Regulatory & Compliance Advisor

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