Investigator

The Market Regulation Department at CME Group seeks an Investigator to safeguard its markets from abuse by monitoring for illegal activity, detecting manipulation, and conducting trade practice investigations. This role involves extensive training, working with proprietary surveillance tools, analyzing large datasets, and producing reports. Investigators ensure compliance with CME Group exchange rules, evaluate complaints, and conduct comprehensive investigations to preserve market integrity.

Must Have

• Sound understanding of market fundamentals and trade practices
• Understanding of investigation and surveillance techniques
• Knowledge of CME Group exchange rules and regulations
• Proficiency with large datasets, analytical tools, and basic statistical modeling
• Strong writing skills for reports, memoranda, and discovery
• Strong oral communication skills for recorded interviews
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• High degree of initiative for timely assignment completion
• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year, accredited institution
• Strong analytical, quantitative, and critical thinking skills
• Strong time management and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Intermediate to Advanced MS Word and MS Excel

Good to Have

• Advanced or professional degrees
• One to three years direct work experience at an exchange, regulatory organization, or Futures Commission Merchant
• Experience with Python
• Experience with R
• Experience with Data Visualization

Perks & Benefits

• Exposure to a superior array of products and a best-in-class regulatory department
• Corporate culture that promotes professional development and career advancement
• Ability to impact the markets directly by keeping them open, fair, and transparent
• Opportunity to collaborate within functional areas and across departments
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
• Annual target bonus opportunity
• Opportunity to become an owner in the company through a broad-based equity program
• Comprehensive health coverage
• Retirement package including a 401(k) and an active pension plan
• Highly competitive education reimbursement provisions
• Paid time off
• Mental health benefit

The Market Regulation Department of CME Group is responsible, in part, for satisfying statutory and regulatory provisions associated with operating designated contract markets. Market Regulation Trade Practice Investigators preserve the welfare and dignity of the CME Group exchange by safeguarding its markets from abuse. To ensure compliance with CME Group exchange rules, Investigators use proprietary trade practice surveillance tools and other resources at their disposal to monitor CME Group markets for evidence of abusive, disruptive, or illegal activity; to detect and prevent manipulative behaviors; and to conduct trade practice investigations. Investigators begin their careers by undergoing extensive training and working closely with their more experienced colleagues to develop the skills necessary to conduct high-quality investigations with minimal supervision.

The Market Regulation Department takes enormous pride in fostering robust, reliable markets that are free from abusive activity. Being part of our team provides every Trade Practice Investigator an opportunity to do meaningful, fulfilling, and collaborative work preserving the integrity of CME Group markets.

What You'll Get:

• Exposure to a superior array of products and a best-in-class regulatory department.
• A corporate culture that promotes professional development and career advancement.
• The ability to impact the markets directly by keeping them open, fair, and transparent.
• The opportunity to collaborate within functional areas and across departments.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

What You'll Need:

• To excel in this role, Trade Practice Investigators must have or develop a sound understanding of market fundamentals and trade practices, investigation and surveillance techniques, and CME Group exchange rules and regulations.
• Because the role is highly analytical, Investigators must be facile working with large datasets, analytical tools, and basic statistical modeling.
• Investigators must produce a variety of well written reports, memoranda, and discovery (e.g., interrogatories, information requests, etc.), so the role also requires strong writing skills.
• As part of the discovery process, Investigators often conduct recorded interviews of subjects and witnesses, which require strong oral communication skills.
• Finally, Investigators simultaneously manage multiple tasks related to their program, complaint, research, and case assignments. This requires strong organizational and planning skills and a high degree of initiative to ensure timely completion of assignments.

What You'll Do:

• To ensure compliance with CME Group exchange rules, Market Regulation Trade Practice Investigators:
• Perform timely program reviews to detect potential trade practice rule violations, such as spoofing and other types of disruptive trading activity, washing and other types of prohibited prearranged trading activity, acting on non-public order information and/or violating the priority of customer orders, and failing to comply with reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements.
• Evaluate complaints from market participants and conduct independent research, both ad hoc and structured, for evidence of potential rule violations.
• Conduct comprehensive investigations (i.e., cases) into the potential trade practice rule violations identified through program, complaint, and research reviews.
• Take recorded statements from the subjects of and witnesses for the investigations.
• Communicate the results of analyses and recommend the appropriate disposition to Investigations management.
• Produce concise, but thoroughly grounded, argumentative reports for a select audience, including Investigations management and Enforcement counsel as appropriate.

What You'll Bring:

• A bachelor’s degree from a four-year, accredited institution; advanced or professional degrees a plus.
• One - three years direct work experience at an exchange, regulatory organization, or Futures Commission Merchant preferred
• Open to recent, high-performing college graduates with relevant or transferrable skills and experiences.
• Experience working with large data sets.
• Strong to exceptional analytical, quantitative, and critical thinking skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced work environment.
• Intermediate to Advanced MS Word and MS Excel; Python, R, Data Visualization a plus.

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CME Group is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package for our employees that recognizes their contributions to the business and reflects our long-term investment in their future. The pay range for this role is $61,700-$102,900. Actual salary offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education and comparison to internal employees (where relevant). Our compensation program also includes an annual target bonus opportunity for all employees, as well as the opportunity to become an owner in the company through our broad-based equity program. Through our benefits program, we strive to offer flexibility, value and choice. From comprehensive health coverage, to a retirement package that includes both a 401(k) and an active pension plan, to highly competitive education reimbursement provisions, paid time off and a mental health benefit, CME Group offers a holistic benefits package for our team and their dependents.

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