As a Compliance Associate based in our Shanghai office, you’ll help ensure trading activity in China complies with local regulations. You will collaborate closely with Traders, Technology, and Operations from the Compliance desk, providing timely guidance and post‑trade monitoring.

This role is intentionally junior and built for growth. You’ll receive hands‑on mentorship from a senior compliance lead, a structured ramp plan, and increasing ownership of defined controls and projects with visibility across APAC. In this role, you will gain direct exposure to multi‑asset trading (equities, fixed income, futures/ETFs, commodities/options) in a market‑making environment, in one of the largest global prop trading firms.

What you’ll do

• Monitor and assess regulatory developments, evaluate applicability, and communicate updates to relevant stakeholders.
• Help with compliance review on trade/account related document, QFI documents, regulatory reporting document etc.
• Support and coordinate with internal stakeholders on various compliance matters e.g. risk and control reviews, training, surveillance, new business initiatives, and incident management.
• Assist company legal and compliance in corporate governance matters as needed.
• Support BAU compliance matters for APAC Compliance team where applicable
• Assist in product advisory and onshore entity general compliance matters.

• Finance, Legal or relevant Bachelor and/or Masters education in with strong IT literacy.
• 1 to 3 years professional experience within Financial Services
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Mandarin 
• Prior exposure to equity and/or derivative markets preferred.
• Strong conceptual understanding of IT compliance systems, including development, review, and testing.
• Developed interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and influence senior trading staff.

What’s in it for you

• Our flat hierarchy enables you to drive meaningful impact, by leveraging your expertise and taking ownership.
• Global exposure, in one of the largest international proprietary trading firms
• Further your learning and career development with our Education Assistance program.
• A lunch allowance stipend for each day you are in the office
• Matched donations and corporate discounts.

About Susquehanna

Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm powered by scientific rigor, curiosity, and innovation. Our culture is intellectually driven and highly collaborative, bringing together researchers, engineers, and traders to design and deploy impactful strategies in our systematic trading environment. To meet the unique challenges of global markets, Susquehanna applies machine learning and advanced quantitative research to vast datasets in order to uncover actionable insights and build effective strategies. By uniting deep market expertise with cutting-edge technology, we excel in solving complex problems and pushing boundaries together.

What we do 

Susquehanna’s deep integration of trading, technology and quant research makes us experts in trading essentially all listed financial products and asset classes, with a focus on derivatives. We handle millions of trading transactions around the world every day as both a market maker and market taker. Our efforts provide liquidity and ensure competitive prices for buyers and sellers. While our presence in the market is broad, our trading desks are highly specialized to allow for a deep understanding of the unique drivers of each asset class.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds, and we welcome requests for reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure that you can best demonstrate your abilities.

If you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to recruiting@sig.com. Any resume or referral submitted in the absence of a signed agreement will not be eligible for an agency fee.

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