Careers
MAKE OUR MISSION YOUR CAREER
NFA is the industrywide, self-regulatory organization for the U.S. derivatives industry. NFA strives every day to safeguard the integrity of the derivatives markets, protect investors and ensure Members meet their regulatory responsibilities.
Futures Compliance
Product Manager
Location: Chicago
As a Product Manager, you'll join a high-performing team of dedicated professionals responsible for aligning product development with the Futures Compliance department's business needs.
Analyst, Financial Analysis and Surveillance
Location: Chicago
As an Analyst, Financial Analysis and Surveillance, you'll join a team of dedicated problem solvers who analyze financial filings and investigation matters for anomalies and possible non-compliance with NFA rules and CFTC regulations. Using technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents and escalate potential areas of fraud or significant material violations. As a team, you'll also assist in responding to questions posed by Members, industry professionals and the investing public.
Analyst, Financial Analysis and Surveillance
Location: New York
As an Analyst, Financial Analysis and Surveillance, you'll join a team of dedicated problem solvers who analyze financial filings and investigation matters for anomalies and possible non-compliance with NFA rules and CFTC regulations. Using technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents and escalate potential areas of fraud or significant material violations. As a team, you'll also assist in responding to questions posed by Members, industry professionals and the investing public.
Investigator II
Location: Chicago
As an Investigator II, you'll review financial information, promotional material, performance information, and cash analysis with a critical eye. You'll also perform account analysis, research issues, conduct fact-finding interviews, evaluate evidence and prepare reports summarizing NFA's findings. With your team, you'll also interview and survey the public to gather or clarify information and assess the degree to which NFA should continue to track particular financial institutions.
Compliance Examiner II
Location: Chicago
As a Compliance Examiner II, you'll join a team of problem solvers to develop innovative investigative strategies in support of our important regulatory mission. Along with technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents, procedures and financial statements. As a team, you'll evaluate your findings for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations and provide insight on the corrective action needed.
Compliance Examiner II
Location: New York
As a Compliance Examiner II, you'll join a team of problem solvers to develop innovative investigative strategies in support of our important regulatory mission. Along with technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents, procedures and financial statements. As a team, you'll evaluate your findings for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations and provide insight on the corrective action needed.
Investigator
Location: Chicago
As an Investigator, you'll review financial information, promotional material, performance information, and cash analysis with a critical eye. You'll also perform account analysis, research issues, conduct fact-finding interviews, evaluate evidence and prepare reports summarizing NFA's findings. With your team, you'll also interview and survey the public to gather or clarify information and assess the degree to which NFA should continue to track particular financial institutions.
Trade Investigator
Location: Chicago
As a Trade Investigator, you'll join a high-performing team of dedicated problem solvers to conduct surveillance and investigate anomalies in support of our important regulatory mission. As a Trade Investigator, you'll review trading and communication records, financial information, performance information and cash analysis with a critical eye.
Compliance Examiner
Location: Chicago
As a Compliance Examiner, you'll join a team of problem solvers to develop innovative investigative strategies in support of our important regulatory mission. Along with technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents, procedures and financial statements. As a team, you'll evaluate your findings for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations and provide insight on the corrective action needed.
Compliance Examiner
Location: New York
As a Compliance Examiner, you'll join a team of problem solvers to develop innovative investigative strategies in support of our important regulatory mission. Along with technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents, procedures and financial statements. As a team, you'll evaluate your findings for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations and provide insight on the corrective action needed.
Spring Compliance Intern
Location: Chicago
As a Compliance Intern, you'll learn alongside a high-performing team of dedicated problem solvers and assist us in carrying out innovative investigative strategies that support our important regulatory mission. You'll learn about the complex derivatives markets from our experienced staff and gain hands-on experience working on projects with your team–typically evaluating documents, procedures and financial statements for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations.
Spring Compliance Intern
Location: New York
As a Compliance Intern, you'll learn alongside a high-performing team of dedicated problem solvers and assist us in carrying out innovative investigative strategies that support our important regulatory mission. You'll learn about the complex derivatives markets from our experienced staff and gain hands-on experience working on projects with your team–typically evaluating documents, procedures and financial statements for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations.
Information Technology
Senior Information Security Compliance Analyst
Location: Chicago
As a Senior Information Security Compliance Analyst (SISCA), you'll be responsible for monitoring, managing and closing existing compliance issues while also ensuring that internal systems are compliant with security standards. The SISCA's responsibilities also include the identification, evaluation and interpretation of regulatory, statutory and member security requirements, control deficiencies and information security risks.
Cloud Engineer
Location: Chicago
As the Cloud Engineer, you'll be responsible for administering the design and configuration of Cloud-based core services, such as Azure, Office 365 (Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, AzureAD) and Device Management. Additionally, the Cloud Engineer works closely with NFA leadership to understand business requirements, identify priorities and develop roadmap and implementation plans for Cloud-based solutions.
Centralized Data Science and Analytics Intern
Location: Chicago
As a CDSA Intern, you'll learn alongside a high-performing team of data science professionals in providing meaningful analytics. Those analytics then inform NFA's development of innovative application tools which support our important regulatory mission. You'll learn about the complex derivatives markets from our experienced staff and gain hands-on experience working on projects with your team.
Applications Developer Intern
Location: Chicago
As an Applications Developer Intern, you'll learn alongside a high-performing team of technical professionals in developing, maintaining and enhancing applications which support our important regulatory mission. You'll learn about the complex derivatives markets from our experienced staff and gain hands-on experience working on projects with your team.
OTC Derivatives Compliance
Manager, Capital (Examinations)
Location: Chicago
As a Manager, Capital (Examinations), you'll lead a high-performing team of dedicated professionals to develop and execute a regulatory compliance program for the capital requirements for swap dealers.
Manager, Capital (Examinations)
Location: New York
As a Manager, Capital (Examinations), you'll lead a high-performing team of dedicated professionals to develop and execute a regulatory compliance program for the capital requirements for swap dealers.
Compliance Examiner II
Location: New York
As a Compliance Examiner II, you'll join a team of problem solvers to develop innovative investigative strategies in support of our important regulatory mission. Along with technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents, procedures and financial statements. As a team, you'll evaluate your findings for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations and provide insight on the corrective action needed.
Compliance Examiner II
Location: Chicago
As a Compliance Examiner II, you'll join a team of problem solvers to develop innovative investigative strategies in support of our important regulatory mission. Along with technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents, procedures and financial statements. As a team, you'll evaluate your findings for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations and provide insight on the corrective action needed.
Compliance Examiner
Location: Chicago
As a Compliance Examiner, you'll join a team of problem solvers to develop innovative investigative strategies in support of our important regulatory mission. Along with technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents, procedures and financial statements. As a team, you'll evaluate your findings for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations and provide insight on the corrective action needed.
Compliance Examiner
Location: New York
As a Compliance Examiner, you'll join a team of problem solvers to develop innovative investigative strategies in support of our important regulatory mission. Along with technology, you will leverage your human curiosity to analyze documents, procedures and financial statements. As a team, you'll evaluate your findings for possible compliance deficiencies or rule violations and provide insight on the corrective action needed.
Quantitative Associate
Location: New York
As a Quantitative Associate, you'll join a high-performing team of dedicated Model Validators who review technical papers and capital, margin and pricing models submitted by financial institutions. You'll also validate conceptual model assessments and implementation, input data validation and perform backtesting and benchmark testing.
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