Electronic Communications Surveillance Analyst

Electronic Communications Surveillance Analyst

Location

New York

Business Area

Legal, Compliance, and Risk

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About the Team

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.

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.

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 1–3 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 Power Point
• Ease with technology and learning new systems
• Experience using communications surveillance, eDiscovery, or compliance monitoring platforms (e.g., Bloomberg Vault, Behavox, Smarsh, Global Relay, Steel Eye, Relativity, or similar) is a plus.
• Knowledge of securities regulations and market conduct rules

• Critical thinking
• Regulatory awareness
• Documentation and report writing
• Time management and prioritization
• Ethical judgment and integrity

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