Senior Surveillance Analyst (Fintech)

Location: Chicago, IL; office-based position

Salary: $101,000–$120,000 per year, plus a discretionary performance bonus of 8–10% of base salary.

Company

IG North America operates tastytrade and related trading brands as part of London-based IG Group, a FTSE 100 fintech serving retail investors across multiple markets.

What you will do

• Design, build, test, tune, and validate surveillance scenarios across equities, options, futures, crypto, and prediction markets.
• Review alerts and customer escalations, investigate suspicious trading and transaction activity, and identify manipulation patterns.
• Monitor cryptocurrency transactions and blockchain activity using analytical and KYT software.
• Draft, review, and file Suspicious Activity Reports and maintain related records.
• Prepare regulatory reporting, respond to FINRA, SEC, CFTC, and NFA inquiries, and maintain Written Supervisory Procedures.
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Technology on surveillance tools, investigations, metrics, and program improvements.

Requirements

• 2–5+ years of trade surveillance or AML transaction-monitoring experience at a broker-dealer, FCM, exchange, or regulator.
• Active Series 7, Series 63 or 66, and Series 3 licenses required; Series 24 is preferred.
• Working knowledge of FINRA, SEC, NFA, CFTC, BSA/AML, KYC, and digital-asset regulatory requirements.
• Experience writing and filing SARs, including familiarity with FinCEN SAR forms and AML narrative standards.
• Experience with surveillance platforms, blockchain analytics, SQL, and large trade or order datasets; AWS S3 experience is preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree required, with strong analytical, investigative, written, verbal, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience building or materially enhancing surveillance programs rather than only operating vendor tools.
• Multi-asset surveillance experience, particularly with digital assets or event-contract products.
• Series 24, CAMS, CFE, an advanced degree, or experience with custom in-house surveillance logic.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance bonuses and stock purchase options.
• Medical, vision, dental, 401k, paid vacation, and paid sick leave.
• Gym membership reimbursement, in-building gym, commuter benefits, and shuttle service to and from Metra.
• Pet insurance, wellness and mental health programs, charitable donation matching, and paid volunteer days.
• Daily catered lunch and a full office kitchen with snacks and beverages.
• Collaborative environment emphasizing autonomy, pragmatism, experimentation, and impact.