Regulatory Reporting Lead Analyst 1

We’re looking for a Regulatory Reporting subject matter expert to join our Regulatory reporting team. As well as fulfilling the day job, we’re looking for someone who can assist the team manager with the day-to-day running of the team. As a Lead Analyst your day job will be to help ensure our regulatory transaction reports go out to the regulator in a timely manner. With a keen eye to spot any problems and remediate them, you’ll also be able to help the team manager identify areas where controls can be improved. You will thrive in a fast-paced environment with an emphasis on meeting tight deadlines. A strong interest in learning and harnessing technology will help you succeed in the organisation. A people manager with responsibility for supporting the management and development of a small team of analysts. You will be a reliable point of contact when the manager is not available.

What you’ll do:

• Supervise the day-to-day production of full, accurate and timely reports, ensuring internal and external deadlines across MiFIR, EMIR, ASIC, SFTR and Trade Transparency Reporting are met.
• Supervise the quarterly production of full, accurate and timely reports, ensuring internal and external deadlines across MMFR and AIFMD are met.
• Investigate and remediate data validation errors and rejection reports.
• Perform daily reconciliation of EMIR cleared OTC reporting undertaken by clearing brokers under a delegated reporting mandate.
• Conduct daily two- and three-way reconciliation of MIFIR transaction reporting.
• Coordinate with the transaction reporting team in Singapore to ensure the company is reporting globally as a single entity.
• Write and maintain procedures, ensuring they are updated as required.
• Contribute to the management information and key performance indicators required by senior management.
• Maximise operational efficiency and timeliness to market while reducing risk through continuous improvement and new ways of working.
• Help design and implement updates or enhancements to processes and systems.
• Generate ideas to leverage technology to improve processes and efficiencies, adopting a considered approach to using technology to solve live issues.
• Identify issues and triage them, ensuring controls are adhered to and exceptions are resolved effectively.
• Take a solution-oriented approach to resolve challenges and issues within the team.
• Support, communicate and manage stakeholders effectively.
• Co-ordinate production with a range of business areas.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure their requirements are understood and delivered as applicable.
• Respond to queries and proactively follow up on requests in a timely manner to prevent escalation to management.
• Act as a delegate for the team manager as necessary and liaise with senior stakeholders confidently.
• Model best practice in all areas of Regulatory Reporting, including time management, prioritisation, collaboration, stakeholder management, ownership, accountability and an innovative mindset.
• Train and develop junior reporting analysts in the team.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need:

• Understanding of operational processes within an asset manager.
• Strong control focus and ability to suggest day-to-day improvements to procedures.
• Ability to make routine judgements in uncontentious situations, seeking assistance for complex or out-of-ordinary cases.
• Numerical skills and ability to monitor and produce high-quality MIS, including root cause analysis.
• Solid experience with Microsoft applications, which are required within the role.

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help:

• Experience working with regulatory transaction reporting.
• Wider experience in asset management and understanding of the end-to-end asset lifecycle, particularly derivative trades.

We recognise potential, whoever you are. Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.