Regulatory Reporting IT Business Analyst

Position Purpose

The APAC GM & ALMT IT Trade Processing group runs Trade Processing and Regulatory Reporting. The Regulatory Reporting IT team focuses on driving regulatory reporting projects from a technology perspective.

Main Responsibilities For The Candidate

• Functional expert on Asia region regulatory reporting requirements including OTC Transactions Reporting to APAC regulators like ASIC, MAS, HKMA, JFSA
• Strong functional knowledge on Global Market business and regulatory regime in APAC
• Build strong relationship with APAC business and other support teams including Operations and Finance
• Bring expertise on business data and reporting solutions with a strong focus on delivering strategic solution to increase efficiency & automation and enhance control thereby reducing risk
• Develop a clear vision of the target processes including innovation / digital as the case may be

Responsibilities

• Act as Project Manager/Business Analyst for Regional & Local Initiatives to enhance regulatory reporting ecosystem for the bank and responsible for delivering various APAC regulatory projects.
• Must have strong functional knowledge of APAC regulatory landscape especially trade reporting.
• Have strong functional knowledge of trade lifecycle for various investment banking across asset classes
• Engage in detailed studies, requirement gathering, solution definition and business analysis on the project scope
• Act as an interface between business stakeholder, internal teams, third party vendors, development team and production teams
• Provide regular updates to project sponsors and business stakeholders, organize project steering meetings and issues meeting minutes
• Collaborate and follow up with development teams regionally/globally to establish IT Solutions and ensure timely delivery of the IT Solution
• Develop good communication channel and good working relationship with Central teams in Europe and offshore and ability to influence global teams to deliver APAC specific requirements. Pre-empt and escalate any risks/issues to management/steering committees in a timely manner
• Provide tactical solution to business in case of tight timelines and collaborate with different stake holders to provide strategic solution
• Provide trainings to Business Users and Production (APS) team before the functional project go-live and prepare support document on the wiki/SharePoint.

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

• 10-12 years of work experience within the financial services industry and/or regulatory reporting focus
• Strong understanding of Capital Market deal flow from pricing to booking, risk management and back office
• Strong hands-on business knowledge on Corporate and Investment banking middle office, Back Office Trade Processing, Settlement & Accounting Chains – FX, Rates, Structured Deposits, Fixed income products, Equities, Equity derivatives is a MUST.
• Strong analytical skills with hands on technical knowledge in programming and data analysis and prior IT implementation experience with large investment banks is a MUST.
• Strong hands-on experience with SQL, Macro is a good to have
• Strong understanding of the front to back booking chain on Booking, Validation, Confirmation, Settlements, Accounting, Reconciliations, PNL and Risk calculations is preferred
• Strong Project Management skillset and expertise in delivering large transformation programs
• Ability to manage change and complexity with confidence and is a Strong team player
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft office (MS Word, Excel & Power point)

Specific Qualification

• Excellent Problem solving skills
• Experience in banking environment and good understanding on banking IT ecosystems
• Good Communication skills in English and ability to conduct meetings and presentation in client, business and management facing situations
• Strong analytical skills with ability to clearly specify topics, understand their priority and criticality and accordingly escalate

Key skills/competency

• Regulatory Reporting
• Business Analysis
• Project Management
• Capital Markets
• Trade Processing
• Financial Services
• APAC Regulations
• SQL
• Data Analysis
• Stakeholder Management