Product Manager; Spread - Banking, Accounting Finance - Analysts

Job Title: Product Manager (Spread)

Position type: Full-time, Contract (W2)

Duration: 6 Months Contract to hire

Location: Charlotte, NC / New York NY – 3 days hybrid on-site role

• Manage global delivery and enhancements for FLOD surveillance and transaction monitoring platforms.
• Lead the buildout and global rollout of an Equity and Credit/Spread trade surveillance framework designed to detect and prevent market abuse and manipulation.
• Oversee front line surveillance platforms including model design, controls architecture, calibration cycles, and quality assurance processes.
• Partner closely with Front Office, Technology, BA/Implementation teams, and Data groups to implement system controls, ensure data readiness, and improve monitoring workflows.
• Design and enhance next generation surveillance models, reduce false positives, and ensure all model governance documentation meets regulatory standards.
• Deliver Market Integrity and Surveillance training to BAU monitoring teams, supervisors, and leadership across Sales & Trading.
• Serve as an SME advising leadership on Credit, Spread, and Equities surveillance, supporting large scale cross‑organizational platform transformation.
• Calibrate, back test, and document surveillance model performance, ensuring high quality alerting and transparent audit trails.
• Build out controls for Credit and Spread related instruments, including High Yield, Investment Grade, munis, structured credit, and credit insurance spread products.
• Conduct in depth pattern analysis on high risk alerts across order driven and RFQ workflows.
• Coordinate system releases, data feed updates, and platform improvements with tech and implementation teams.
• Oversee QA frameworks, ensuring monitoring teams are aligned with policy, procedure, and market integrity standards.
• Document model logic, escalation rules, and user procedures in alignment with risk management frameworks.
• Engage with global SMEs, risk partners, and front office leaders to refine models, tuning logic, and surveillance gaps.

• A strong Equities foundation, ideally starting their career on an Equities trading desk, product desk, or market‑facing FO role before transitioning into surveillance or controls.
• Hands on experience with Trade Surveillance, especially within spreads, credit instruments, or equity related products.
• Familiarity with key regulatory frameworks: SEC, FINRA, FCA, ESMA, MAR, MiFID.
• Finra experience is must.
• Experience with tools such as Actimize, FIS, TCM, Trading Hub, and bonus skills in SQL/Python/R.
• Strong understanding of transactional workflows across Credit, Spread, and Equity markets, including HY/IG, corporate bonds, structured credit, and credit insurance spread behavior.
• Ability to lead calibration cycles, QA programs, system control implementations, and end‑to‑end platform rollouts.
• Strong communication skills, able to partner with FO leadership, governance, risk, compliance, technology, and monitoring teams.

Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration!

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO APPLICANTS WHO CAN BE ENGAGED ON A W-2 BASIS.

Pay Range: $75 - $80 per hour (based on education, experience, location, specific duties, certifications)

Benefits include:
Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre‑paid legal &  protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

About Innova Solutions:

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

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