Senior Business Analyst - Regulatory Reporting

Senior Business Analyst - Regulatory Reporting

Project description

For one of the largest banks, we are looking for a Senior Team member to help implement new technologies and speed up delivery on various projects.

Responsibilities

1. Produce Business Requirements relating to the Reporting of any trades and transactions across major Global Regulators (e.g. SFTR, CFTC, EMIR, HKMA, MAS, ASIC) to Trade / Swap Data Repositories (e.g. DTCC, Unavista, US SEC, etc).
2. Fully document the scope of all related business requirements for each deliverable and ensure these are understood by business and operational stakeholders and IT teams.
3. Provide input into the generation of test cases to support the Test strategy and assist in analyzing and resolving defects.
4. Work closely with the Product Owners and Architecture teams to ensure all regional deliveries are consistent with the global approach.
5. Develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders (Business, Operations, Compliance, and IT) to understand the impact of each business initiative on regulatory reporting.
6. Ensure potential gaps and issues in solutions are risk assessed, and appropriate solutions/controls are defined.
7. Perform data mapping analysis to understand the availability and quality of data.
8. Manage project scope and requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
9. Perform functional testing before the start of UAT.
10. Provide UAT support, analyze, and resolve issues identified during user testing.
11. Resolve functional and technical issues related to business applications.
12. Provide input to technical design decisions and business application strategy.
13. Establish and maintain communication with IT and Business Stakeholders, ensuring regulatory reporting requirements are properly addressed on all levels of system and procedural changes.

1. 8+ years of overall experience and 4+ years of experience in trade and transaction reporting.
2. Knowledge of trade & transaction reporting regimes like EMIR / Emir Refit, CFTC/ CFTC Refit, SFTR, MIFIR / MIFID II transaction reporting, ASIC / MAS reporting, etc.
3. Good understanding of OTC derivatives products (Equity derivatives / Credit derivatives / FX derivatives / Commodity derivatives) and their lifecycle.
4. Prior experience with going through RTS, interpreting it, and putting together Functional specification documents.
5. Ability to handle project complexity in terms of stakeholder management, conflict management, change management, etc.
6. Experience working in team engagements to finalize new operating models and roadmaps for change across people, process, data, and technology.
7. Adaptable to an evolving scope of tasks, comfortable with uncertainty as well as changing global requirements.
8. Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; expertise in setting and managing customer expectations.
9. Distinctive blend of business, IT, financial, and communication skills, as this is a highly visible position with substantial impact.