & Attributes

Preferred qualifications:

• 2+ years’ work experience in Trade Surveillance
• Strong product knowledge of equity or exchange-traded derivative markets, or, preferably, both
• High degree of comfort and fluency with computers and technology and understanding of how technology is applied to business and regulatory problems.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Detail-oriented with outstanding organizational and project management skills
• Ability to work both independently as well as in a small-team environment, and to multi-task with minimal supervision
• ACAMS, CFE, CFCS, Series 7, or other FINRA licenses or certifications a plus

To be successful in this position, you will have the following:

• Self-motivated and able to handle tasks with minimal supervision.
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication (Verbal and written) skills.
• Outstanding organizational and time management skills.