Trade and Transaction Reporting Product Lead

Trade and Transaction Reporting Product Lead, London

cer Financial is working alongside a bank based in the City of London. They are seeking a Trade and Transaction Reporting Product Lead to work with them on a contract.

The Trade and Transaction Reporting Product Lead will lead a team of product analysts delivering IT change related to MiFIR/MiFID II, EMIR/EMIR Refit, and SFTR transaction reporting, as well as pre/post trade transparency requirements.

Ensure TTR Product Analysts are optimally allocated between project and BAU delivery requirements, and consult with business, Compliance, and IT (development and QA) on all facets of transaction reporting within the Capital Markets business to ensure optimal delivery of change.

Responsibilities:

• Work with business stakeholders to analyze IT solutions in the regulatory trade and transaction reporting function, liaising with internal and external stakeholders and IT staff to ensure success.
• Understand the implications of each initiative, monitor risks and issues, and escalate timely with proactive actions to meet objectives.
• Identify, specify, and document business requirements from key stakeholders. Lead and facilitate working group discussions and workshops.
• Perform data analysis using Excel, SQL, and related tools.
• Design business solutions, produce technical requirement documents, and analyze vendor solutions.
• Manage third-party vendor relationships.
• Collaborate across functions to meet project objectives, including Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, BAU Application Support, Operations, Compliance, and Finance.
• Create and execute test plans, ensuring approval of solutions.
• Document, train, and deliver solutions for successful project hand-over.

Requirements:

• Experience in derivatives and securities trading, operations, and regulation environments.
• Proven experience in Business Analyst roles within Trade and Transaction Reporting projects under MiFID II, EMIR, or SFTR, within financial organizations or software vendors.
• Experience with front-to-back office trading systems.
• Vendor management experience preferred.
• Understanding and delivery of transaction reporting projects, including migrations or remediation related to financial services.
• Knowledge of regulatory processes and BAU expectations.
• Strong understanding of EMIR II, SFTR, or MiFID II transaction reporting for securities and derivatives.
• Graduate degree in Finance or Regulatory disciplines preferred.
• Experience with financial regulatory projects preferred.
• Strong Excel, quantitative, and data management skills.
• Experience with both waterfall and agile delivery methodologies.
• Familiarity with project management tools like JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, and Visio.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite and SQL.
• Knowledge of programming languages such as C# or C++ and VBA is a plus.

This job is active and accepting applications.

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