EMIR SME
Location: London (Hybrid, 2 anchor days per week)
Duration: 12 Months
Rate: £600-£700 per day
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced EMIR Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst to join a specialist Trade & Transaction Reporting team within a leading financial institution.
This role sits within a dedicated regulatory reporting change and oversight function focused on ensuring the accuracy, completeness and compliance of EMIR reporting obligations. Working alongside regulatory SMEs, Business Analysts, Compliance teams and Technology partners, you will investigate reporting exceptions, perform detailed analysis, identify root causes and drive remediation activities through to resolution.
This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with strong EMIR Trade Reporting expertise, business analysis skills and derivatives product knowledge to play a key role in a high-profile regulatory reporting environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse EMIR reporting exceptions and discrepancies identified through internal controls, reconciliations and third-party quality assurance reviews.
- Investigate reporting issues and perform root cause analysis to determine the source of data and reporting breaks.
- Define and document business requirements to support remediation activity and reporting enhancements.
- Partner with Compliance, Operations, Technology and Change teams to develop effective solutions.
- Support the implementation of regulatory and reporting changes, ensuring compliance obligations are met.
- Produce process documentation, impact assessments, gap analyses and requirements documentation.
- Support testing activities including test preparation, execution and validation of reporting changes.
- Monitor remediation progress and ensure issues are resolved within agreed timelines.
- Contribute to ongoing regulatory reporting governance and control processes.
- Communicate findings, recommendations and reporting risks to key stakeholders.
Skills & Experience
Essential
- Strong experience with EMIR Trade Reporting.
- Proven experience working within regulatory reporting, transaction reporting or trade reporting environments.
- Business Analysis experience, including requirements gathering and documentation.
- Experience conducting root cause analysis and issue remediation.
- Strong understanding of regulatory reporting controls and reporting lifecycle processes.
- Experience working with multiple stakeholders across business and technology functions.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Desirable
- Knowledge of MiFIR, MiFID II and/or SFTR reporting regulations.
- Experience supporting regulatory change initiatives.
- Exposure to reporting assurance, reconciliation or quality control frameworks.
- Experience working with third-party regulatory reporting or assurance vendors.
Product Knowledge
Experience with one or more of the following products is highly desirable:
- FX Derivatives
- OTC Derivatives
- Capital Markets products
- Trade Reporting processes associated with derivatives products
About You
You will be a highly analytical regulatory reporting professional who understands both the regulatory obligations and the practical challenges of reporting complex financial products. You will be comfortable investigating reporting issues, collaborating with a range of stakeholders and translating regulatory requirements into effective business solutions.