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The Senior Associate – EMIR Oversight will support the client through specific regulatory reporting activities. This will be completed by working closely with the other team members and work in a supportive role within the Global COE team (supporting the broader Waystone operations). The client base will be other Waystone entities and external clients/stakeholders.
Job Responsibility:
Review of daily data quality checks in line with ESMA guidelines
Review and Completion of reconciliations between trade repositories and administrators
Be the primary contact to resolve queries relating to inaccuracies in data quality reporting and trade submissions in a timely manner to ensure internal escalation frameworks are adhered to
Completion of trade submissions to the trade repository
Participate in regular service reviews with internal Waystone entities which are leveraging the CoE for regulatory reporting activities
Provide input when required to the Manager to ensure KPI’s and MI packs are produced accurately and in a timely fashion for both internal Waystone entities and senior management
Participate in supporting clients servicing through attending calls, sending and receiving emails and in person meetings where necessary
Follow and enhance existing procedures to solve routine problems
Be proficient in problem solving, striving to use own initiative to take ownership of the task
Work co-operatively with other groups in different locations and time zones, particularly the offshore team members
Provide adequate documentation and backup of all operational processes
Participation in on the job training for new hires
Aspire to be a subject matter expert in regulatory reporting requirements specific to EMIR & SFTR
Be driven, inquisitive and be able to self-manage
Keep abreast of regulatory changes, in particular in relation to EMIR and SFTR and help oversee and implement within the business where required
Assisting with ad-hoc projects and queries
Proactively support further migrations and integrations to the EMIR Oversight team
Other projects and duties as assigned
Requirements:
A minimum of a 3rd level Degree in Finance, Business or similar field is required
The successful candidate will ideally have worked for at least 3-5 years in a regulatory, trading, fund accounting related role or similar in financial services preferably within the funds industry
An aptitude and comfort working with numbers and spreadsheets is preferred
An aptitude in using systems in the completion of various regulatory compliance is required
Nice to have:
A Master’s Degree in a Finance or Regulation or a related professional qualification would be desirable but is not a requirement
Knowledge of or previous exposure to some regulatory filings, including but not limited to, EMIR and SFTR is preferable but not a requirement
It would be beneficial if the applicant has previous exposure through work or education to the area of reconciliations and have a strong knowledge of a range of financial instruments including derivatives