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Trade Surveillance Analyst

IMC Trading
🇮🇳MumbaiJuniorFull-timePosted July 28, 2026

About the Role

As a Trade Surveillance Analyst at IMC, you will assist with day-to-day surveillance operations, monitoring and reviewing internal and exchange-generated alerts across various market abuse typologies. Your role will cover multiple aspects of IMC's compliance program, requiring collaboration across Trading, Technology, and Compliance teams. You will investigate trade surveillance alerts, monitor electronic communications for market abuse risks, manage alert queues, and calibrate surveillance parameters. This position reports to the Head of Compliance-India and involves data analysis, regulatory reporting, and contributing to the enhancement of pre- and post-trade controls.

Requirements

  • 2 to 4 years of experience in financial markets surveillance in India at a Trading Firm, Broker, Regulator, Exchange, or similar role
  • Degree qualified in Finance, Business, Law, or a related discipline
  • Experience in trade surveillance and market abuse detection is essential, with a strong preference for candidates who have investigated alerts involving manipulative practices such as spoofing, layering, ramping or wash trading
  • Familiarity with trade surveillance systems, whether in-house tools or third-party platforms (such as OneTick, SMARTS, NICE Actimize, Trading Technologies or First Derivatives) is highly regarded
  • Understanding of proprietary trading and market making business models is an advantage
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong attention to detail and analytical/ problem solving skills
  • Strong interpersonal, organisational, and time management skills
  • Ability to work both independently and in teams
  • Ability to communicate complex ideas or concepts clearly
  • Willing to learn and take responsibility for required tasks and projects
  • Experience in designing or calibrating surveillance alerts from scratch
  • Experience with Multi-class surveillance like equities, derivatives or commodities is preferred
  • Comfort working with large data sets
  • Working knowledge of SEBI and Exchange regulations
  • Experience with Excel-based data analysis (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, macros)