Compliance Officer

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Schonfeld’s Dubai office is hiring a Compliance Officer to support the EMEA region in Global Markets. Reporting to the Director of Compliance, this role blends regulatory and markets expertise with a service mindset and collaboration. You’ll advise and train investment personnel, lead EMEA control room activities, review new instruments, act as SME on business changes, respond to regulator inquiries, and support examinations and regulatory change initiatives. Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s degree, about 7 years of relevant experience, deep knowledge of EMEA market structure and regulations, and a calm, collaborative communication style; be adaptable and tech‑savvy, and able to work onsite in Dubai. Desirable: front office compliance, Confluence/JIRA, project management, and a Dubai/London network. Our DEI driven culture centers talent.

The Role

We are seeking to hire an exceptional Compliance Officer to join our Dubai office. This role will report into the Director of Compliance, based in Dubai, and hold several responsibilities for the EMEA region in the Global markets advisory space, and the Compliance department.

This position requires a focus on high levels of service and technical expertise. It requires a blend of regulatory, investment and markets compliance knowledge and expertise, coupled with outstanding collaboration qualities. This role necessitates a flexibility to also support the wider compliance department with activities outside of the listed responsibilities.

What you’ll do 

• Providing compliance advice and training to the EMEA investment personnel on their activities; including managing the flow of live trading queries and responding in a timely risk-based fashion.
• Lead Control Room activity in the EMEA region, including wall crosses, market soundings, MNPI and confidential information control, as well as related policy and procedure development.
• Engage in the review of, and input into the approval for new investment instruments, products, strategies, technology, models, trading venues, and trading activities in the EMEA region.
• Act as compliance SME as needed for relevant business change initiatives in the EMEA region.
• Act as first line response for exchange and regulator queries related to EMEA market activity.
• Support and preparation of relevant business coverage for formal examinations.
• Track and lead regulatory change initiatives connected to relevant market structure and investment related regulatory change in the EMEA region.
• Support the wider Global Markets Advisory team and Compliance department as needed.

What you’ll bring

What you need:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 7 years’ relevant experience.
• Highly self-motivated, organized, and attentive to detail.
• Strong technical knowledge covering market structure and related regulations in EMEA region.
• Structured, methodical and consistent in execution.
• Adaptable and open to change, a natural problem solver and lateral thinker.
• Comfortable with technology, systems and process orientated.
• Calm and concise communicator, collaborative and able to engage well with staff of varying roles and seniority.
• Firm and team first in thinking.

We’d love if you had:

• Experience in maintaining control room restrictions and approving various deals for multiple investment teams.
• Prior experience operating in the Compliance front office investment advisory capacity.
• Experience of adopting workflow management toolkits and new technologies.
• Project management skills, and experience working with Confluence, JIRA and various AI models.
• A strong Compliance network in London/Dubai.
• Familiarity with the multi-manager hedge fund model.

Our Culture

The firm’s ethos is embedded in our people. ‘Talent is our strategy’ is our mantra and drives how we approach all initiatives at the firm. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority.

Schonfeld strives to create an environment where our people can thrive. We foster a teamwork-oriented, collaborative environment where ideas at any level are encouraged and shared. The development and advancement of our talent is honed through interactions with each other, learning & educational offerings, and through opportunities to make impactful contributions.

At Schonfeld, we strive to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. As a firm we are committed to creating a hiring process which is not only fair, but also welcoming and supportive. On a daily basis, our employees welcome diversity across identity, thought, people and views which serves as the foundation of our culture and success. You can learn more about our DEI initiatives here - Belonging @ Schonfeld.

Who we are

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a multi-manager platform that invests its capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across four trading strategies; quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading and discretionary macro & fixed income. We have created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses.

Over the last 30 years, Schonfeld has successfully capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics and continue to capitalize on new opportunities. In 2021 we launched our newest strategy, discretionary macro & fixed income as part of the continual growth of Schonfeld’s investible universe. Our portfolio exposure has expanded across the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as multiple asset classes and products.

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