We are looking for an experienced compliance professional to oversee the operation and implementation of our automated trade surveillance program in the U.S.
In this role, you'll oversee the trade surveillance program and manage the team that keeps these workflows running smoothly. You’ll partner closely with seasoned colleagues across Legal and Compliance to shape decisions on the direction and priorities of the group. You'll also be a primary liaison between our team and the rest of the firm, serving as a trusted point of contact for traders, technologists, and other colleagues.
Additional responsibilities of the role may include:
- Gathering high-level statistics about frequency and quality of trade surveillance alerts, and proposing changes to parameters and/or logic where necessary
- Reviewing the quality and completeness of alert closure comments written by the trade surveillance team
- Working with developers to ensure that automated trade surveillances are implemented accurately
- Ensuring that the suite of automated trade surveillances adheres to internal policies, and identifying opportunities to strengthen our controls and processes
- Coordinating with peers in foreign offices to ensure consistent application of trade surveillance design decisions and standards
- Serving as an escalation point for any questions or concerns raised by the team reviewing trade surveillance alerts
- Have worked 8+ years in a legal and compliance environment with experience in trade surveillance and monitoring
- Able to work with and analyze data to uncover trends and investigate trading patterns
- Discreet and trustworthy; able to use sound judgment to make real-time decisions and own the outcomes
- A clear, concise communicator who can engage credibly with senior colleagues and external partners
- Comfortable asking questions, surfacing issues early, and owning mistakes
- Organized with excellent attention to detail, especially when managing work across multiple parallel threads
- A proactive self-starter who works independently, follows through on tasks, escalates when necessary, and drives projects to completion
If you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to [email protected].
Skills Required
- 8+ years in a legal and compliance environment
- experience in trade surveillance and monitoring
- ability to work with and analyze data
- excellent communication skills
- strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- proactive and self-starter
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Pay is considered exceptionally strong across roles, with substantial bonuses in strong years and firm-wide performance sharing. Collaboration is expected and rewarded, reinforcing a team-oriented payout model.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include zero-premium medical, dental, and vision coverage in the U.S., plus access to on-site or concierge primary care, physical therapy, and mental health services. This breadth and convenience signal a robust healthcare offering.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as generous, with equipped nursing rooms and backup childcare cited. Family-oriented supports like fertility coverage and elder‑care backup further enhance the package.
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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.
