Regulatory Reporting

Job Description

Primary responsibilities/essential functions:

• Engage directly and help to build strong relationships with cross-functional teams, ensuring that regulatory reporting commitments within Europe & Asia are delivered appropriately.
• Support the management and coordination of the delivery of work within the team, anticipating and resolving obstacles and appropriately escalating issues. In addition, take ownership of the production / review of daily and periodic reporting obligationswithin Europe and Asia.
• Develop and demonstrate subject matter expertise in the assigned area of regulation and provide guidance to other team members and stakeholders.
• Co-ordinate the delivery of assigned regulatory reporting work streams, taking responsibility for the end-to-end process including scheduling, quality control, delivery enhancements, responding to queries and where appropriate supporting the overall reportgovernance and escalation of issues.
• Work in partnership with cross functional teams to identify incremental, near term, opportunities for improving regulatory reporting processes.
• Working with the Core Ops Manager and the Enterprise Change Office, actively contribute to the Europe & Asia regulatory reporting governance process to ensure that regulatory reporting changes are delivered appropriately and escalated through relevant channelsif necessary.
• Actively assist in monitoring the external regulatory reporting landscape for Europe and Asia to ensure that existing Regulatory Reports are up to date and partner with internal teams such as Government Relations and Legal and Compliance to understand theregulatory landscape and industry direction.
• Help to build and maintain a central repository, taking responsibility for preparation, maintenance and/ or assertation of the end-to-end processes documentation for all regulatory reporting commitments in scope and those that are actively managed in partnershipwith teams within the federated reporting model.
• Attend industry forums such as the Investment Association and various trainings as appropriate to understand market practice and regulatory developments.
• Mentor associates across the team and department and promote a collaborative and positive work environment.

Required Skills / Abilities

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities. Able to assess issues, identify potential solutions, and implement changes/improvements to achieve the right outcomes and that have tangible and impactful implications for the business.
• Proactively identify opportunities and drive implementation with oversight as needed.
• Ability to lead and effectively manage process and procedural changes.
• Exhibit and share knowledge in policies, practices, trends, technology, and information affecting the department/business area.
• Self-driven (e.g., independently manage workload and achieve target outcomes).
• Strong business acumen to understand and anticipate business needs/requirements and use business language in verbal and written communications.
• Work effectively across internal and external stakeholder groups with the appropriate level of urgency to solve issues and deliver outcomes in a timely manner.
• Strong collaboration skills, working within and across teams and stakeholder groups to proactively develop strong working relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills including with senior stakeholders/leadership with a focus on being able to communicate ‘the why’ behind issues.
• Strong appetite and capability to shape and deliver continuous improvement activity.
• Demonstrates a deep understanding of the technology applications that are needed to support the business.
• Ability to work in ambiguous situations, create clarity, and drive towards effective outcomes.
• Existing knowledge or strong interest in regulatory frameworks and requirements.
• Ability to operate with managerial courage including operating with discipline and rigor, ensuring an understanding and adherence to rules and standards, and acknowledging issues and challenges and confronting them head on.