Macro Markets Compliance Officer in London

Are you seeking a team where your contributions truly matter? Do you want to help shape the future of a rapidly evolving asset class while remaining close to core macro markets? Do you enjoy working in an environment where you can collaborate, work hard, and have fun? Do you see laws and regulations as tools that enable responsible innovation and long‑term growth? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

What you’ll do

• Your role will be pivotal in supporting and evolving Optiver’s Compliance advisory coverage across macro markets, including digital assets, collaborating with multiple teams in different geographical locations. While your responsibilities will evolve alongside the business, they will include:
• Lead day‑to‑day Compliance advisory coverage for digital assets trading, ensuring alignment with global regulatory regimes.
• Provide advisory across macro trading activities (OTC FX, OTC Metals and Commodities), working closely with front‑office teams on conduct, market integrity and regulatory risk.
• Advise on new products, venues, tools, trading strategies and counterparties across digital assets and traditional macro markets, delivering pragmatic, commercially aware guidance.
• Support the digital assets compliance program, market conduct and financial crime frameworks, ensuring alignment with the macro‑Compliance program. Cover AML/CTF considerations, including transaction monitoring, sanctions, counterparty and jurisdictional risk assessments, and blockchain analytics where appropriate.
• Conduct or support investigations involving digital asset and macro trading activity, using both on‑chain and traditional investigative techniques.
• Support the refinement of market abuse and communications surveillance frameworks across digital asset markets and macro products.
• Monitor global regulatory developments across digital assets and macro markets, assess their potential impact on the firm and contribute to horizon scanning and risk assessments.
• Support regulatory interactions, examinations and information requests related to digital assets and macro trading activities.
• Provide advisory to institutional sales (macro and digital assets sales), focusing on conduct, communications, conflicts of interest and information handling.
• Strengthen communication and collaboration with global Compliance, Risk, Technology and Operations teams, promoting consistency and a strong Compliance culture.

Who you are

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualifications.
• Experience in working in a Compliance advisory role supporting trading and institutional sales activities.
• Strong understanding of market conduct, market abuse and regulatory risk across traditional financial markets, such as FX, Metals and Commodities.
• Hands‑on experience advising on or supporting digital assets trading activities, including familiarity with applicable regulatory frameworks (e.g. UK, US and EU) and market structure.
• Comfortable operating across both traditional finance and digital assets, applying consistent conduct and risk principles across different market structures.
• Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail and sound judgment.
• Ability to provide clear, pragmatic advice to trading, technology and operations teams.
• Proactive, collaborative and results‑driven, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience engaging with regulators or supporting regulatory reviews is beneficial.
• A supportive team player with a positive outlook and the ability to build strong relationships.

Who we are

At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market‑making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.

What you’ll get

• You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high‑performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.
• A performance‑based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool.
• 27 paid vacation days plus all UK public holidays.
• Daily breakfast and lunch, along with support on commuting expenses.
• Private medical insurance, pension scheme and ClassPass fitness membership.
• Training and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events.