Regulatory Manager

Regulatory Manager

Posted 3 days ago by Morgan McKinley

Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Summary: The Senior Business Analyst role within the MiFIR Reporting Team focuses on overseeing regulatory reporting processes to ensure compliance and accuracy. The position requires collaboration with various departments to manage controls and address reporting exceptions effectively. The analyst will also engage with senior management to identify issues and propose solutions based on data analysis. This role is critical for maintaining strong governance and control management in regulatory operations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive implementation and monitor testing of submission data and exceptions to ensure regulatory reporting compliance under MiFIR/D.
  • Verify ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements and monitor regulatory processes within the Reporting team.
  • Collaborate with Regulatory Operations, Technology, and business stakeholders to manage exceptions proactively.
  • Partner with Reg Ops Change Management and QA for issue documentation, testing, and resolution implementation.
  • Maintain required signoffs and audit trails to meet standardized approaches.
  • Liaise extensively with internal customers and foster partnerships with key contacts.

Key Skills:

  • Experience in compiling and analyzing large volumes of data.
  • Knowledge of exception-based controls and processing.
  • Experience in a control environment and regulatory reporting.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
  • Strong communication skills for effective interaction with clients and management.
  • Analytical skills with the ability to identify complex issues in data sets using SQL and Excel functions.
  • Experience working in JIRA.
  • Attention to detail and sound judgment in decision-making.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Belfast

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Duration - till Sept 2027

Role / Position Overview

The role of a Senior Business Analyst within the MiFIR Reporting Team is to provide supervision and oversight of key controls and processes, in order to ensure a best-in-class provision of regulatory reporting on behalf of the firm and its clients. Review of trade and transaction reporting validation and reconciliation exceptions pertaining to transaction data submitted to numerous National Competent Authorities (such as FCA, Central Bank of Ireland and BaFin) The individual will be responsible for working collaboratively with Operations, Technology, Compliance, Internal Audit and the business, to maintain strong working relationship and support proactive governance and control management. The role will involve working in conjunction with the Reporting Team Senior Management in Belfast and London to highlight issues and raise solutions through interpretation of submitted data.

Key Responsibilities

  • Help drive implementation and perform monitoring and testing of firm’s submission data and exceptions/rejections to develop appropriate controls to drive the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of regulatory reporting obligations under MiFIR/D, within Regulatory Operations by following RegOps end to end issue management process
  • To verify ongoing compliance with the regulatory requirement.
  • Key tasks to involve the monitoring of numerous regulatory processes within the Reporting team in Belfast, and to support the successful identification and remediation of failed controls (specifically but not limited to, the analysis of keys controls, UAT of future enhancements and regulatory reporting remediation tasks)
  • The individual will be responsible for working collaboratively with Regulatory Operations, Technology, and key business stakeholders to maintain a strong working relationship and a best-in-class approach to proactive exception management
  • Partnering with Reg Ops Change Management and QA to ensure adequate issue documentation, testing and resolution implementation.
  • Ensure all required signoffs and audit trails are maintained and meet a standardised approach.
  • Extensive liaison with internal customers, notably Business Units, Information Technology, Other Reg Ops areas and Compliance Management, whilst fostering partnerships with key contacts

Knowledge/Experience:

  • Experience of compiling large volumes of data and analysing results
  • Experience of exception-based controls and processing
  • Experience of working within a control environment
  • Experience of Regulatory reporting/Risk and Control (preferable)
  • Understand impact of external factors (e.g. regulatory changes) on departmental strategy

Skills:

  • Excellent Microsoft skills including Excel, Word and Outlook
  • Proactive, able to work on initiative and organize themselves well
  • Ability to communicate effectively facilitating interaction with clients, own team and operations management.
  • Ability to detail issues, in writing, in a clear, accurate and concise manner
  • Analytical and Numerate proven ability to research and identify large and complex issues in data sets using SQL and Excel functions.
  • Experience of working in JIRA.
  • Demonstrates sound judgement and professionalism in decision making/problem solving, escalating to supervisor as appropriate
  • Real attention to detail