Trade Surveillance Analyst

Location: Based in Sydney or Hong Kong; onsite role

Company

hirify.global is a global quantitative trading firm integrating trading, technology, quantitative research, machine learning, and advanced analytics across listed financial products, with a focus on derivatives.

What you will do

• Build knowledge of desk structures, trading strategies, algorithms, products, and market structure to deliver risk-based surveillance.
• Review and triage surveillance alerts, investigate potentially suspicious activity, and contribute to regulatory reporting.
• Develop, calibrate, and optimise surveillance rules to reduce false positives and reflect regulatory developments.
• Partner with Trading and Technology on surveillance enhancements, including UAT, alert data quality, and system logic improvements.
• Maintain surveillance documentation, resolve system issues, and support cross-jurisdictional coverage.

Requirements

• Approximately 3–5 years of experience in trade surveillance, with a strong focus on market abuse.
• Experience investigating market abuse typologies including spoofing, layering, momentum ignition, and insider dealing.
• Experience in equity and/or derivative markets, particularly in compliance or surveillance roles involving algorithmic trading.
• Strong working knowledge of market regulation across APAC jurisdictions.
• Experience with surveillance rule development, calibration, or optimisation.
• Experience with data analysis tools such as Excel and SQL.
• Strong analytical, written communication, investigation, and regulatory reporting skills, with a structured and methodical approach.
• Commercial judgement, attention to detail, ability to manage competing priorities, and confidence to escalate issues when appropriate.
• Ability to collaborate with traders, desk heads, technology teams, compliance colleagues, and senior stakeholders in a fast-paced trading environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Flat hierarchy with ownership and the opportunity to drive meaningful impact.
• Private healthcare and wellness initiatives.
• Daily office lunch allowance.
• Employee Assistance and Education Assistance Programs.
• Matched donations and corporate discounts.

Hiring process

• Immediate start opportunity.
• Reasonable adjustments are available during the recruitment process upon request.