Job Description

We are seeking a surveillance analyst covering Cash Equities and EDT, who will be responsible for working with the regional teams, globally, addressing:

• Potential market manipulation and misconduct;
• Potential insider trading and other Control Room related issues (working with the Control Room);
• Potential money laundering (working with the FCR team); and
• Misuse of electronic communications
  
  Business Responsibilities
  
  
  
• Performing Level One surveillance on a daily basis and escalating any issues to the CE/EDT Level Two teams regionally, where appropriate;
• Maintaining adequate documentation of alerts and their resolution, including the updating of systems that are used by CE/EDT Surveillance staff;
• Working with local Risk Surveillance/Compliance staff to determine an appropriate, coordinated level of surveillance;
• Maintaining the documentation of surveillance parameters and system/user procedures;
• Assisting with the UAT of new systems/models as appropriate;
• Developing comprehensive and accurate metrics for distribution to Risk Surveillance/Compliance and business management; and
• Contributing to monthly management information packs for the various regions for presentation to Senior Management.

Key Skill Requirements

• Develop an understanding of how cash equities and EDT are traded
• Have knowledge or keen to learn about the differences in products and markets across countries/regions;
• Have experience of reviewing and determining the importance of alerts, across trade, e-comms and voice channels; escalating appropriately and ensuring that all remediation steps are completed and documented;
• Have a good understanding of business processes, flows, booking methodologies and client interaction;
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the role of Risk Surveillance within the banking and financial services industry;
• Demonstrate tenacity and flexibility, with experience of managing and prioritising a number of activities simultaneously;
• Possess strong communication skills, both written and verbal;
• Have the ability to develop relationships across the various Cash Equities teams globally – including Business Aligned Compliance, the Control Room, Central Compliance, Financial Crimes Compliance, Business Operational Risk Management, and other groups to ensure identified issues are appropriately addressed and resolved;
• Be self-directed, with the ability to proactively identify and analyse problems, and propose viable solutions; and
• Have good organisation skills with the ability to work towards and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrate capabilities in the use of various systems used for surveillance; across trading, positions, eComms / voice and other areas
• Show understanding of risk prioritisation according to trading characteristics (P&L, position sizes, trading volumes etc.)

About the Risk Management Group The Risk Management Group (RMG) is an independent, centralised unit responsible for ensuring all risk across Macquarie are appropriately assessed and managed. Its divisions include Behavioural Risk, Compliance, Credit, Financial Crime Risk, Internal Audit, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Regulatory Affairs and Aggregate Risk, and RMG Enterprise Support. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths. An inclusive and equitable environment enables us to deliver innovative and sustainable outcomes for our people, clients, shareholders and communities. From day one, you'll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If our purpose of ‘empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future’ is as inspiring to you as it is to us, please apply. With the right technology, support and resources, our people can work in a range of flexible ways.

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We encourage candidates to speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you, and the type of working arrangements that would help you thrive.

About Macquarie

A career at Macquarie means you’ll have the opportunity to develop and utilise new skills, explore interesting fields and do challenging work that will impact the lives of people around the world—whether it’s accelerating the green energy transition, helping sustain global food supplies, financing social housing projects or investing in essential infrastructure. At Macquarie, we’re empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future. Our size and international presence means your work can take you anywhere—across business groups, disciplines, sectors and borders. With 18,000+ employees and offices in 33 markets around the world, we’re a truly global organisation. You’ll be supported by a diverse team where the unique perspectives, ideas and experiences that all of our people bring are valued. You’ll be empowered to address unmet needs in our communities whilst advising and investing alongside our clients and partners. Working with us, you’ll have the opportunity to make a difference. Macquarie is a global financial group providing clients with asset management, retail and business banking, wealth management, leasing and asset financing, market access, commodity trading, renewables development, specialist advisory, capital raising and principal investment.


Job no: RMG-966452
Work type: Permanent - Full time
Location: Manila
Category: Junior, Risk Management
Group: Risk Management Group
Division: RMG Enterprise Support
Recruiter: Rooshelly Cagalingan
Opening Date: 19/7/2022