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Manager | Trade Surveillance

Primary office location
Manila
Date
19-Jun-2025
Permanent - Full time,
Job category
Risk Management
Join us in this exciting opportunity to use your expertise in both people management and financial products to build an exceptional team.
At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

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As a Manager within the Futures Business Surveillance team, you will oversee daily Level 1 Surveillance reviews on various market abuse scenario alert types, ensuring thorough documentation of alert resolutions. Applying your sound judgment, you will escalate issues to the Level 2 teams regionally, engage with local and global teams to identify patters and behaviours indicating market abuse and misconduct, and contribute proactively to the fine tuning of detection parameters and models.

In addition, you will coach and develop junior staff members, aiding in their professional growth. You will maintain and update documentation and procedures related to surveillance processes and participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) for new systems or models as needed. You will also participate in mandatory audits, both external and internal, and provide necessary information and documentation.

What you offer

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  • Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics or any relevant field of discipline
  • 5 years of prior experience in compliance or any regulatory role with a focus in detection and review of potential risks, in particular market abuse and manipulation
  • Familiarity with traded products such as Fixed Income, FX, Futures, Options, Commodities and/or Equities would be an advantage
  • Knowledge in reviewing market abuse scenarios (e.g. frontrunning, layering, spoofing, ramping) and the use of market surveillance systems such as Nasdaq SMARTS and Scila as well as case management NICE ActOne is an advantage
  • A strong analytical and investigative mindset with the ability to multi-task, be self-directed and manage multiple deadlines while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and quality of work
  • Strong communication skills to liaise with various stakeholders, resolve issues and suggest solutions.
We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

What we offer

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At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include:

  • 1 wellbeing leave day per year
  • 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of paid transition leave upon return to work and 6 weeks’ paid leave for secondary caregivers
  • 5 days carers leave of immediate family members on top of annual leave
  • 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
  • Voluntary parental medical insurance plan for married employees
  • Wellbeing benefits, sessions and events to support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing, including a comprehensive medical and life insurance cover
  • Access to our Employee Assistance Program, a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
  • Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
  • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
  • Reimbursement for work from home equipment

About the Risk Management Group

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Our Risk Management Group works as an independent, and centralised function, responsible for independent and objective review and challenge, oversight, monitoring and reporting in relation to Macquarie’s material risks. We are a global team that aims to manage the risks of today and anticipate the risks of tomorrow. Our divisions include compliance, credit, financial crime risk, internal audit, market risk, operational risk, aggregate risk and prudential, and central.

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process.

Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process.