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Bloomberg’s Legal and Compliance Department plays a critical role in supporting our businesses and operations around the world. We move quickly and thoughtfully to help address a variety of complex legal and compliance issues that come with being the world’s leading financial news and information company. Our team is made up of talented and hardworking professionals who think creatively and work collaboratively in an open environment to deliver results, drive innovation, and solve difficult problems. Diversity and inclusion are essential to our success, and we strive to maintain an environment where our employees are empowered to make an impact. We also recognize the value and importance of giving back to our communities, as evidenced by our award-winning pro bono program.

The Employee Compliance Function within Bloomberg’s Legal and Compliance Department provides coverage for global employee conduct programs, including Electronic Communications Surveillance, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption, Personal Account Dealing, Conflicts of Interest, Outside Business Activities, and Compliance-led investigations. The team partners closely with Legal, Human Resources, and business stakeholders to promote a strong culture of integrity and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies. Through a risk-based approach, the function helps identify, assess, and address potential employee conduct risks across the firm.

Role overview:

The Electronic Communications Surveillance Analyst is responsible for monitoring, reviewing, and investigating employee electronic communications to identify potential violations of regulatory requirements, firm policies, market conduct rules, and ethical standards. The role supports the firm's compliance and risk management framework by conducting surveillance across email, chat, messaging platforms and other digital communication channels.

Key Responsibilities:

Surveillance Monitoring

Review alerts generated by communications surveillance systems

Monitor employee communications across email, Bloomberg Chat, Slack, and mobile messaging platforms

Identify indicators of market abuse, insider trading, bribery and corruption, conflicts of interest, misconduct, or policy breaches

Perform targeted reviews and ad hoc searches based on emerging risks or regulatory requests

Investigations

Analyze potentially suspicious communications and related business activity

Escalate issues to Compliance, Legal, Human Resources, or senior management

Support internal investigations, audits, and regulatory examinations

Program Enhancement

Recommend process improvements to increase surveillance effectiveness

Participate in system upgrades, testing, and implementation of new surveillance technologies

Help tune alert parameters to reduce false positives and improve detection quality

Skills & Experience

Essential

Bachelor's degree

2-5 years of experience in compliance, surveillance, risk management, investigations, or financial services

Strong analytical and investigative skills

Excellent written and verbal communication abilities

High attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive information confidentially

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Ease with technology and learning new systems

Desirable

Experience using communications surveillance, eDiscovery, or compliance monitoring platforms (e.g., Bloomberg Vault, Behavox, Smarsh, Global Relay, SteelEye, Relativity, or similar) is a plus.

Knowledge of securities regulations and market conduct rules

Personal Attributes

Investigative mindset

Critical thinking

Regulatory awareness

Risk assessment

Documentation and report writing

Time management and prioritization

Ethical judgment and integrity

Salary Range = 130,000 - 160,000 USD Annual + Benefits + Bonus

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.

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