Compliance Analyst, Market Surveillance (Crypto)

Location: New York, United States

Salary: $75,000–$113,000 per year, with potential performance bonus and long-term incentives.

Company

OKX is a crypto exchange and developer of OKX Wallet, OKLink, and decentralized crypto applications serving individual and institutional users worldwide.

What you will do

• Investigate potential market abuse, including wash trading, circular trading, price ramping, insider trading, spoofing, layering, and related activity.
• Review and analyze surveillance alerts using trade surveillance tools, trading data, and market research.
• Produce timely, well-reasoned investigations supported by quantitative and qualitative evidence and clear conclusions.
• Maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready records for alerts and investigations.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Legal, Risk, Central Compliance, and local Compliance teams to improve the surveillance framework.
• Support priority requests and special projects in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

Requirements

• BA/BS in a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 2–3 years of experience in market surveillance, trade surveillance, or a closely related field.
• Familiarity with end-to-end market surveillance workflows.
• Strong understanding of the digital-asset industry and products offered by digital-asset exchanges.
• Knowledge of market structure and order-book dynamics.
• Working knowledge of relevant regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Strong integrity, sound professional judgment, and the ability to recognize when an issue requires escalation.
• Self-motivated and proactive approach, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced global environment.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with commonly used trade surveillance and reporting tools.
• Professional AML/ATF compliance training or accreditation, such as ICA or CAMS.
• Practical knowledge of CeFi trading products, including spot, derivatives, margin or leveraged products, institutional services, and OTC flows.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package.
• Learning and development programs and an education subsidy.
• Team-building programs and company events.
• Wellness and meal allowances.
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants.
• Performance bonus and long-term incentives may be provided depending on the position offered.