Senior Associate - Market Surveillance

Build the market that brings the future into focus

Rothera is building a world-changing prediction market in partnership with some of the financial industry's leading global brokerage and trading firms.

By empowering traders to take positions on the events that shape our world, Rothera’s platform harnesses the scale and power of financial markets to produce timely, unique, and effective information discovery for leaders and decision makers to ask and answer their most important questions.

Rothera operates at the frontier, generating market-driven forecasts that turn intuition into insight.

About the role

This role will be part of the Exchange Market Regulation team responsible for enforcing the Exchange’s rules through market advisories, investigations, trade surveillance, and disciplinary actions.  In this position, you will be responsible for detecting and investigating trading activity in derivatives markets to detect potential violations of Exchange rules and CFTC Regulations applicable to trading across multiple asset classes traded on Rothera markets.  This role will also interact with liquidity providers on the Exchange and provide guidance based on their dynamic needs. 

What you’ll do

• Real-Time Market Monitoring: Monitor trading activity to detect suspicious trading patterns, manipulation, or abusive behavior
• Trade Analysis and Investigations: Conduct pos-trade reviews and forensic analysis of flagged transactions; prepare detailed reports on findings and recommend appropriate actions.
• Regulatory Compliance: Assist in preparing responses to regulatory inquiries and audits.
• Surveillance Development and Enforcement: Contributed to the development and refinement of surveillance protocols and compliance frameworks.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Legal, Risk and Technology teams to improve surveillance systems and compliance workflows.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics or related fields
• Working knowledge of CFTC-regulated markets, CFTC Regulations and trade surveillance platforms
• 2-4 years of relevant work experience
• Strong Analytical and Communication Skills
• Self-starter who can prioritize and meet tight deadlines
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

Benefits & Compensation

This position has a base salary of $100,000-$130,000 per year, plus participation in a discretionary annual incentive bonus program.

Rothera is dedicated to advancing the careers and personal wellbeing of our team members. We are continuously exploring ways to support our employees holistically, including a 401(k) plan with employer match, health, vision, and dental insurance for employees and eligible dependents, paid time off, and much more.

Why you should join the mission

If you want a critical role in a path-breaking company, you belong here. 

Rothera values initiative from individuals of all backgrounds. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

This is a full-time, in-person hybrid position. This position is not available for visa sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. on a permanent, indefinite basis.