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Surveillance Analyst

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Description

We are seeking an experienced Surveillance Analyst to join our team in Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de México, Mexico.

The Surveillance Analyst role is responsible for identifying and managing undesired risk activities, including conduct risk and financial crime risk. The goal is to implement a conduct surveillance and analytics strategy across Business Lines to detect market abuse and misconduct by staff and counterparties.

Key responsibilities:

  • Review alerts and trading activity, including trade surveillance, e-communication surveillance, and audio surveillance
  • Develop and analyze new surveillance processes
  • Provide Subject Matter Expert input on surveillance design, testing, and metrics
  • Identify potential new forms of staff or counterparty misconduct or market abuse
  • Prioritize development of systems, processes, and data sets to identify new forms of misconduct
  • Input into and track development of new surveillance capabilities
  • Deal with alerts passed through a first filter by the offshore team
  • Ensure alerts are satisfactorily escalated and resolved
  • Provide support and guidance for the expanding offshoring function
  • Identify improvements to alert generation to enhance effectiveness and efficiency
  • Conduct investigations requested by Regulators, senior management, and businesses
  • Coordinate or produce regular Management Information reports
  • Foster relationships with key front office and support function stakeholders
  • Assist with implementing new surveillance tools and models
  • Present surveillance output at internal control and governance forums
  • Support the Surveillance team in resolving audit and control findings
  • Liaise with Transformation and Technology to aid Surveillance delivery
  • Analyze multiple data types to identify anomalies and patterns of risk
  • Understand financial products and HSBC's business processes
  • Work across various technology platforms

Requirements:

  • Strong knowledge of financial markets and traded products
  • Understanding of rules relevant to trading and sales activities
  • Proficiency in English
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Well-developed communications, organisational, and project management skills
  • Ability to support decisions with sound reasoning
  • Evidence of collaboration with key stakeholder functions
  • Experience in a Surveillance role is a plus

At HSBC, we offer a range of benefits, including a paid leave package that allows our colleagues to fully enjoy important life events.

Skills

Required

Nice to have

  • Surveillance
  • Compliance Advisory
  • Unauthorized Trading
  • Front-Office

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://portal.careers.hsbc.com/careers/job/563774612560058

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