We are looking for a Compliance Specialist to join our Legal and Compliance team in London, with experience providing compliance advice on equity derivatives, including OTC and exotic options trading, as well as EU and UK listed options.
In this role, you’ll act as the dedicated compliance partner for our options desk and be their first point of contact for day-to-day compliance matters. You’ll also serve as our firm’s subject matter expert on the desk’s activities, the compliance risks associated with them, and the rules, regulations and policies that govern them.
Additional responsibilities of this role will include:
- Drafting and maintaining the compliance policies, guidance and procedures that govern the desk’s activities
- Supporting the desk with advice related to regulatory and policy interpretation as well as serving as an escalation point for compliance-related questions
- Understanding and documenting desk workflows, decision-making and other notable events
- Assessing desk activity and advising the desk on control requirements
- Reviewing new flows and implementing compliance frameworks where necessary
- Acting as a liaison between the desk and our centralised compliance functions (e.g., surveillance, employee compliance, regulatory reporting)
- Conducting targeted risk assessments and periodic risk-based reviews of desk activity
This role sits within our Legal and Compliance team, a dedicated group of professionals who share a deep understanding of the law, a meticulous commitment to regulatory protocol and a passion for protecting our colleagues as they focus on their daily work.
About You- Have 8+ years of relevant compliance experience at a bank, proprietary trading firm, hedge fund or exchange, with a focus on options or listed derivatives
- Have deep knowledge of options market structure, exchange rules and order handling requirements
- Familiar with the UK and EU regulatory landscape (e.g., FCA rules, MAR, MiFID II) and comfortable thinking about how it applies to a global trading business
- Able to distil complex regulatory topics into clear, practical guidance for traders and other colleagues
- Highly organised; a self-starter who can manage projects independently and see them through to completion
- Exercise good judgement and discretion; humble about what you don’t know and not afraid to ask questions or admit mistakes
- Curious about the operations of the firm and how your role fits into the bigger picture
- Fluent in English
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Skills Required
- 8+ years relevant compliance experience at a bank, prop trading firm, hedge fund or exchange focused on options or listed derivatives
- Deep knowledge of options market structure, exchange rules and order handling requirements
- Familiarity with UK and EU regulatory landscape (e.g., FCA rules, MAR, MiFID II) and ability to apply it across a global trading business
- Experience drafting and maintaining compliance policies, guidance and procedures for trading desks
- Experience providing day-to-day compliance advice and acting as escalation point for traders
- Experience conducting targeted risk assessments and periodic risk-based reviews of desk activity
- Ability to distil complex regulatory topics into clear, practical guidance for traders and colleagues
- Highly organised, self-starter capable of managing and completing projects independently
- Good judgement, discretion, humility and willingness to ask questions or admit mistakes
- Fluent in English
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are offered at no cost for employees and dependents, with robust onsite care including primary care, physical therapy, and mental‑health therapy. Private onsite gyms and counseling resources further reinforce the health focus.
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Parental & Family Support — Fully paid parental leave for all parents, with additional time for birth parents, is highlighted alongside expanded fertility benefits and well‑equipped nursing suites. These offerings position family support as a core element of the package.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Daily free meals and snacks, private onsite gyms, recreation spaces, and rich learning programs (including tuition reimbursement and company classes) elevate day‑to‑day quality of life. Onsite medical suites and speaker series add to the lifestyle and development mix.
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What We Do
Jane Street works differently. As a liquidity provider and market maker, we trade on more than 200 trading venues across 45 countries and help form the backbone of global markets. Our approach is rooted in technology and rigorous quantitative analysis, but our success is driven by our people. Our bright, beautiful offices in the heart of New York, London, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam are open and buzzing with conversation. We come from many backgrounds and encourage travel between offices to share perspectives. Some of our best ideas come from bumping into a visiting colleague at the office coffee bar. Markets move fast. Staying competitive as we’ve grown has required constant invention—of new trading strategies, technology, and processes. We’ve found this is easier when you hire humble, kind people. They tend to help each other, and prioritize teamwork over titles. We invest heavily in teaching and training. There’s a library and a classroom in every office, because deepening your understanding of something is considered real work. Guest lectures, classes, and conferences round out the intellectual exchanges that happen every day. People grow into long careers at Jane Street because there are always new and interesting problems to solve, systems to build, and theories to test. More than twenty years after our founding, it still feels like we’re just getting started.
