Lead Solutions Analyst – Trade Surveillance & Compliance Technology

Job description

Be an integral part of an agile team that's constantly pushing the envelope to enhance, build, and deliver top-notch technology products. As a Lead Solutions Analyst in Compliance - Corporate Sector, Trade Surveillance Technology, you will be responsible for delivering analytical and technical solutions that support our market surveillance and regulatory compliance capabilities. Job Responsibilities - Define and drive the analytical and solutions delivery roadmap for Trade Surveillance technology initiatives, aligning with firmwide compliance strategy, regulatory obligations, and business priorities - Lead the elicitation, documentation, and validation of business and data flow requirements, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations, regulatory constraints, and technical feasibility - Lead gap analysis sessions with upstream and downstream systems teams to gather comprehensive requirements, identify integration dependencies, and develop actionable remediation plans - Apply advanced data analytics techniques including SQL, Python, and cloud-native tools to extract actionable insights from large and diverse datasets, supporting surveillance alert tuning, threshold calibration, trend analysis, and data-driven decision-making across compliance initiatives - Partner with Compliance, Legal, and Risk teams to ensure all solutions adhere to evolving regulatory requirements, internal control standards, and audit readiness expectations - Architect and oversee the design and implementation of technical solutions, ensuring seamless integration with existing surveillance systems, market data feeds, and infrastructure - Own the escalation and resolution of complex cross-functional issues, proactively identifying and managing risks, dependencies, and delivery blockers across stakeholder groups - Develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of industry trends, emerging technologies, regulatory developments, and best practices to provide strategic guidance and innovative solutions for complex surveillance and compliance programs - Mentor and develop team members in technical writing, analytical reasoning, data fluency, and solutions delivery, fostering a culture of continuous learning, high standards, and professional growth - Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and performance development of solutions analysts within the team, building long-term bench strength and analytical capability aligned with team goals Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills - Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience. - Extensive experience of data analysis, data mapping and working with large data sets. - Strong domain knowledge of trade products and flows, including the functions of front office, middle office, back office, and settlement systems - Deep understanding of financial instruments and markets, including Fixed Income, Equities, FX, Commodities, Futures, Options, and Swaps - Prior experience in trading systems, regulatory controls, or compliance-oriented applications and environments - High degree of expertise in data management, encompassing the full data lifecycle, including business requirements analysis, data feed definition, data mapping, integration across heterogeneous sources, and feed testing - Experience in SQL and data analysis, with hands-on experience working with relational databases in on-premises and cloud environments - Experience working with large-scale datasets for data retrieval, analysis, and inference generation to recommend solutions to complex business problems - Experience leading requirements elicitation and documentation with business stakeholders, producing detailed functional specifications and maintaining traceability to technical implementation - Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical and analytical findings to senior business, compliance, and technology stakeholders through written executive summaries, functional documentation, and verbal presentations - Experience leveraging AI tools for productivity and efficiency improvement, including Agentic AI, Copilot, LLM-based assistants, and automation frameworks Preferred qualifications, skills, and capabilities - Familiarity with trade surveillance platforms such as NICE Actimize, Nasdaq Surveillance, or equivalent compliance monitoring systems - Understanding of regulatory reporting workflows or compliance alert investigation and case management processes - familiarity with Data Modeling experience, creation of conceptual, logical, and metadata models - Knowledge on AWS, Databricks, or other cloud-native data platforms - Prior experience in mentoring junior analysts and leading cross-functional delivery team