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Floor Surveillance Officer, FX and Commodities
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Role: UK Floor Surveillance Officer, FX & Commodities
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of UK Floor Surveillance Officer, FX & Commodities (London preferred; Sheffield, Birmingham or Edinburgh also available).
You’ll be on the front line of protecting market integrity, joining a London-based team of specialists monitoring for market abuse within HSBC’s non-ring-fenced bank. Operating independently from the business and supported by analysts who complete initial analysis of surveillance outputs, you’ll act as a key pivot point in the alert disposition process - responsible for the review and disposition of escalated alerts in line with local regulatory requirements. When potential risk is identified, you’ll validate and investigate it, then drive the right outcome by escalating to the appropriate next level or filing a report with the FCA. This role is suited to candidates who combine a strong understanding of FX, commodities or related markets with investigative curiosity and data fluency.
Key Responsibilities
- Review and disposition escalated surveillance alerts in line with local regulatory requirements, through to closure or further escalation.
- Validate and investigate potential market abuse risks, producing clear case narratives supported by robust analysis.
- Oversee onward escalations in conjunction with the relevant RC Risk Steward, representing Surveillance’s assessment and recommended actions.
- Review and draft regulatory filings (STORs) and participate in STOR evaluation, presenting where necessary.
- Mentor analysts in HSBC’s Centres of Excellence who conduct initial review of alerts, providing investigative leadership and guidance across complex systems and booking models, and giving effective feedback on review quality.
- Drive continuous improvement in Surveillance by conducting Quality Assurance of alerts within an established framework and identifying potential efficiencies and enhancements in detection processes.
- Represent Surveillance in business governance forums, advising business heads on risks detected and providing insight into casework.
- Assess Market Abuse risks faced by the business and align views with the Risk Steward and Risk Owner.
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Requirements
- Understanding of FX and Commodities markets and products (including derivatives), with familiarity of HSBC’s Global Macro business viewed as an advantage, and a deep expertise in another asset class also considered. A developed knowledge of Market Abuse, its typologies and variants, as well as applicable regulations.
- Ability to navigate complex systems and booking models to reconstruct activity and understand intent.
- Demonstrable investigative capability: able to develop leads, follow evidence, validate findings, and reach sound, defensible conclusions.
- Experience of conducting surveillance of wholesale financial markets.
- Experience contributing to and/or drafting STORs, with strong attention to regulatory expectations and documentation standards.
- Confidence operating independently from the business, with the judgement to escalate appropriately and proportionately.
- Experience mentoring, coaching, or quality-checking others’ work (including QA activity) to improve investigative outcomes.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, able to communicate clearly with Risk Stewards, and senior business leaders.
- Strong prioritisation skills, able to manage multiple cases while maintaining quality and pace.
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Diversity and Inclusion
Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk via hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com.
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