Business Analyst - Regulatory Reporting (Equities)
We're supporting a leading global investment bank is seeking an experienced Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst to join its Equities Regulatory Reporting team. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering regulatory change and strategic reporting initiatives across the Equities business.
This role requires a strong combination of regulatory reporting expertise, business analysis skills, and deep understanding of equities products and trading workflows. You will work closely with Front Office, Operations, Compliance, Technology, Risk and Regulatory Reporting teams to translate regulatory requirements into clear, actionable business and technology solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead business analysis activities for regulatory reporting change initiatives across Equities.
- Analyse and interpret regulatory requirements and assess their impact on business processes, data and technology.
- Gather, document and validate business requirements, functional specifications and process flows.
- Work with Front Office and Technology teams to ensure accurate capture, enrichment and reporting of Equities transactions.
- Support implementation and change programmes relating to regulations such as MiFID II/MiFIR, EMIR, SFTR and other global transaction reporting requirements.
- Conduct data lineage and gap analysis across front-to-back Equities trading and reporting processes.
- Define reporting requirements, data mappings, controls and reconciliation processes.
- Act as the bridge between business stakeholders, regulatory SMEs and development teams.
- Support UAT planning, test scenario definition, execution and defect management.
- Investigate reporting issues and data-quality breaks, identifying root causes and coordinating remediation.
- Support regulatory audits, controls and governance activities.
- Communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and provide clear status updates on project delivery.
Required Experience and Skills
- Significant experience as a Business Analyst within Regulatory Reporting in an investment banking environment.
- Strong understanding of Equities products, including cash equities, listed derivatives, equity swaps and other equity-linked instruments.
- Strong knowledge of Equities trade lifecycle, market data, reference data and front-to-back workflows.
- Experience working with major regulatory reporting frameworks, ideally including MiFID II/MiFIR and other relevant global regulations.
- Demonstrable experience gathering and documenting complex business and functional requirements.
- Strong experience in data analysis, data lineage and data mapping.
- Experience working with Front Office, Operations, Compliance and Technology stakeholders.
- Strong SQL and data-analysis skills are highly desirable.
- Experience supporting UAT and large-scale regulatory change programmes.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills.
Desirable
- Experience with transaction reporting platforms or regulatory reporting vendors.
- Knowledge of FIX, FpML or other financial messaging standards.
- Experience with Murex, preferred.
- Experience with Agile delivery methodologies.
- Understanding of regulatory controls, reconciliations and exception management.
- Experience working in a global investment banking environment.
Duration: 6 months
Rate: £750/day (Inside IR35)