Financial/Regulatory Reporting Role

About this role:

This role will be responsible to manage large portfolio of change activity aimed at ensuring complete and timely capture of new/amended requirements arising from internal or external changes (reporting rule changes, new business activity etc.) Developing efficient and effective solutions in partnership with key stakeholders (Controller reporting teams, technology etc.), and implementing into production environments. Driving enhancement (reduced manual intervention, improved run times, enhanced controls) of existing processes and infrastructure,

Responsibilities:

- Perform a Financial and Regulatory Change Business Analyst role within the International Controller Change team

- Work with the team lead on the planning, testing, implementation and management of book of work items which affect the Regulatory & Financial Reporting Infrastructure - scope of the role will cover both 'Run the Bank' maintenance activity, as well as larger scale strategic deliverables falling under the 'Change the Bank' banner

- Perform impact analysis on book of work items and partner with colleagues in Project Management, Technology, Controllers and various other teams to help map regulatory and financial requirements to documented specifications and help support successful implementations of automated reporting solutions through iterative delivery (Agile)

- Employ analytical, accounting and data mining skills to help map key data elements from multiple systems of records ultimately to specific regulatory reports.

- Review business requirements for compliance against relevant regulation and substantive testing of those requirements to ensure implementation is correct

- Focus on control environment and monitoring / driving process efficiency, including challenge of operating model

- Documentation of user stories and participation in Agile ceremonies

- Support of release management processes and any postproduction issues

- Creation of best-in-class documentation for Release Management

- Identify and champion opportunities for efficiencies and improvement through process re-engineering and use of 'Next Gen' digital tools

- Support maintenance of an effective system of internal control over the change portfolio through effective gathering and sharing of information (new work items, delivery status etc.) with key internal stakeholders

Essential Qualifications:

- Qualified CA/CFA/ICWA/MBA-Finance with 4+ years of experience in with a focus on accounting, financial/regulatory reporting and controls, preferably with experience in a financial services environment

- Strong technical background and proficiency with systems and spreadsheet skills including various Microsoft products like Word, Excel, Access, Visio etc.

- Strong analytic, accounting and problem-solving skills

- A self-starter with excellent time and project management skills that can identify, plan, prioritize and deliver various work streams against deadlines

- Proven ability to work independently and to identify and resolve issues by exercising professional judgement

- Attention to detail

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal, written)

Desired Qualifications:

- University degree in business, finance or accounting

- Professional accounting designation

- Experience working with core financial and/or regulatory platforms (Oracle, SAP, Axiom, FRS OneSumX)

- Experience with digitization tools like Alteryx, Wdesk, Tableau, MS Teams etc.