Associate Director, Trade Surveillance Strategy Officer

Royal Bank of Canada•Jersey City, NJ

16h•$120,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

Be a part of a global Compliance Surveillance team that is responsible for the design and implementation of surveillance scenarios/controls. In this role, you will be responsible for the analysis and integration of transaction data and the design and oversight of development to implement market manipulation trade surveillance scenarios / controls for RBC Wealth Management businesses.

Requirements

Extensive knowledge of / experience with trade data and trade flow for wealth management trading businesses
Demonstrated communication skills specifically strong presentation skills.
Ability to summarize issues, propose solutions, and determine the information and communication needs of the stakeholders and project.
Strong organizational, project management and time management capabilities.
Deadline-driven and results-oriented; able to meet consistently high-quality standards while handling a variety of tasks and deadlines simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

Experience with data science that enhanced some business processes.
Knowledge of trade surveillance techniques and methodology
Some experience with agile development and in general software development standards would be useful
Some experience with communications surveillance would be an asset.
Experience working in a global organization with global teams across multiple regions, large and complex initiatives.

Responsibilities

Design trade surveillance scenarios and write business requirement documents for those scenarios.
Analyze transaction data feeds to integrate with existing trade surveillance scenarios, and identify enhancement as required.
Identify data driven enhancements or supplements to the surveillance controls.
Facilitate the user testing of the surveillance scenarios.
Coordinate the promotion of the scenarios to production.
Manage the implementation of multiple concurrent projects.
Monitor and control activities according to plan.
Continuously identify potential issues, conflicts, and risks.
Analyze, mitigate and escalate where appropriate.
Present the book of work status.
Work with regional teams to define the business and technology requirements for the surveillance program including technology selection, surveillance development, etc.
Establish strong working relationships across Surveillance and collaborate and contribute on cross-functional Compliance initiatives and manage the effective implementation of assigned deliverables.

Benefits

bonuses
flexible benefits
competitive compensation
commissions
stock where applicable
Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
A world-class training program in financial services
Flexible work/life balance options
Opportunities to do challenging work
401(k) program with company-matching contributions
health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
paid time-off plan