Cross Product Trade & Transaction Reporting IT Lead - Director (London Area)

Who we are

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.

Role Summary

SMBC operates private and public side banking and capital markets businesses. The firm is undergoing significant business and technical transformation, expanding its products and customer base, with associated technological improvement. In addition, as a firm committed to compliance with all relevant regulations, SMBC use both internal and external trade and transaction reporting monitoring to identify potential issues and there is a dedicated Operations and IT TTR team to manage their resolution. In response to these challenges, and to ensure ongoing capability to drive change, this role is responsible for ongoing fitness for purpose of the firm’s trade and transaction reporting functions. TTR IT is a team of Engineering Professionals who are domain experts in TTR disciplines. This team comes under a wider Cross-Product IT organisation covering support functions and shared services.

Position Description

The Trade and Transaction Reporting (TTR) IT Delivery Lead will:

• Lead product analysts, engineers, developers and support professionals across SMBC IT teams and third-party vendors delivering solutions to MiFIR/MiFID II, EMIR/EMIR Refit, and SFTR transaction reporting and pre/post trade transparency requirements
• Ensure TTR IT staff are optimally allocated between project and BAU delivery requirements
• Consult to Front Office and Operations, Compliance and IT teams (development and QA) on all facets of transaction reporting within SMBC EMEA business to ensure optimal delivery of change.
• Perform detailed data analysis, identifying transaction reporting issues, back reporting datasets, and supporting root-cause analysis.
• Mentor product analysts in transaction reporting requirements, business/product analysis techniques, data analysis techniques, and delivery management.
• Ensure team processes and procedures are adhered to and contributing to continual improvement in team delivery and productivity
• Curate, maintain and ensure ongoing accuracy of product backlog for the TTR Pro