Regulatory & Compliance Advisor in London, Greater London

Regulatory Compliance Advisor - Global Trading

Location: London / Hybrid
Industry: Commodities Trading / Energy

Belcan Workforce Solutions are seeking an experienced Regulatory Compliance Advisor to support and oversee compliance across global commodities trading activities. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring adherence to relevant trading regulations, market conduct rules, and compliance frameworks while providing expert guidance to trading and senior leadership teams.

Strong Oil & Gas industry knowledge and experience would be viewed as a significant advantage and is highly desirable for this position.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all relevant trading regulations, market conduct rules, exchange requirements, and transaction surveillance obligations.
• Advise trading teams and senior management on regulatory developments and the impact of regulatory change on trading activities.
• Develop and maintain compliance policies and procedures across multiple jurisdictions.
• Conduct regulatory reviews, surveillance, and monitoring of trading activities to identify and mitigate compliance risks.
• Partner with Trading, Legal, Market Risk, and Risk Operations teams to address regulatory and compliance matters.
• Act as a primary contact for regulatory authorities and support responses to regulatory enquiries.
• Deliver compliance training and educational materials to trading teams.
• Monitor emerging regulatory trends and provide strategic advice on future compliance initiatives.
• Support reviews of new transactions, products, and business activities from a regulatory compliance perspective.

Requirements

Essential

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Law, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years' experience within commodities trading compliance or a related regulatory function.
• Strong understanding of global financial regulations including Dodd-Frank, CFTC, MiFID II, EMIR, and MAR.
• Experience with trade surveillance systems, compliance monitoring tools, and regulatory reporting platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills.

Highly Desirable

• Previous experience within the Oil & Gas trading sector.
• Strong understanding of the regulatory landscape, compliance risks, and trading operations associated with Oil & Gas commodities markets.
• Experience supporting compliance programmes within energy trading environments.

Key Skills

• Regulatory Compliance & Governance
• Trading Surveillance & Monitoring
• Risk Identification & Mitigation
• Stakeholder Management
• Regulatory Reporting
• Market Conduct & Market Abuse Prevention
• Leadership & Influencing
• Strategic Problem Solving
• Project Management

Contract details:

• Location: London (fully on-site, Monday to Friday)
• Duration: 12-month contract (inside IR35)
• Hours: 35 hours per week
• Rate: Up to £76.86 per hour PAYE or £99.02 per hour Umbrella

This is an excellent opportunity to join a global trading business where you will have significant exposure to senior stakeholders and play a key role in shaping and maintaining a robust compliance culture across international trading operations.

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan