Senior Compliance Officer, Trade Surveillance

Position Overview

Job Title Senior Compliance Officer, Trade Surveillance

Location London

Corporate Title Vice President

As a Senior Compliance Officer / Subject Matter Expert within our Compliance Surveillance team, you will play a critical role in protecting the firm by identifying, monitoring, and investigating potential market abuse across Fixed Income and Listed Derivatives products. Your role will apply subject matter expertise to complex trading activity, partner closely with stakeholders globally, and help strengthen a robust, consistent surveillance framework. In a highly scrutinized regulatory environment, your work enables the Bank to safeguard its integrity, reputation, and commitment to ethical conduct.

What well offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. Thats why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them

• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension

• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days

• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family

• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits

• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and investigate surveillance alerts and escalations across listed and fixed income products to identify potential market abuse and policy breaches

• Conduct complex, forensic-style investigations of end-to-end trade lifecycles, from order origination through execution allocation and linking data across multiple surveillance tools and systems

• Train and provide expert guidance and direction to surveillance officers during reviews and investigations

• Partner with stakeholders to enhance surveillance methodologies and contribute to strategic global surveillance initiatives

• Assess regulatory requirements and internal policies to ensure surveillance controls remain effective and fit for purpose

• Act as a subject matter expert for trade surveillance, collaborating with Compliance, Front Office, Technology, and Global Surveillance leadership across jurisdictions. You will escalate emerging risks, control gaps, and trends to senior management

Your skills and experience

• Proven surveillance experience covering Fixed income products including rates, credit, and related derivatives

• Strong understanding of trade lifecycle processes and market abuse risks

• Demonstrated ability to analyze trading data and conduct complex investigations

• Strong understanding of critical data elements across the trade lifecycle, including order, execution, allocation, counterparty, and reference data

• Hands-on experience with surveillance and market data tools such as SmartBroker

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills alongside strong attention to detail and analytical skills

How well support you

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on adjustmentsconcierge@db.com to discuss.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.