Compliance Specialist - JERA Global Markets
(2025-06)
- Project lead in upgrading and enhancing all compliance trade monitoring systems strengthening coverage and reducing false positives
- Implementing and enhancing compliance controls and systems in partnership with technology and cross‑functional teams, strengthening coverage and improving effectiveness
- Overseeing trading activity and communications across global markets ensuring proactive identification and escalation of potential conduct or market- abuse risks
- Advising business and support teams on regulatory and internal compliance requirements
- Producing MI reports on trading activity and alerts for senior management
Market Abuse and Surveillance Analyst - ENI Global Energy Markets
(2019-07 - 2025-06)
- Provided compliance advice to the business and support functions to ensure compliance with regulatory and company requirements and standards, updating polices when necessary
- Provided compliance coverage for all electronic trading activity and products, covering Crude Oil, Refined products, Natural Gas, Power, Emissions and LNG, including handling regulatory reporting, compliance related queries such as regulatory requests, alerts, incidents
- Led the design and implementation of the compliance trade monitoring programme
- Coordinated internal regulatory inspections, including risk assessments and insider dealing interviews
- Delivered compliance training addressing employee needs and compliance requirements as well as enhancing employee awareness and knowledge of regulatory requirements and sensitivities
- Implemented appropriate compliance controls and tools, including working with compliance technology support and other internal functions to make enhancements and address any gaps identified
- Presented weekly and quarterly reports to senior management on compliance activity
- Carried out compliance investigations, and assisting other departments such as trade control with anti-fraud and market conformity checks and where necessary prepare case reports of findings, ensuring any improvements required are implemented
- Monitored trading activity and communications across all markets
Risk Analyst - ENI
(2023-06 - 2024-06)
ENI International Assignment
- Analysed the risk exposure of a gas and LNG portfolios
- Detected and reported the risk of a portfolio of energy commodity, FX and energy asset derivatives by comparing and proposing risk management strategies
- Uploaded deals to relevant books and reported positions
- Monitored live positions and sent hedge requests to front office for physical/financial commodities and treasury for FX
Energy Broker - OTC Europe
(2011-11 - 2017-02)
- Conducted various trades on behalf clients and advised them on the best way to position themselves within the Energy markets adhering to MAR
- Worked with clients on developing different trading strategies
- Monitored world markets and kept up-to-date on all media outlets with financial news and developments
- Designed automated spreadsheets linked to trading platforms to track various strategies and pricing trends
- Built excellent relationships with existing and new clients
Senior Market Surveillance Analyst - Intercontinental Exchange (ICE)
(2005-04 - 2011-10)
- Responsible for the monitoring, investigation and surveillance of all trading activity on the ICE Exchange
- Made key decisions under pressure in relation to trading activity alerts and potential market abuse
- Attended weekly ICE Management meetings on behalf of the Market Supervision department producing and presenting reports on past issues, future rule changes and new circular releases
- Assisted in the development and implementation of Market Supervision's new monitoring and alerts system (SMARTS)
- Held meetings with the FCA to ensure monitoring systems and procedures were compliant
- Assisted in the recruitment and development of prospective Market Analysts from interviewing in the assessment centres through to the testing and training of successful candidates
- Provided key support in New York for the NYBOT exchange, at the beginning and during the transition of trading from the floor to electronic trading for both ICE employees and NYBOT members
- Trained ICE employees overseas in the ICE Atlanta office and the NYBOT Market Surveillance department in New York
- Calculated daily benchmark indexes, marker and settlement prices
Pit Observer - International Petroleum Exchange (IPE)
(2004-05 - 2005-04)
- First line compliance ensuring the Exchange rules and regulations were adhered to at all times in both the open-outcry and the electronic trading environments
- Required to adjudicate in trade disputes on the trading floor, to provide quick decisions in a pressurised and volatile environment
- Produced settlement prices for all futures and options contracts
- Matched and input EFP/EFS trades on behalf of members
- Created daily market reports on energy pricing for IPE members
Systems Tester - FFastfill Plc
(2002-08 - 2004-04)
- Produced software test documents and reports for the FFastFill product suite, from front to back-end trading systems, and provided training for new clients
- Performed conformance and compatibility testing with Liffe and Eurex
- Ensured all required testing was completed in time for project delivery
- Identified and reported defects in Ffastfill software using various testing methodologies
- Worked closely with developers to find solutions to defects and enhancements
