Compliance Associate
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Finance and investment analysts and advisers
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
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£45,800
(£23.49 per hour)
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Description
About Us
MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.
The Role
We are seeking a Compliance Associate to join our growing EMEA & APAC Compliance team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to gain broad exposure across core compliance disciplines within a fast‑paced fintech environment. The role sits within Monitoring and Central Compliance and works closely with Surveillance, senior compliance leadership, and key business stakeholders across the region. You will support the development and delivery of the Compliance Monitoring Programme, contribute to regulatory and governance frameworks, and help ensure the firm continues to meet evolving regulatory expectations across EMEA and APAC.
How You’ll Help Take Us There
MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.
The Role
We are seeking a Compliance Associate to join our growing EMEA & APAC Compliance team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to gain broad exposure across core compliance disciplines within a fast‑paced fintech environment. The role sits within Monitoring and Central Compliance and works closely with Surveillance, senior compliance leadership, and key business stakeholders across the region. You will support the development and delivery of the Compliance Monitoring Programme, contribute to regulatory and governance frameworks, and help ensure the firm continues to meet evolving regulatory expectations across EMEA and APAC.
How You’ll Help Take Us There
- Support the Monitoring and Central Compliance function across EMEA and APAC
- Assist in the development, maintenance, and delivery of the Annual Compliance Monitoring Programme (CMP), including routine and thematic reviews
- Conduct and coordinate risk‑based monitoring reviews to assess compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies
- Track and manage monitoring findings and action items to ensure timely remediation
- Advise the business on control framework enhancements aligned with regulatory expectations
- 2+ years’ experience in financial services compliance, risk, or audit, ideally within regulated trading platforms, market infrastructure, banking, capital markets, or post‑trade environments
- Bachelor's degree in Legal or Compliance preferred; Engineering, Data or Maths highly regarded
- Strong understanding of UK and/or EU financial services regulation; exposure to US regulation is a plus
- Experience working within small, collaborative teams
- Fixed income market experience preferred but not required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience drafting reports, policies, and training materials
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with confidence escalating issues when identified
- Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet tight deadlines
- Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul's.
- Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines
- Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days
- Reward for your service: We offer a two-week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service
- Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a “Share Incentive” plan
- Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences
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