Group Compliance Officer

We are seeking a Compliance Officer to enhance Optiver’s global compliance strategy within a dynamic and fast-paced environment. The candidate will play a role in ensuring regulatory adherence and driving global compliance initiatives across multiple jurisdictions. This role requires a strategic thinker who will be agile and adapt to getting involved in a wide variety of projects requiring a diverse range of skills to be deployed. The candidate needs to combine Compliance Advisory experience and expertise, curiosity about technology and market making, and drive and determination to make real change. The candidate must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a strong ability to influence and implement global strategy.

What You’ll Do

• Develop and implement a global compliance programme strategy, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Co-ordinate and contribute to high impact projects and technical compliance initiatives around policy and compliance infrastructure development and implementation
• Monitor emerging regulatory trends and advise on necessary policy adaptations
• Prepare and present compliance reports to senior management, highlighting key risks and recommendations.
• Act as the primary Compliance liaison for Optiver’s global OTC derivatives trading activities ensuring global compliance with CFTC/SEC, EMIR, MiFID II, MAS, and other relevant OTC regulatory regimes
• Collaborate with global compliance, legal, trading, and risk teams to ensure a unified approach.
  
  
  

Who You Are

• 5+ years of Compliance Advisory experience, preferably within a global trading firm, market maker, or investment bank.
• Knowledge of global listed and OTC derivatives regulations, including CFTC, SEC, EMIR and MiFID II is a benefit
• Experience with designing, automating and delivering Compliance programs
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence
• Strong organisational, analytical and leadership skills
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience with AI and automation tools a plus
  
  
  

Who We Are

At Optiver, our mission is to continuously improve the market. By providing liquidity and accurate pricing in various financial instruments, to multiple exchanges across the world, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets.

What You’ll Get

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• A performance-based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool.
• 27 paid vacation days plus all UK public holidays.
• Daily breakfast and lunch, along with support on commuting expenses.
• Private medical insurance, pension scheme, and ClassPass fitness membership.
• Training and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events.
• International transfer opportunities for global career growth.
  
  
  

How To Apply

Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via our recruitment inquiry form.

Please note:

• We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role
• We cannot accept applications via email’
  
  
  

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

Optiver is committed to diversity and inclusion.