Transaction Reporting Specialist

Job Description

The Transaction Reporting Specialist within the Investment Middle Office team (IMO), will play a key role in ensuring ongoing compliance with the bank's transaction reporting obligations while contributing to the enhancement of reporting frameworks, controls, and regulatory infrastructure. This is a control focused role, requiring specialist knowledge of transaction reporting frameworks and the regulatory requirements that underpin them. The role will support the post trade control environment by ensuring that all relevant transactions are reported accurately and within regulatory timeframes (e.g. EMIR, SFTR, MiFIR) and act as a control point between the front office, back-office operations teams and key risk and compliance functions with a strong understanding of investment products, data integrity and regulatory frameworks.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Transaction reporting and oversight
• Ensure timely and accurate transaction reporting across global systems including MiFIR & EMIR, SFTR
• Monitor daily reporting activity and manage exceptions, breaks, and rejections across platforms such as UnaVista
• Work closely with compliance, front office, and technology teams to resolve reporting issues and maintain regulatory standards
• Lead regulatory change projects relating to EMIR transaction reporting including MiFIR & EMIR, and revisions of administrations
• Act as SME on transaction reporting requirements and frameworks, collaborating with Compliance and Financial Crime teams to interpret regulatory change
• Contribute to the review and update of policies and procedures for transaction reporting
• Process Improvement and Change Support
• Lead and support transaction reporting change initiatives, including regulatory updates, system upgrades, and new product implementations
• Act with project managers, business analysts, and technology teams to define requirements and deliver solutions
• Contribute to testing, documentation, and implementation of new reporting processes and control enhancements
• Maintain awareness of evolving global regulatory developments and proactively prepare for changes
• Stakeholder management
• Act as a key point of contact for FTR Compliance, Risk and Operations teams
• Support periodic and regulatory reporting processes

Requirements

• 2+ years' experience in regulatory transaction reporting within a financial services environment
• Solid understanding of major regulations: MiFID II, EMIR
• Hands-on experience with reporting platforms such as UnaVista
• Proven track record in both BAU operations and change management projects
• Strong data analysis skills, including working knowledge of Excel, Bloomberg, and/or similar data lineage and reporting architecture

Person Specification

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Prior experience in trade transaction reporting within a prime broker, wealth manager or investment manager
• Strong understanding of investment products, equities, bonds, funds, FX and structured products
• Working knowledge of FCA and CRR regulatory requirements impacting investment operations
• High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage transaction sensitive deadlines under pressure
• Familiarity with regulatory transaction reporting regimes (MiFIR, EMIR, etc.)

Required Qualifications

• Degree qualified or equivalent record of professional development
• 2+ years in transaction reporting or related roles within Financial Services

Required Competencies

• Attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of stakeholders
• Self-motivated and able to work independently, taking ownership of responsibilities
• A strong team player; support and collaborate with colleagues to contribute to the day-to-day activities of the team
• Organized; able to work under pressure to ensure that deadlines are met
• Good time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Complete demonstrable experience with systems and bank data
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work well within a team
• Logical