Role summary:The Senior Trade Compliance Officer is responsible for designing, operating and continuously enhancing the compliance framework for physical and financial energy and commodities trading activities, with particular focus on REMIT, EMIR, MAR and MiFID II obligations across EU, UK and (where applicable) Swiss markets. The role acts as a senior advisor to trading, risk, legal and middle-office, providing real‑time guidance on market conduct, reporting, disclosure, and surveillance matters.Key responsibilities<ul><li>Act as the primary day‑to‑day compliance contact for trading desks across physical and financial commodities (e.g. power, gas, emissions, oil, certificates, derivatives).</li><li>Provide timely, pragmatic advice on trade compliance questions, including REMIT inside information and disclosure, MAR market abuse risk, EMIR and MiFID II transaction and trade reporting, and conduct requirements.</li><li>Design, operate and continuously improve the trade compliance framework, including policies, procedures, controls and governance for energy and commodities trading businesses.</li><li>Lead or oversee trade surveillance across relevant asset classes (power, gas, emissions, oil and commodity derivatives), including calibration and optimisation of surveillance tools and alert scenarios for MAR and REMIT risks.</li><li>Monitor, investigate and document alerts and potential breaches relating to insider trading, market manipulation, capacity hoarding, spoofing, layering and other abusive practices under MAR and REMIT.</li><li>Oversee regulatory reporting, notifications and disclosures under REMIT, EMIR, MiFID II/MiFIR and other applicable regimes (e.g. inside information disclosures, ACER/ENTSOs reporting, EMIR trade reporting, MiFID II transaction reporting).</li><li>Coordinate responses to inquiries, audits and investigations from regulators, exchanges, TSOs, and other competent authorities relating to trading activities and market conduct.</li><li>Support the regulatory impact assessment and implementation of new or amended requirements (e.g. REMIT II implementing acts, EMIR refit, MAR/MiFID II updates), translating them into business‑ready processes and controls.</li><li>Provide compliance input into new products, trading strategies, market entries and business initiatives, ensuring regulatory obligations are identified and addressed at an early stage.</li><li>Develop and deliver targeted training for front office, operations, risk and support functions on REMIT, EMIR, MAR, MiFID II and broader trade compliance topics.</li><li>Maintain and update internal policy documents, guidance notes and desk procedures related to market conduct, reporting, surveillance, conflicts of interest, and use of inside information.</li><li>Conduct periodic compliance risk assessments of trading activities, identify key regulatory and conduct risks, and define remediation actions and monitoring plans.</li><li>Track regulatory and market design developments across relevant jurisdictions and advise senior management on emerging compliance risks and strategic implications.</li><li>Represent the company in relevant industry forums, working groups and external engagements with regulators or system operators on trade compliance and market design topics.</li></ul>

MET Group is an integrated European energy company, headquartered in Switzerland, with activities and assets in natural gas and power markets. MET is present in 15 countries through subsidiaries, 30 national gas markets, and 22 international trading hubs. MET has extensive experience in operating green (renewable) and flexible (conventional) energy assets, thus providing the widest possible support to energy transition. In 2022, MET Group&rsquo;s consolidated sales revenue amounted to EUR 41.5 billion, with a total traded volume of natural gas amounting to 109 BCM and total traded electricity of 67 TWh.

Senior Trade Compliance Officer: Energy & Financial Commodities and Derivatives (REMIT / EMIR / MAR / MiFID II/ FINFRAG)

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