Contract Role: TTRO AVP (Trade and Transaction Reporting Operations)
Contract Location: London, office based 2-3 days per week, the rest remote
Contract Start: ASAP
Contract Duration: Full time role (Monday to Friday) 6 months initially (PAYE inside IR35, please see below details)
About the Role
TTRO team’s (Trade and Transaction Reporting Operations) role is to ensure accurate, timely and complete trade reporting to regulatory regimes overseen by ESMA, MIFID II and CFTC etc. TTRO is also responsible for providing independent assurance and governance on a regular basis over the regulatory operational processes, including production of the relevant metrics, governance reports and regulator updates.
You will be part of the TTRO Control Function. The team the candidate manages will be responsible for supporting the control functions for Trade and Transaction reporting, focusing on MIfid and other European & US regulations.
These duties incorporate daily control, MI and exception management processes. User Acceptance testing required on a monthly or ad hoc basis.
Key Accountabilities
* Ensuring the team execute reporting requirements and regulatory changes would be part of daily responsibilities..
* Performing Reference Data Reconciliation, initial break investigation, query monitoring and resolution
* Advance data analytics skills and knowhow of data analytics tools is preferable to investigate huge data sets.
* Various MI creation and distribution capturing Trade Reporting, timeliness and accuracy.
* Candidate should have a sound understanding of OTC products and Fixed Income Securities specially Bonds.
* Understanding of Regulations is preferable skill set.
* Understanding of OTC Trade Lifecycle is a must.
* Fostering excellent working relationship with internal counterparts (extended teams in other Global Locations, IT, Desk, Sales team, Trade Support, Confirmations, Legal, Finance).
* Strong analytical skills required to help the team perform complex analysis on the volumes and process flow to identify the root cause if non compliance and or issues are encountered
* Strong/Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate complicated issues to senior management and other impacted areas and ensure timely resolution of issues.
* Challenge processes in accordance with the Lean methodology in order to achieve more effective processes and efficiency saves to the firm.
* Work in collaboration with the global TTRO teams to achieve and surpass business expectations. Ensure the team collaborates with their global colleagues in order to remove regional silos
Person specification and Skills/experience:
Personal attributes essential to performing role including competencies, expertise, knowledge, and experience. Note: experience requirements must not be in the form of years (minimum or otherwise).
* Excellent understanding of front to back system architecture and E2E processes and controls
* Good knowledge and understanding of OTC (FX, Rates, Credit, Equities & Commodities) and Fixed Income Securities eg Bonds.
* Knowledge of Regulatory Reporting obligations is preferable
* Understanding of OTC Trade Lifecycle.
* Candidate should have good interpersonal skills.
* Role may involve managing pool of people so people management skills are desirable
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:
* Demonstrable relevant experience within a similar / comparable banking environment
* Ability to network and build rapport and credibility quickly with a variety of key stakeholders (Front office, Ops Senior Management, technology teams.
* Excellent knowledge of MS Office applications, including and not limited to Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
* Candidate should have data analytical skills to crunch bigger data sets.
* Experience working within a top-tier banking institution or equivalent.
* The candidate must be competent in MS applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word
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