MERJE
Compliance Advisory Manager - Trading
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MERJE are excited to be supporting a growing Fintech trading firm in their search for a Compliance Advisory Manager.
You’ll work closely with front office, trading, and product teams to ensure regulatory and conduct risks are effectively managed, while enabling the business to deliver sophisticated market-facing solutions across derivatives, FX, equities, and digital assets.
This is an opportunity to operate at the centre of a fast-paced, global trading environment—where your insight will directly influence product strategy, market expansion, and risk management decisions.
What you’ll be doing
- Advisory & Challenge: Provide expert Line 2 advice on institutional products, trading activity, and client solutions, including new product launches, market expansion, and complex distribution models.
- Product & Market Oversight: Assess regulatory implications across wholesale markets (e.g. MiFID II, EMIR, MAR), ensuring robust governance and controls are in place.
- Front Office Partnership: Work closely with trading desks and business leaders to support commercial initiatives while maintaining strong market conduct and regulatory standards.
- Risk & Escalation: Act as a key escalation point for significant compliance and conduct matters, including market abuse, conflicts of interest, and client categorisation.
- Thematic Insight: Identify emerging risks across institutional business lines and provide clear, actionable insights to senior stakeholders.
- Frameworks & Controls: Support the development and embedding of compliance frameworks tailored to wholesale and institutional activities.
- Regulatory Engagement: Contribute to regulatory interactions and internal governance relating to trading and institutional client services.
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- 6-10 years’ experience in compliance advisory within institutional / wholesale financial markets
- Strong knowledge of trading products such as derivatives, FX, equities, and structured products
- Deep understanding of UK and European regulatory frameworks (e.g. MiFID II, MAR, EMIR)
- Experience supporting front office or trading environments
- Proven ability to manage complex regulatory issues and provide credible challenge to senior stakeholders
- A commercial mindset with the ability to balance risk management and business growth
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