Job Title: Trade Surveillance Quality Assurance Job Duration: 6-12 month Location: Montreal, QC Pay Range: $40/hr - 44/hr on T4 without any benefits

Job Description: Responsibilities:

• In addition, CMS Surveillance Analysts are responsible for working with Business Management, Compliance Advisory, global counterparts and IT to monitor for potential market abuse, regulatory violations and suspicious activity. CMS plays a critical role in working with the 1LODto perform investigations when appropriate, and to determine and coordinate corrective action. The CMS Surveillance Manager will:
• Perform QA reviews of alert closures by 1st Line of Defense (“1LOD”) team and 2 nd Line of Defense.
• Provide training and guidance to the “Level 1” CMS team, which performs a first-pass review of alerts, to ensure quality and proper adherence to the Standard Operation Procedures;
• Champion the development of new surveillance features and controls to address risk priorities as appropriate;
• Provide support to the Quality Assurance functions as appropriate
• Conduct or assist with special investigations and projects;
• Assist with Internal Audit, Compliance Testing and ad hoc regulatory requests.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Review alert and case closures performed by both the First and Second Lines of Defense to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Identify and document instances where closure narratives or decisions deviate from established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Escalate any issues of concern or procedural inconsistencies to the QA Manager for further review.
• Assist in the administrative functions of the QA team, including:
• Generating and formatting QA reports for internal distribution.
• Allocating alerts for review across the QA team.
• Tracking closure trends and recurring issues for reporting purposes.
• Support the development and refinement of QA metrics and dashboards.
• Collaborate with surveillance analysts and compliance officers to clarify closure rationale when needed.
• Maintain organized records of reviewed cases and QA findings for audit readiness.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts by suggesting enhancements to SOPs and QA workflows.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to trading desks, exchanges, electronic trading market or securities industry;
• Technical understanding of capital markets with experience as a trader, surveillance analyst or regulator
• Experience with trade and e-comm surveillance and case management systems, such as NICE Actimize, SMARTS, Client, Digital Reasoning
• Proficiency with market data solutions and due diligence vendors, such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Worldcheck, Lexis, Edgar, OTCMarkets,etc.;
• Expert-level skill set with MS Office Suite;