Job Description
Role Profile
The data scientist will be responisble for leading the development of monitoring and market abuse detection algorithms within the Millenium IT Surveillance System, as well as active involvement in developing for the Senseye Surveillance system, a website hosted within AWS utilising ML/AI and advanced coding techniques.
Quantiative Surveillance & Technology are not just responsible for managing our internal surveillance alert code as part of RIE responsibilities but also external products alongside financial markets analytics tools and visualisations
The UK Regulation department is responsible for regulating all the markets operated by LSE plc (the Recognised Investment Exchange). The department oversees secondary market trading, to ensure it is orderly, and monitors the markets for potential market abuse, market manipulation and breaches of the Exchange's rules. The department is also responsible for the Exchange's compliance with its own regulatory responsibilities, its relationship with the FCA and for the provision of regulatory advice and guidance to all UK entities in the Group.
Essential skill set
Programming languages
Scala
Python
SQL
Visualisation tools
Tableau
PowerBI
Version Control
BitBucket
Atlassian tools
Jira
Confluence
Regulatory Knowledge
MiFID II
MAR
Degree specialism (or equivalent)
Computer Science
Statistics
Maths
Degree grade
2:2 or above
Personality traits
Comfortable in dynamic/fast-paced environment
Good listener
Objective
Additional desirable skill set
Programming languages
Bash
R
Matlab
Java
Visualisation tools
RShiny
Plotly
Version Control
Git
SVN
Market Data
Marketmap
Bloomberg
IDE
IntelliJ IDEA
PyCharm
Jupyter Notebook
AWS infrastructure
Amazon SageMaker
S3
Market Data
Refinitiv (concept of Eikon GUI or Electron Datascope Select metadata characteristics)
DevOps
Control-M
Jenkins
Shells
Git Bash
Command prompt
AWS infrastructure
EC2
EMR
VPC
IAM
Lambda
Workspace
Route53
Operating Systems
Linux
Unix
Regulatory Knowledge
MiFID I
FSMA 2000
FCA Handbook
UKLA DTR
Certificates (or equivalent)
IMC
CISI
CFA
BAT Score > 525
IOC
University
Russell Group
Degree specialism (or equivalent)
Economics
Econometrics
Engineering
Physics
Degree grade (or equivalent)
1st
Personality traits
Efficient
Clear & concise communicator
LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.
Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.
Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.
If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.
LSEG
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.
Data & Analytics
Our acquisition of Refinitiv means we can provide the breadth and depth of financial data and best-in-class analytics that customers expect –driving innovation and growth across global markets.And our high-performance solutions –from trading, to market surveillance, to wealth solutions and more–help to enhance the performance of our customers.
FTSE Russell is a leading global provider of financial indexing, benchmarking and analytic services with more than $16 trillion benchmarked to our indices –and offers an extensive range of data services and research.
The combination of Refinitiv and FTSE Russell provides LSEG with leading capabilities in data, analytics, indices and benchmarks
Capital Markets
We offer our customers extensive access to capital markets and liquidity across multiple asset classes. We operate a broad range of international equity, fixed income, exchange-traded funds/exchange-traded products and foreign exchange markets. Our Group is home to several capital formation and execution venues: London Stock Exchange, AIM, Turquoise, CurveGlobal, FXall and Tradeweb (through a majority ownership interest).
Post Trade
We support our customers’ clearing and reporting obligations, providing risk, balance sheet and financial resource management solutions, whilst working with our other divisions to extend this support across the value chain.
A leading global clearing house with a strong presence across multiple asset classes, LCH helps financial institutions all over the world use their capital efficiently and manage counterparty risk. We work closely with sell-side clearing members and buy-side clients in conjunction with trading venues globally.
UnaVista, a regulated platform that helps customers meet their reporting compliance obligations and reduce operational and regulatory risk through reporting, reference data and analytics solutions, further complements our Post Trade offering.
Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services –and our open-access model –we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.
LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.
Workplace Initiatives
- Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? No
- Leadership development programs? Yes
- Coaching programs? Yes
- Employee-led diversity networks? Yes
- Internal women's networking groups? Yes
- Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? Yes
Diversity Initiatives
Gender pay gap reporting information March 2020 (UK):
- Average pay gap: 17%
- Median pay gap: 18%
- Average bonus gap: 39%
- Median bonus gap: 15%
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? Yes
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? Yes - 40% in leadership by 2022
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? By the end of 2023, at least 20% of our senior leaders will be from racial and ethnic groups that are under-represented in our leadership team, increasing this representation to 25% by the end of 2025.
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? No
Returner Programme: No