Market Surveillance Analyst

BitMEX is the world's leading cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, which has pioneered cryptocurrency trading through relentless commitment to change, and continues to set benchmarks for innovation, liquidity, and security today.

As the world's most advanced peer-to-peer crypto-products trading platform and API, BitMEX gives knowledge, confidence, and precision to hundreds of thousands of traders, transacting billions of USD a day.

**About Us**

BitMEX is one of the first crypto exchanges for derivatives. It exists to provide institutional and professional traders with a platform that caters to their needs.

BitMEX created the Perpetual Swap, the most popular crypto trading product in history. It is the only major global exchange that continues to create new cryptocurrency derivative products, most recently, the ETH Staking Swap.

On BitMEX, users can trade cryptocurrency derivatives on a professional trading platform that provides low latency, deep liquidity and constant availability. Since 2014, no cryptocurrency has been lost through intrusion or hacking, allowing BitMEX users to trade safely in the knowledge that their funds are secure. Spot trading is also supported, as well as the purchase and conversion of cryptocurrency - BitMEX supports 45+ derivatives contracts, 11 pairs for spot trading and the ability for users to convert 30+ cryptocurrencies.

We are looking for individuals who are determined, responsible and collaborative to join BitMEX as we continue to build a thriving cryptocurrency ecosystem. We value attention to detail, speed and simplicity. As a global business operating a 24/7 exchange, we seek out those who are adaptable and can work across markets and timezones.

**Overview**

Join our dynamic team at BitMEX, where we're committed to lead the virtual asset industry's compliance standards. As a vital member of our team, you'll collaborate closely with the Head of Market Surveillance to propel our compliance program towards this ambitious vision.

Your primary focus will involve investigation of market abuse alerts, escalating and reporting on a global scale. By actively contributing to the implementation and enhancement of our AML and Trade Surveillance compliance initiatives, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring our operations adhere to regulatory standards. Your responsibilities will span from daily transaction monitoring to conducting in-depth investigations and producing comprehensive reports. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in shaping the future of virtual asset compliance, we invite you to join us in this exciting journey.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Participate in the implementation and maturity of the selected AML / Trade Surveillance transaction monitoring system, Operating Level Agreement, and procedures
- Actively review market surveillance alerts as per defined procedures, and remediate accordingly
- Perform customer outreach as part of investigation process as required
- Escalate alerts to Head of Market Surveillance in case of suspicious activity
- Perform initial investigation alerts demonstrating characteristics of unusual behaviour
- Prepare unusual activity reports for activity requiring further investigation by the internal FIU
- Produce weekly / monthly statistics and analysis for reporting to management

**Qualifications**
- Deep understanding of financial markets, in particular derivatives trading
- At least 2 years of trade surveillance experience. If not then at least 3 years of AML transaction monitoring experience in a crypto exchange
- Demonstrable financial crime investigative skills, with experience of uncovering patterns of suspicious behaviour
- Demonstrable ability to operate under own initiative
- Exposure to global markets
- Proficient in written and spoken English
- Demonstrable interest in virtual asset financial services
- Desirable
- Compliance qualification (e.g. ICA Diploma / ACAMS)
- Exposure to blockchain transaction analytics monitoring
- Knowledge of data manipulation / extraction / presentation techniques such as SQL queries and Tableau
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Join us, as we build a thriving cryptocurrency ecosystem through strategic investments in emerging cryptocurrency technology, and create the future of digital financial services.