Surveillance Analyst

We are looking for a talented and motivated Surveillance Analyst to join the Compliance Surveillance Team at Credit Agricole CIB and Credit Agricole SA London Branch. This is a pivotal role at the heart of our compliance function, responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring, and testing surveillance models across all business lines to protect the integrity of our markets and operations.

In this role, you will work closely with our Global Markets Division, Global Investment Banking, and Treasury teams, acting as a key interface between business lines, compliance, front office, and IT. You will be instrumental in identifying and escalating suspicious transactions and potential market abuse issues, ensuring that our surveillance controls remain robust, current, and effective.

This is an excellent opportunity for a compliance professional who is passionate about market integrity, data-driven investigation, and building best-in-class surveillance frameworks within a leading global bank.

What You’ll Do:

• Implement and perform monitoring and testing of alerts across CA CIB and CASA business lines.
• Enhance monitoring and surveillance controls for conduct and market abuse risks, covering trades, orders, RFQs, market data, and communications.
• Develop and implement new monitoring controls to address emerging risks and regulatory requirements.
• Follow up on alerts requiring calibration, threshold, or logic changes to maintain surveillance effectiveness.
• Compile breach/incident and audit trail reports to support regulatory and internal requirements.
• Create and document user guides and desktop procedures for surveillance processes.
• Contribute to the annual Compliance Surveillance book of work and strategic planning.
• Identify and escalation potential instances of Market Abuse and operational risk in a timely manner.
• Ensure efficient escalation and tracking of breaches through to resolution.
• Proactively identify gaps and weaknesses in surveillance activity and propose remediation.
• Contribute to calibration and model validation within the Surveillance programme.
• Provide periodic and ad-hoc reports to senior management on surveillance activity and findings.
• Prepare training support materials for system and platform changes.
• Assist with ad-hoc tasks, projects, investigations, and regulatory thematic reviews as required.

Who you are:

• University degree or equivalent level of professional experience.
• Compliance-related professional training qualification (e.g. FINRA, CISI).
• Understanding of basic capital market products including Origination, Syndication, Credit, Rates, Structured Products, FX, and Treasury.
• Solid controls development experience within a financial services environment.
• Ability to review and analyse data and present results in MI format.
• Proven experience delivering high-quality compliance MI reports and executing compliance investigations.
• Ability to track and document investigations through to resolution.
• Proven experience of written communications with senior managers.
• Strong understanding of Market Abuse Regulation and alert scenarios including Layering/Spoofing, Front Running, Wash Trades, Ramping, Cross Product/Venue Manipulation, and Benchmark Manipulation.
• Solid working understanding of compliance risk management frameworks.
• Trade Surveillance Monitoring experience and knowledge of trading terms and abbreviations.
• Prior experience in e-Communications surveillance, trade surveillance, market abuse, market conduct, or compliance within an investment bank.
• Understanding of EU and UK Compliance requirements, particularly Market Abuse and Conduct Risk.
• Detailed knowledge of FCA rules and European legislation.
• IT literacy across trade capture systems, risk systems, surveillance tools, databases, spreadsheets, and statistics.
• Excel proficiency and strong report writing skills.
• Good understanding of regulatory and legal requirements for internal investigations.
• High curiosity and investigative mindset with the ability to detect suspicious behaviour.
• Results-driven, self-starter with the ability to assimilate and interpret information quickly.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive attitude to identifying trends and risks.
• Ability to handle large volumes of data daily and work well under pressure.
• Excellent team player with strong oral and written communication skills.

Nice to have:

• CISI Regulation & Compliance Certificate or Diploma.
• Knowledge of financing bank products including Loans, Client Coverage, Debt Syndications, Distribution, Structured Finance, Project Finance, and Trade Finance.
• Familiarity with regulation surrounding electronic communication surveillance.
• Hands-on experience with Trade, Voice, and e-Communications surveillance software platforms.
• Visual Basic programming skills for automation and data analysis.
• Ability to perform searches using external sources and investigative tools.

Regulatory requirements:

As part of this role, you will be expected to uphold the highest standards of regulatory compliance:

• Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory, and internal Compliance requirements at all times.
• Complete all mandatory training in a timely fashion, including any regulatory or compliance-related modules.

This role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of financial compliance and market integrity within a leading global bank, where you'll develop deep expertise in surveillance, market abuse detection, and regulatory compliance. You'll collaborate closely with senior management and business lines across multiple divisions and geographies, playing a meaningful role in shaping surveillance strategies and controls that protect the firm and its clients. The position provides access to professional development opportunities in compliance and financial services, allowing you to grow your career as part of a supportive, expert team committed to excellence and innovation in compliance.