Junior Associate – Regulatory Reporting

Responsibilities

• Support the client through specific regulatory reporting activities.
• Work closely with the Manager or Associate Director in a supportive role within the Global COE team.
• Completion of regulatory filings such as AnnexIV, FormPF, CPO amongst others for a portfolio of clients on a periodic basis.
• Be the primary contact for clients and managers to resolve queries relating to regulatory filings.
• Participate in regular service reviews with internal Waystone entities leveraging the CoE for regulatory reporting activities.
• Provide input when required to ensure KPI’s and MI packs are produced accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Participate in supporting clients servicing through reporting in a timely and accurate fashion, escalating issues as they arise.
• Follow and enhance existing procedures to solve routine problems.
• Work co-operatively with other groups in different locations and time zones, especially the teams in Cayman and Luxembourg as required.
• Provide adequate documentation and backup of all operational processes.
• Participate in on-the-job training for new hires.
• Keep abreast of regulatory changes and help oversee and implement within the business where required.
• Assist the Manager with ad-hoc client queries.

Requirements

• A minimum of a 3rd level Degree in Finance, Business or similar field is required.
• The successful candidate will ideally have worked for at least 1-2 years in a risk, regulatory, fund accounting related role or similar in financial services preferably within the funds industry.
• Knowledge of or previous exposure to some regulatory filings, including but not limited to, AIFMD, UCITS, CPO-PQR, Form PF, Solvency II, OPERA and PRIIP’s is preferable but not a requirement.
• It would be beneficial if the applicant has previous exposure through work or education to a number of risk measurements including Value at Risk, Stress Testing, Liquidity Analysis, Greeks and Back Testing in addition to some knowledge of a range of financial instruments including derivatives.
• The role involves detailed use of Excel and is a quantitative role so an aptitude and comfort working with numbers and spreadsheets is preferred.
• Also, aptitude in using systems in the completion of various Regulatory Reports is required.

Hard Skills

• regulatory reporting
• regulatory filings
• AIFMD
• UCITS
• CPO-PQR
• Form PF
• Solvency II
• Value at Risk
• Stress Testing
• Liquidity Analysis

Soft Skills

• communication
• problem-solving
• team collaboration
• time management
• attention to detail
• training
• client servicing
• adaptability
• organizational skills
• query resolution