Head of Regulatory Regulatory Finance Change - PRA in London

Head of Prudential Regulatory Finance Change - PRA

We are looking for an experienced professional to lead Finance Regulatory Reporting Transformation in a London based role at a large international bank.

The role requires strong PRA knowledge and experience leading a team.

About Our Client

A large international bank, London based.

Job Description

The Head of Regulatory Regulatory Finance Change – PRA sits within the Finance change team as a dedicated resource focusing on Regulatory Change.

This role supports, assists, and delivers Prudential Regulatory change across EMEA.

The holder will have overall responsibility for the Regulatory Finance Change Portfolio, delivering change projects and managing the team, providing drive and leadership as necessary.

The role requires extensive knowledge of prudential regulation, project management and business analysis experience delivering multiple complex change projects and managing teams.

• Accountabilities / Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with Reg Tech partners and internal technology partners, ensuring high quality service levels.
• Control, manage and drive the change development schedule, prioritising activity and directing developer resources appropriately.
• Maintain and update the Reg Roadmap strategy, ensuring best‑in‑class architecture to support the execution of our Reg Reporting requirements.
• Maintain close liaison with technology support and development teams, working in partnership to deliver priorities.
• Manage project workload and work flexibly to prioritise the development resource as necessary.
• Communicate project progress to senior management and relevant stakeholders through regular update meetings.
• Manage the processes for design, development, support, testing and maintenance of business requirements to deliver projects.
• Understand and document business requirements, create development specifications, and undertake UAT and implementation testing for various new developments.
• Support BAU users across the EMEA region, as required, on new and existing functionality.
• Build a strong team by developing ongoing training and development plans for direct reports.
• Perform other ad‑hoc project tasks as required.
• The Successful Applicant
• A successful Head of Prudential Regulatory Finance Change – PRA should have the following:
• Proven expertise in regulatory finance within the financial services industry.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to lead cross‑functional teams.
• Deep understanding of regulatory requirements and their application to banking and financial services operations.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving abilities to identify and implement process improvements.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills to drive collaboration and alignment.
• A relevant professional qualification or degree in finance, business, or a related field.

Head of Prudential Regulatory Finance Change – Knowledge, Skills, Experience, Qualifications

• Job Knowledge
• Extensive experience of Prudential regulation across EMEA.
• Strong knowledge of data requirements and calculations required for regulatory output.
• Financial product knowledge (IR & FX derivatives, securities, equity, loans, deposits, current accounts) gained through working within the banking sector.
• Experience in producing business requirements in liaison with regulatory reporting teams.
• Act as consultant to the business for all tasks related to finance regulatory reporting.
• Functional expert and certified business analyst in banking sector and across multiple countries – desirable.
• Ability to interrogate and analyse data on Oracle-based platform and / or Ms Access (SQL) – desirable.
• Provide knowledge and documentation support for all aspects of the development life cycle (requirements, gap analysis, test plans, testing, issue and risk logs, user procedures and ongoing continuous process improvements).
• Needs to be as functionally knowledgeable as the software supplier business experts to engage in discussions and provide meaningful analysis, including bug‑fixing / testing.
• Knowledge of upgrade procedures for management of all system testing and end‑to‑end testing of new software.
• Manage testing phases with users in different entities/countries, including software training, user set‑up and bespoke development software training.
• Leadership experience including managing and developing a high‑performing team.

Experience

• Experience delivering prudential regulation change projects.
• Preparation and analysis of regulatory and statistical reporting – desirable.
• Working knowledge of reporting query software, spreadsheets and data mining.
• Experience providing regulatory analysis to front and middle office – desirable.
• Good knowledge of finance systems, general accounting and business knowledge.
• Strong knowledge of all derivative and securities products – desirable.

Skills / Abilities

• Oracle SQL, MS Office Suite, AI literate – desirable.
• Very IT literate (very good level of Excel skills and basic ability to use SQL) – essential.

Qualifications

• Part or fully qualified accountant – desirable.
• Project Management qualification – desirable.
• What’s on Offer
• Competitive salary.
• Comprehensive standard benefits package.
• Opportunity to work in a prominent organization within the financial services industry.
• Based in London, offering a central and convenient location.
• Long‑term professional growth and career development opportunities.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced professional to make a significant impact in regulatory finance change.

If you’re ready to take the next step in your career, apply now.

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