Senior Compliance Officer Institutional Sales and Trading Advisory
Optiver is a global technology- and research-driven proprietary trading firm and market maker providing liquidity across financial markets, including through an active 24/7 Digital Assets desk.
About Optiver
Founded in Amsterdam in 1986, Optiver uses its own capital, quantitative research and proprietary technology to continuously quote, price and trade financial instruments across global markets. Its activities include listed derivatives, cash equities, ETFs, bonds, foreign currencies and digital assets; its Digital Assets desk operates crypto options market-making strategies across major venues with follow-the-sun coverage.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will provide independent compliance advice to institutional sales and trading stakeholders. You will assess conduct and financial-crime risks, review communications, support new initiatives, handle regulatory enquiries, monitor regulatory developments, deliver training, and guide junior colleagues.
Requirements
- Significant compliance, legal, risk, or control-function experience within a financial institution
- Experience in an investment bank or institutional markets business with trading-floor exposure
- Knowledge of institutional-market regulatory, conduct, and financial-crime risks
- Knowledge of sales conduct, conflicts of interest, confidential information, cross-border requirements, AML, sanctions, counterparty due diligence, and jurisdictional risk
- Experience advising front-office stakeholders
- Understanding of financial markets, products, trading strategies, and transaction workflows
- Experience across multiple jurisdictions, particularly the UK, EU, or US, is advantageous
- Experience guiding junior colleagues and providing feedback
Responsibilities
- Provide independent compliance advice to Institutional Sales and Trading
- Advise on sales and trading conduct, counterparty interactions, communications, conflicts of interest, confidential information, and cross-border activity
- Assess financial-crime risks across counterparty onboarding, jurisdictions, and trading activity
- Review external communications, marketing materials, presentations, and disclosures
- Lead compliance input for new products, counterparties, markets, and strategic initiatives
- Assess surveillance escalations and potential conduct concerns
- Coordinate responses to regulatory and exchange enquiries, audits, and information requests
- Monitor regulatory developments and maintain policies and guidance
- Deliver targeted training and support junior colleagues
Benefits
- Performance-based bonus structure
- 27 paid vacation days plus UK public holidays
- Daily breakfast and lunch
- Commuting-expense support
- Private medical insurance
- Pension scheme
- ClassPass fitness membership
- Access to conferences and tech events
- International transfer opportunities
