Trading Compliance Analyst

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The Trading Compliance Analyst will focus on ensuring compliance with external regulations while building upon existing compliance program & improving internal controls throughout the Trading division.

The ideal candidate seeks to proactively create solutions and take ownership of initiatives, shepherding them to completion. The team has a broad scope of work, including for example: third party risk management, due diligence, trade surveillance, monitoring regulations, designing policies and controls, creating and delivering training content, frequently presenting, and working with large data sets. The preferred candidate will be adept in a variety of these activities.

The candidate is expected to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and collaborate in a very cross-functional environment. The ability to create value with no prior template is crucial by envisioning, designing and executing successful projects and products.

Responsibilities:

• Perform trade surveillance activities and review transactions and system-generated alerts with the objective of preventing, detecting, and investigating possible manipulative activities, policy violations, and/or other trading anomalies. Understanding of the regulatory environment relating to market abuse.

• Continually improve the Trading Compliance program and internal control structure, identifying gaps and recommending risk-mitigating solutions.

• Perform third party due diligence activities, including understanding and monitoring international sanctions regimes and advising the business on other third-party risks (e.g. anti-bribery, etc.).

• Develop operational compliance tools, including but not limited to policies and procedures.

• Develop training and education programs as well as facilitate and lead as speaker at training sessions in front of large audiences on technical topics to educate stakeholders on compliance impacts to their business activities.

• Develop a deep understanding of Repsol’s front-to-back office trading processes, and coordinate with other groups (e.g. Front-Office, Back-Office, Risk, Processes, IT, and Legal) to ensure that all processes are designed to operate in line with external and internal regulations.

• Liaise with corporate functions such as Legal, Audit, Risk, etc. to support initiatives as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Law or similar.

• Proven experience in similar positions.

• Proven experience within trade surveillance environment and surveillance systems as well as proven experience in maintaining and calibrating trade surveillance systems.

• Good knowledge of the regulatory requirements relating to applicable laws, rules and regulations as it relates to crude and products trading in the US and commodity derivatives operations.

• Strong financial markets experience with knowledge within a broad range of markets (for example: ICE, CME, etc) and commodity products.

• High proficiency in English.

• Ability to assess risks across trading operations, designing and implementing relevant processes/controls to mitigate them.

• Ability to understand and synthesize legal and regulatory concepts and translate to the business.

• Self-motivated, strong work ethic and ability to work productively and creatively with little supervision and effectively manage projects to completion amid shifting priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Willingness and attitude to continually learn, improve, and share knowledge with others.

• High proficiency in Spanish is highly valued.

Repsol is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veteran

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