As a Compliance Surveillance Analyst, you'll help strengthen Optiver's compliance and surveillance capabilities by identifying regulatory and market conduct risks in a technology-driven trading environment. Through data-driven analysis and close collaboration across the business, you'll help enable sustainable growth while supporting healthy and transparent financial markets.
You'll collaborate closely with teams across Compliance, Trading, Technology, Risk, and Operations to investigate trading activity, enhance surveillance controls, and develop practical solutions that support innovation while meeting regulatory expectations.
What you’ll do
As a Compliance Surveillance Analyst, your key responsibilities include:
- Reviewing and investigating surveillance alerts, including those related to market abuse and electronic communications
- Analyzing market and trading data to identify unusual trading patterns and assessing potential compliance risks
- Contributing to the continuous improvement of Optiver's compliance monitoring and surveillance framework
- Designing, testing, and enhancing surveillance controls and tools to detect and prevent unwanted behavior
- Supporting the implementation of regulatory requirements and advising stakeholders on compliance-related matters
- Identifying opportunities to improve compliance processes through technology, automation, and data analysis
- Assessing regulatory and trading risks to support informed, risk-based decision making
- Building strong relationships across Compliance, Trading, Technology, Risk, and Operations to promote effective collaboration and a strong culture of compliance
What you’ll get
You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem-solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, collectively tackling some of the toughest challenges in the financial markets
In addition, you’ll receive:
- The opportunity to work alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries
- Highly competitive compensation package including performance-based bonus structure
- 401(k) match up to 50%
- Comprehensive health, mental, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage
- 25 paid vacation days alongside market holidays
- Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch and snacks, regular social events, clubs, sports leagues and more
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification
- 2+ years of experience in compliance surveillance, market abuse surveillance, or a similar compliance role
- Strong interest in financial markets, trading, and technology
- High level of integrity and sound judgment when balancing regulatory requirements with business objectives
- Strong analytical and investigative skills with excellent attention to detail
- Comfortable working with data and technology; experience with SQL, Python, or similar query/programming languages is preferred
- Proactive, collaborative, and solutions-oriented approach to problem solving
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Experience working with exchanges or financial regulators is a plus
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required; we will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening
Who we are
At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and stabilizing the market no matter the conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we prioritize safeguarding the health and efficiency of the markets for all participants. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a respected partner on 100+ exchanges across the globe.
Our differences are our edge. Optiver does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, or other legally protected characteristics.
Below is the expected base salary for this position. This is a good-faith estimate of the base pay scale for this position and offers will ultimately be determined based on experience, education, skill set, and performance in the interview process. This position will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus (if determined by Optiver) and Optiver’s benefits package with the benefits listed above.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification
- 2+ years of experience in compliance surveillance, market abuse surveillance, or a similar compliance role
- Strong interest in financial markets, trading, and technology
- High level of integrity and sound judgment when balancing regulatory requirements with business objectives
- Strong analytical and investigative skills with excellent attention to detail
- Comfortable working with data and technology; experience with SQL, Python, or similar query/programming languages
- Proactive, collaborative, and solutions-oriented approach to problem solving
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Experience working with exchanges or financial regulators
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S.; no visa sponsorship provided
Optiver Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Optiver and has not been reviewed or approved by Optiver.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Pay is considered highly competitive in trading, quantitative, and engineering paths, with performance-linked bonuses that materially elevate total compensation. High performers receive differentiated rewards tied to impact.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous paid vacation alongside market holidays is a consistent component of the U.S. package. This breadth of leave is a notable element of the offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive health coverage—including medical, dental, and vision—is prominently offered in U.S. roles, with indications that employee premiums are fully covered in some cases. Disability and life coverage further strengthen the core health benefits.
Optiver Insights
What We Do
Optiver’s story began over 30 years ago, when we started business as a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s options exchange. Today, we are at the forefront of trading and technology as a leading global electronic market maker, focused on pricing, execution and risk management.
Why Work With Us
People at Optiver love challenges, welcome collaboration, and strive to be better tomorrow than they are today. Improving the market is an extraordinary challenge that requires a carefully crafted approach. Optiver provides a collaborative working environment to tackle these challenges. In fact, it is this way of working that sets us apart.
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