Market Surveillance Specialist

As a Surveillance Specialist at Nasdaq, you will be responsible for Baltic Market Trading & Issuer surveillance, ensuring efficient interaction with regulatory bodies. This role involves monitoring and reviewing account transactions to prevent market manipulation and ensure appropriateness. You will perform surveillance for Nasdaq Tallinn issuers and members, supervise compliance with MAR and Exchange rules, and conduct trading surveillance across various Baltic instruments. The specialist will also handle real-time alerts, trading halts, and prepare reports, communicating with Baltic FSAs on suspected market abuse.

Must Have

• Perform Nasdaq Tallinn issuers surveillance
• Supervise issuers compliance with MAR and Exchange rules, disclosure obligation
• Initiate investigations and refer matters to Nasdaq Tallinn Surveillance committee
• Coordinate Baltic Issuers surveillance
• Conduct trading surveillance in all Nasdaq Baltic instruments: equities, fixed income and fund units
• Perform Nasdaq Baltic members surveillance
• Handle real time alerts, trading halts, trade cancellations
• Take decisions on instrument suspensions/observation status
• Prepare and update various surveillance policies, rules, guidelines, reports
• Communicate and prepare cases to the Baltic FSA's concerning suspected market abuse, market manipulation

Good to Have

• Good excel skills
• SQL knowledge

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Annual bonus
• Annual equity grant
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering discounted company shares
• 6 additional days off per year
• Extra vacation time based on tenure
• Work from (almost) anywhere – up to 20 days/year
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Health insurance
• 24/7 mental health support for you and your family
• Global mentoring program
• Unlimited access to e-learning platforms
• Hybrid work setup
• Modern and comfortable work environment with fresh fruit, snacks, and weekly fika breaks

Nasdaq is a financial technology company, rewriting the future of global economies and markets by unlocking capital and opportunities through their technology, innovation, and expertise. With industry-shaping insights, unrivaled intel, and innovative financial technology at our fingertips, we don’t chase the opportunities of tomorrow — we create them.

As Surveillance Specialist you will be responsible for Baltic Market Trading & Issuer surveillance, efficient and high-quality interaction with regulatory surveillance bodies and work in Nasdaq Baltic Transaction Services team. Monitors and reviews account transactions to ensure appropriateness. Reviews all aspects of account transactions, typically having a specific focus on potential market manipulation, transaction appropriateness issues.

Responsibilities:

• Perform Nasdaq Tallinn issuers surveillance
• Supervise issuers compliance with MAR and Exchange rules, disclosure obligation
• Initiate investigations and refer matters to Nasdaq Tallinn Surveillance committee
• Coordinate Baltic Issuers surveillance
• Conduct trading surveillance in all Nasdaq Baltic instruments: equities, fixed income and fund units
• Perform Nasdaq Baltic members surveillance
• Handle real time alerts, trading halts, trade cancellations
• Take decisions on instrument suspensions/observation status
• Prepare and update various surveillance policies, rules, guidelines, reports
• Communicate and prepare cases to the Baltic FSA's concerning suspected market abuse, market manipulation

Requirements:

• Education Required: Bachelor, Masters or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Excellent Estonian & English language skills
• Requires conceptual and practical expertise in own field and basic knowledge of related subject areas
• Ability to adapt and communicate with various partners
• Is fully self-sufficient and competent regarding output quality and quantity
• Analytical thinking and attention to details
• Good excel skills and SQL knowledge is an advantage

What You Will Get:

We offer a competitive, well-rounded rewards package that supports you and your family - inside and outside work.

Wealth

• Competitive base salary
• Annual bonus
• Annual equity grant
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering discounted company shares

Time off

• 6 additional days off per year
• Extra vacation time based on tenure
• Work from (almost) anywhere – up to 20 days/year
• Paid time off to volunteer

Health

• Health insurance
• 24/7 mental health support for you and your family

Growth

• Global mentoring program
• Unlimited access to e-learning platforms

Office experience

• Hybrid work setup
• Modern and comfortable work environment with fresh fruit, snacks, and weekly fika breaks

This is a full-time, permanent position. Please submit your application in English, including your CV and salary expectations ASAP.

Come as You Are

Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, color, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

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