Company Overview

The organization works in the foreign exchange and financial services environment, where effective monitoring of trading activity is essential to maintaining orderly operations and supporting appropriate risk controls. Its surveillance activities combine transaction analysis, exception review, and collaboration with operational and compliance teams.

Role Summary

The Foreign Exchange Trade Surveillance Analyst will review FX trading activity to identify unusual patterns, potential policy breaches, and transactions requiring further investigation. The role involves analyzing trade data, monitoring alerts, documenting findings, and escalating relevant cases through established procedures.

This position is suited to an analytical professional who understands trading activity and can distinguish routine market behavior from activity that may require closer review. The analyst will contribute to the consistency and effectiveness of surveillance processes while maintaining accurate records of investigations.

Key Responsibilities

• Review FX transaction activity across currency pairs, trading sessions, and client or account segments.

• Analyze alerts relating to unusual order activity, trading patterns, execution behavior, or potential control breaches.

• Investigate flagged transactions using available trade records, market data, and account information.

• Identify recurring patterns and recommend improvements to surveillance rules or review procedures.

• Prepare clear investigation notes that explain the issue, evidence reviewed, and rationale for the outcome.

• Escalate material concerns to the appropriate trading risk, compliance, or operational stakeholders.

• Support periodic reviews of surveillance thresholds and alert effectiveness.

• Maintain accurate case records and ensure investigations are completed within established timelines.

• Contribute to internal reporting on surveillance activity, recurring exceptions, and control effectiveness.

• Work with relevant teams to improve the quality and completeness of data used in monitoring.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Experience in trade surveillance, market risk, compliance monitoring, trading operations, or financial analysis.

• Knowledge of FX markets, currency trading, order execution, and common trading workflows.

• Ability to interpret transaction data and identify anomalies or patterns requiring investigation.

• Strong documentation skills and the ability to communicate findings objectively.

• Familiarity with spreadsheet analysis, data review tools, or surveillance platforms.

• High level of accuracy, discretion, and professional judgment.

• Ability to manage multiple reviews while maintaining consistent investigation standards.

• Experience with SQL, data visualization tools, or automated monitoring systems is an advantage.

Benefits

• Fully remote position based in Estonia.

• Opportunity to develop specialist experience in FX surveillance and trading risk.

• Work involving analytical investigation and ongoing control improvement.

• Collaboration with market risk, compliance, and trading operations professionals.

• Support for professional development and relevant industry learning.

Application Instructions

Submit a CV highlighting experience in trade monitoring, FX trading, market risk, compliance, or transaction analysis. Applicants may also describe relevant analytical tools, surveillance processes, or investigation methods they have used.

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