Regulatory Reporting Associate (Fixed Term Contract)

This role sits within Operations and serves as a dedicated control partner to the Compliance team. The focus of this role is on oversight, data quality monitoring and early identification of issues that may affect EMIR or MAS transaction reporting.

The individual will highlight exceptions, reconcile differences, investigate root causes and escalate concerns to Compliance and relevant Operations or Technology teams. Responsibilities include:

• Monitor daily data feeds to trade repositories, identifying missing, inconsistent or rejected records.
• Review key reporting fields for completeness and accuracy ahead of submission.
• Provide daily oversight to ensure transaction data is submitted completely and on time, including review of exceptions such as rejections, late submissions and potential breaches.
• Perform reconciliations between internal systems and repository data, highlighting discrepancies to Compliance and relevant Operations or Technology teams.
• Investigate breaks end to end, document findings clearly and track remediation through to closure.
• Coordinate with Operations, Technology, external vendors and Cappitech to resolve exceptions, data transfer errors and missing transaction attributes.
• Support post reporting activities by analysing exceptions raised by Compliance or vendors, assisting in correction of inaccurate or incomplete data and liaising with counterparties to resolve reconciliation breaks.
• Support Capula’s trading desks by ensuring trades are captured, processed and controlled correctly, and assist in resolving any trade lifecycle issues that may affect reporting accuracy.
• Produce clear and structured MI for Compliance, summarising issues, trends, emerging risks and outstanding actions.
• Support Compliance with data analysis for Errors and Omissions submissions, back reporting and regulatory queries.
• Escalate unresolved or high risk issues to Head of Trading Operations and Compliance.
• Maintain procedure documents, control maps and data dictionaries to ensure the Operations control framework remains accurate and current.
• Work with Technology, Compliance and external vendors to implement, maintain and improve reconciliation and assurance tools.
• Support regulatory change events by assessing how new rules impact data flows, controls and reconciliations.
• Participate in UAT for system or reporting changes to ensure reporting data and control processes remain robust.
• Contribute to operational process enhancements and system improvement projects, particularly where they affect data quality or reporting controls.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and external counterparties to resolve reporting exceptions, ensuring adherence to internal controls and regulatory standards.

Requirements:

• Educated to a degree level.
• Candidates should be intellectually curious and have relevant experience on the buy side.
• Strong understanding of EMIR and broader transaction reporting requirements from a data and control perspective.
• Good knowledge of trade repositories such as DTCC, UnaVista or Regis, including how data is submitted, validated and reconciled.
• Solid grasp of front to back trade lifecycle processes and how trade data is sourced, enriched and transmitted.

Capula is committed to fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment, providing employees with the opportunity to develop their skills and advance their careers in the financial sector.