Group Compliance Audit Manager - Trading and Technology Firm

Are you a professional with a keen interest in the financial markets, who is specialized in Compliance? Would you like to be part of a highly collaborative team working in a fast-paced environment? Are you a communicative, analytical and flexible thinker who is results driven and loves to travel? Then you could be just who we’re looking for!

What You’ll Do:

As a Group Compliance Audit Manager you will work in a team with six other experienced internal auditors of which two are IT Audit Manager, one is focused on Risk and Trading and the rest of the team is responsible for other various topics. You will work on assessments that are relevant for the local Optiver entities, our Supervisory Board and Management Board. Group Audit assessments can cover the entire spectrum of our organization: from risk to tax, from trading to finance and from compliance to remuneration. Their common purpose: we aim to enhance and protect organizational value by providing risk-based and objective audits, advice and insight. You will mainly focus specifically on the compliance areas.

Group Audit is based in Amsterdam, but it performs the global internal audit function. Therefore, Group Audit is responsible for various assessments and sometimes separate projects in our Amsterdam office and our foreign offices in Chicago, Sydney, Shanghai, London, Austin, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei. With the team (or part of the team), you will visit the main offices once or twice per year for a period of one or two weeks each time.

In short you will:

• Perform various engagements as part of a team on mainly compliance topics;
• Be based in Amsterdam, but regularly visit our foreign offices (9-10 weeks per year);
• Have oversight on the compliance processes of all Optiver offices. You will have to differentiate between the key and non-key items and know how to approach a topic in a risk-based way;
• Work with different compliance teams, located in different offices, take into account different cultural aspects;
• Give input to Group Compliance on your observations and findings;
• Be working in a dynamic and complex organization which will challenge you to constantly improve.

Who You Are:

Optiver needs our next Group Compliance Audit Manager to be someone with:

• Professional compliance experience at a known financial services organization;
• Preferable knowledge of trading and market-making (prior work-related experience is not required);
• Preferable experience with deep dives, internal monitoring assessments or auditing, control framework and knowledge of processes and controls;
• Preferably holding one or more compliance certification(s);
• 8 or more years of relevant work experience;
• Excellent reporting and verbal communication skills in English;
• An intelligent and pragmatic mind who likes to work both independently and in a close team dynamic;
• An innovative mindset with a drive to improve processes and an entrepreneurial attitude;
• Ability to identify key risks and ask the right questions;
• Willingness and ability to travel about 9-10 weeks per year.

Who We Are:

At Optiver, our mission is to improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we play an active role in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for all participants. We tackle the toughest problems, challenge the status quo and always aim for excellence. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner on 70+ exchanges across the globe.
Our Amsterdam office is where it all began. Since our founding in 1986, Optiver’s Amsterdam office has developed into one of the most dynamic and exciting trading floors in Europe. Our culture reflects the Dutch capital city’s progressive, innovative and inclusive nature. With its unique spirit, Amsterdam is the ideal hub for our teams to trade a wide range of products, from listed derivatives to cash equities, ETFs, bonds and foreign exchange.

What You’ll Get:

The chance to start your career working alongside best-in-class professionals from over 40 different countries.
Alongside this you will get great secondary benefits such as 25 paid vacation days, fully paid first-class commuting expenses, training opportunities, discounts on health insurance, breakfast and lunch facilities, sports and leisure activities, Friday afternoon drinks and even weekly in-house chair massages.