Point72

Compliance Officer, Trading Compliance

Point72$100K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school and bar admission
  • 5+ years of compliance experience in investment management, hedge funds, or broker-dealers focusing on trading compliance
  • Working knowledge of U.S. securities laws and regulations for trading conduct
  • Experience in enhancing pre-trade and post-trade surveillance programs
  • Ability to analyze trading activities and interpret alert data
  • Experience with compliance investigations and creating clear communication materials
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional compliance projects
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Provide compliance coverage for traders, offering guidance on trade approvals
  • Enhance the trading compliance program, improving control and monitoring
  • Coordinate with legal, risk, operations, and technology to implement compliance solutions
  • Develop pre-trade and post-trade surveillance processes and manage alert tuning
  • Advise on compliant execution of new trading strategies and market access
  • Collaborate with operations and technology to implement automated compliance controls
  • Manage compliance projects driven by regulatory changes or internal initiatives
  • Investigate trading exceptions and present findings to compliance leadership
  • Deliver training to embed compliance practices in trading

Benefits

  • Fully-paid health care benefits
  • Generous parental and family leave policies
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Support for employee-led affinity groups
  • Mental and physical wellness programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • 401(k) savings program with employer match
Full Job Description
What you'll do
  • Provide real-time compliance coverage for traders, providing clear, actionable guidance on trade approvals and trading conduct
  • Support and enhance the trading compliance program for the firm's trading desks, driving measurable improvements in controls and monitoring
  • Manage cross-functional coordination with legal, risk, operations, finance, technology, and third-party vendors to implement and enhance compliance solutions
  • Build and enhance pre-trade and post-trade surveillance processes, including tuning alerts and escalating significant issues
  • Assist in advising on new trading strategies, products, and market access to ensure compliant go-to-market execution and risk mitigation
  • Partner with trading operations and technology teams to develop and implement automated controls, reports, and dashboards
  • Execute and manage trading-related compliance projects driven by regulatory change or internal initiatives from scoping through delivery
  • Investigate trading exceptions and potential breaches, prepare concise findings and remediation plans, and present results to senior compliance leaders
  • Develop and deliver targeted training and guidance for trading personnel to embed compliance-by-design practices
  • Monitor market and regulatory developments that affect trading activities and translate them into clear internal policy and process updates

What's required
  • Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school and bar admission
  • Minimum of 5 years of compliance experience within an investment manager, hedge fund, or broker-dealer with direct responsibility for trading compliance
  • Demonstrated working knowledge of U.S. securities laws and regulations applicable to trading and market conduct
  • Proven experience designing, operating, or materially enhancing pre-trade and post-trade surveillance programs
  • Demonstrated experience working directly with traders, portfolio managers, and trading operations to provide timely compliance advice
  • Proven ability to analyze trading activity and alert data
  • Experience conducting compliance investigations and producing clear written summaries, escalation materials, and remediation plans
  • Track record of leading cross-functional projects to implement policy, system, or process changes related to trading
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and explain technical topics clearly
  • Commitment to the highest ethical standards

We take care of our people

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
  • Fully-paid health care benefits
  • Generous parental and family leave policies
  • Volunteer opportunities
  • Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
  • Mental and physical wellness programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

About Point72

Point72 Asset Management is a hedge fund and family office founded by Steven Cohen in 2014. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut and manages over $16 billion in assets. Point72 primarily invests in public equity markets, but also has a private equity arm. The company has a global presence with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Singapore. Point72 has been involved in several high-profile legal cases, including a $1.8 billion settlement with the SEC in 2013.
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Size
1,500 employees
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Founded
2014

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