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Regulatory Reporting Officer

  • Location: London
  • Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted almost 3 years ago

  • Sector: Compliance
  • Contact: Emilia Thomas
  • Contact Email: ethomas@merje.com
  • Expiry Date: 20 August 2021
  • Job Ref: ET/17558

Job Description:  MERJE are currently searching for a Reg Reporting Officer for a large corporate bank within their FX part of the business. This is a first line of defence SME role which will primarily cover the UK FX business with inputs globally. The candidate will work effectively within the EMEA function to promote consistency, quality and value add to the business in everything that they do. They will also need to demonstrate a practical, common sense approach and be comfortable undertaking a full range of activities in a very fast paced environment. The role will cover EMEA business and will report to UK Transactional Banking Manager. Ideally the candidate will be able to demonstrate their SME knowledge in the following areas of regulation: EMIR, Dodd Frank (aligning with US colleagues to ensure appropriate reporting), MIFID, SFTR

Responsibilities

  • Daily BAU exception investigation for all trade and transaction reporting
  • Resolution and root cause analysis of any reporting failures or other issues, working with IT to remediate
  • Own the Quality Assurance Process – ensuring external vendors are engaged and manage exceptions to closure
  • End to end reconciliation of Transaction reporting for completeness
  • Own, create and maintain regulatory procedures for the business
  • Ownership of risk events and managing of Errors and Omissions process
  • Oversight of regulatory change impacting trade and transaction reporting
  • UAT testing relating to any aspect of regulation attached to projects / workstreams
  • Maintain and create a robust controls framework for any Operations related regulatory responsibilities
  • Undertake horizon scanning for future regulation that will impact the business
  • EMIR Reconciliation Portfolio reporting for clients
  • Ownership of MiFID reports, including preparation, coordinating signoff and publication to website
  • Ownership of Regulatory BRDs

Skills and Requirements

  • Be able to act as a conduit between Operations and UK compliance
  • Exceptional judgement and critical thinking skills
  • Ability to prepare and present data in a way that is understandable to all stakeholders
  • The ability to work independently and challenge effectively
  • The ability to build strong relationships and collaborate across the business
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Driven and willing to take on responsibility for delivering initiatives
  • Able to work across different teams to drive the right outcomes
  • Strong Excel skills