Senior Regulatory Reporting Manager - International Bank - London

Excellent opportunity opens for a Senior Regulatory Reporting Manager to join a London-based International Bank. You will be working closely with the Financial Controller, the CFO, the Finance Team and the Risk Team. The bank needs an SME to ensure rigorous control frameworks are adhered to and to take ownership of the implementation of the Bank's new automated regulatory reporting platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Regulatory Return Preparation & Submission
  • End-to-End Delivery: Assume complete responsibility for preparing and submitting regulatory reports/returns on an accurate and timely basis across all relevant regimes.
  • Data Analysis & Classification: Extract, analyse, and interpret complex data from core banking and derivative platforms. This includes determining the regulatory treatment and classification of commercial banking products and complex derivatives (e.g., Interest Rate Swaps, Cross-Currency Swaps, Forward FX, Asset-Backed Securities, and Repos).
  • Accounting Alignment: Ensure all reporting aligns with UK GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
  • Data Quality & Reconciliation: Implement adjustments for errors or reclassifications, ensure key control totals are fully reconciled to the General Ledger, and provide detailed variance commentary for significant movements.
  • Portal Management: Manage system parameters to ensure seamless, controlled data uploads into the FCA/PRA RegData portal, as well as local platforms for Group Finance and the Head Office.
  • Regulator Liaison: Act as a primary point of contact to directly manage and resolve technical queries raised by external regulatory bodies.
• Daily Monitoring & Senior Management Advisory
  • Metrics Oversight: Maintain continuous daily monitoring of key regulatory metrics, including Capital Adequacy, Liquidity Coverage Ratios (LCR), Net Stable Funding Ratios (NSFR), and Large Exposures.
  • Risk Reporting: Deliver critical control and compliance limit information to Treasury and Senior Management on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
  • Business Partnering: Collaborate directly with Business Heads to assess the regulatory capital and liquidity impacts of significant balance sheet movements.
• Data Governance, Controls, & System Architecture
  • System Alignment: Maintain strict quality control and data lineage over the reporting base, ensuring data from the London entity aligns flawlessly with the general ledger.
  • System Implementation: Play a leading role in the design, configuration, parameter maintenance, and implementation of the Bank's new regulatory reporting solution.
  • Audit Trail: Initiate systems specification updates, streamline data workflows, and maintain a pristine audit trail of all manual adjustments and system enhancements.
• Strategic Project Delivery
  • Lead the regulatory reporting workstreams for business-critical change projects, including:
  • Basel 3.1 / Basel IV Implementation
  • Automated Regulatory Reporting (ARR) system transition
  • Loans and Collateral (L&C) system enhancements
  • Regulatory adjustments for specialised product streams (e.g., Expat Banking)

Qualification & Experience:

• Strong knowledge of commercial banking products including treasury products and at least 5 years of banking experience.
• Strong accounting knowledge including UK GAAP and IFRS.
• Working knowledge of IFRS 9.
• Extensive knowledge of Basel/CRD IV rules and implementation protocols for UK regulations including CRR2.
• Knowledge of the new regulations and returns relevant to credit institutions e.g., Basel 3.1.
• Advanced skills on Industry specific bank reporting software and Microsoft Excel.
• Graduate qualifications and/or recognized accounting/banking qualification: minimum qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA/ACIB is a must; qualification by experience will be considered.

Interested? Please Apply!