Job Title: Trade Surveillance AVPLocation: London (3 Days on site)Contract: 6 MonthsOverall Purpose of the RoleBarclays is seeking an AVP-level Trade Surveillance professional to support business-as-usual (BAU) operations and ongoing change programmes within the Trade Surveillance function. This role will play a key part in maintaining core surveillance activities while enabling the wider team to focus on two major H2 change initiatives: a remediation of data gaps and the implementation of a new fixed income surveillance platform ("Trading Hub").Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day support for Trade Surveillance operations, ensuring timely and accurate monitoring of trading activity.
- Assist in onboarding or enhancing trade surveillance platforms, particularly Trading Hub, or similar systems.
- Contribute to ongoing surveillance change programmes, including system optimisation, data remediation, and alert refinement.
- Review and investigate alerts, engaging directly with traders where necessary to ensure robust resolution.
- Collaborate with Compliance, Technology, and Front Office stakeholders to enhance surveillance effectiveness.
- Support the configuration and fine-tuning of surveillance tools to align with risk appetite and regulatory requirements.
- Prior experience in Trade Surveillance operations or project delivery (BAU or system onboarding).
- Familiarity with Fixed Income products is highly desirable - either from a surveillance, compliance advisory, or trading background.
- Hands-on experience reviewing and resolving alerts, preferably end-to-end rather than basic spreadsheet tracking.
- Experience engaging with traders or performing investigations independently.
- Exposure to Trading Hub is a significant plus; experience with other tools such as SMARTS, Actimize, Steeleye, or KX is also valuable.
- Open to candidates from varied industry backgrounds, provided there is strong alignment to surveillance functions.
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