Operations Investment and Market Abuse Specialist

**REQ-10103201**:

- **07/10/2025**:

- **Customer Operations**:

- **Milaan, Italië**ING Bank**

**Job Title**: Market Abuse & Securities Operations Specialist

We are looking for a Market Abuse & Securities Operations Specialist to join our first line of defense team. The role combines responsibilities in market abuse surveillance and back-office securities operations, ensuring the integrity of trading activities and the accuracy of post-trade processes.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Monitor trading activity and investigate alerts related to potential market abuse, including price manipulation and insider trading.
- Conduct first-level analysis of suspicious transactions, escalating cases as appropriate.
- Support daily back-office operations for securities, including trade matching, settlement, and reconciliation.
- Verify the accuracy and completeness of transactions across trading, clearing, and custody systems.
- Manage the timely resolution of operational breaks, discrepancies, or settlement fails.
- Collaborate with traders, compliance, risk, and IT to ensure smooth information flow and proper escalation of issues.
- Assist in the review and enhancement of surveillance parameters and operational procedures.

**Technical Skills / Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
- Good knowledge in trade surveillance, or securities back office within a financial institution or investment firm.
- Understanding financial instruments, trade lifecycle, and settlement processes (equities, bonds, derivatives).
- Knowledge of market abuse typologies (layering, spoofing, wash trades, insider trading) and related regulations.
- Familiarity with trade surveillance or back-office systems
- Strong command of Ecel and data analysis tools.
- Good written and spoken English.

**Soft skills**:

- Strong analytical mindset and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
- High sense of responsibility and ethical standards.
- Effective communication and collaboration across teams.
- Problem-solving and proactive attitude.
- Adaptability in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

**Working conditions**: Full Time

**Duration**: Permanent

**Location**: Milan (hybrid)

**About ING**

ING offers many opportunities to build a diverse and rewarding career. You will be joining an international innovative digital bank, the first in Italy to adopt a fully fleible smart working model, and you will be working in a stimulating environment where you can grow both as an individual and as a professional. Our purpose - empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business - represents our belief in people’s potential. We don’t judge, coach or to tell people how to live their lives. We empower people and businesses to realize their own vision for a better future.
doyourthing is our brand direction with us each and every day. It is how we articulate our purpose and our promise to make banking frictionless to the world.
‘do your thing’ is about people being free to live the life they want to live, knowing that they will make their world a little better for it.

**The benefits of joining ING**

In addition to being a part of a great team, working in a fun and innovative environment, we offer:

- Super fleible smart working
- Competitive base salaries and performance based bonuses
- Diverse cultures & Innovative mindsets
- International Environment
- Commitment to sustainability
- Lots of training development opportunities to help you grow
- Lots of moments dedicated to physical and mental well-being
- A special day off when it is your birthday: we call it #doyourbirthday
- And of course we can’t forget: free water & coffee at the office

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