Senior Compliance Officer

BHFT•New York, NY

9d•Remote

About The Position

BHFT trades its own capital across commodities, rates, equity futures, options on futures, and equities, across multiple exchanges and jurisdictions. The compliance function spans all of it. The person stepping into this role takes over full ownership of compliance globally, with the autonomy and accountability that comes with it. The core of the role is advisory compliance. You'll be the expert the trading desk, development, and operations teams come to in real time. You'll also build and maintain a pre-cleared rules framework so recurring questions have ready answers, and you'll own the algo trading governance framework end-to-end. Advisory compliance — primary owner, all regions Real-time trading guidance across all asset classes and venues Building and maintaining a pre-cleared rules framework for recurring desk queries Advising development, trading, and operations teams on building and maintaining compliant tools and processes Building out a comprehensive algo trading governance framework covering the full lifecycle — pre-deployment approvals, ongoing monitoring, change management, business continuity, information security, and annual review New market and product approvals Core compliance — oversee two Compliance Officers responsible for: Trade surveillance across all venues Regulatory and exchange affairs — filings, registrations, regulator and exchange inquiries, client/due-diligence reviews, FCM interface Policies and training — maintaining the policy framework and running the training program across all regions AML and sanctions — screening vendors and counterparties (brokers, FCMs) Leadership Supervising and developing two Compliance Officers Representing compliance in cross-functional discussions with risk, development, and front office Escalation point for non-routine compliance matters

Requirements

Hands-on experience building compliance tools and systems, not only policy and procedure work
Direct experience in a compliance role at a proprietary trading firm, market maker, electronic trading venue, or trading desk
Experience across multiple asset classes — commodities, rates, equity futures, options on futures, and equities
Working knowledge of algo trading controls and governance frameworks
Familiarity with multi-venue regulatory obligations across at least two of: US (CFTC/NFA), EU (MiFID II), India (SEBI), UK (FCA)
Knowledge of core compliance policies — AML, recordkeeping, whistleblowing, conflicts of interest — and ability to write, implement, and maintain policies and procedures around them
Ability to deliver timely, well-reasoned guidance while maintaining independence as a control function
Strong written communication for policies, procedures, and regulatory correspondence

Nice To Haves

Experience with equities compliance frameworks — Reg SHO, short selling regimes, locate obligations
Experience with exchange membership obligations (ICE, CME, LME, NSE)
Familiarity with position-limit regimes across multiple venues
Exposure to Chinese exchange connectivity (CTP)
Background in trade surveillance systems and alert handling
Experience building compliance frameworks from scratch
Experience automating AML/sanctions screening workflows

Responsibilities

Advisory compliance — primary owner, all regions
Real-time trading guidance across all asset classes and venues
Building and maintaining a pre-cleared rules framework for recurring desk queries
Advising development, trading, and operations teams on building and maintaining compliant tools and processes
Building out a comprehensive algo trading governance framework covering the full lifecycle — pre-deployment approvals, ongoing monitoring, change management, business continuity, information security, and annual review
New market and product approvals
Trade surveillance across all venues
Regulatory and exchange affairs — filings, registrations, regulator and exchange inquiries, client/due-diligence reviews, FCM interface
Policies and training — maintaining the policy framework and running the training program across all regions
AML and sanctions — screening vendors and counterparties (brokers, FCMs)
Supervising and developing two Compliance Officers
Representing compliance in cross-functional discussions with risk, development, and front office
Escalation point for non-routine compliance matters