- An opportunity to lead Prudential Regulatory Transformation at a growing bank.
- Must have strong PRA knowledge and experience leading a team.
About Our Client
A large international bank, this is a London based role.
Job Description
Head of Prudential Regulatory Finance Change sits within the Finance change team and is part of a dedicated resource pool focusing on Regulatory Change. The role is responsible for supporting, assisting and delivering Prudential Regulatory change impacting the banks across EMEA.
Accountabilities / Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with Reg Tech partners and internal technology partners, ensuring high quality services levels;
- Control, manage and drive the change development schedule, prioritising activity and directing developer resource appropriately;
- Maintain and update the Reg Roadmap strategy, ensuring best in class architecture to support the execution of our Reg Reporting requirements;
- Maintain close liaison with technology support and development teams, working in partnership to deliver priorities;
- Manage project workload and work flexibly to prioritise the development resource as necessary;
- Communicate project progress to senior management and other relevant stakeholders through regular update meetings;
- Manage the processes for the design, development, support, testing and maintenance of business requirements to deliver projects;
- Understand and document business requirements to create development specifications, and undertake UAT and implementation testing for various new developments;
- Support BAU users across the EMEA region, as required, on new and existing functionality;
- Build a strong team by developing ongoing training and development plans for direct reports;
- Other ad hoc project tasks as required;
The Successful Applicant
A successful Head of Regulatory Finance Change should have:
- Proven expertise in regulatory finance within the financial services industry.
- Strong project management skills, including the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
- Deep understanding of regulatory requirements and their application to banking and financial services operations.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify and implement process improvements.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills to drive collaboration and alignment.
- A relevant professional qualification or degree in finance, business, or a related field.
Head of Prudential Regulatory Finance Change Knowledge, Skills, Experience, Qualifications
Job Knowledge
- Extensive experience of Prudential regulation across EMEA
- Strong knowledge of data requirements and calculations required for Regulatory output
- Financial Product Knowledge (IR & FX Derivatives, Securities, Equity, Loans, Deposits, Current Accounts) gained through working within the banking sector
- Experience in producing business requirements in liaison with Regulatory reporting teams
- Act as consultant to the Business for all tasks related to Finance Regulatory Reporting
- Functional expert and certified business analyst in Banking sector and across multiple countries – Desirable
- Ability to interrogate and analyse data on Oracle based platform and / or MsAccess (SQL) – Desirable
- Provide Knowledge and Documentation support for all aspects of the development life cycle (requirements, gap analysis, test plans, testing, issue and risk logs, user procedures and ongoing continual process improvements)
- Need to be as functionally knowledgeable as software supplier business experts to engage in discussions and provide meaningful analysis to them, including bug fixing / testing
- Knowledge of upgrade procedure for management of all system testing and end to end testing of new software
- Manage testing phases with users in different entities/countries, including software training, user set‑up and bespoke development software training
- Leadership experience including managing and developing strong performing team
Experience
- Experience delivering Prudential Regulation change projects
- Preparation and analysis of regulatory and statistical reporting – Desirable
- Working knowledge of reporting query software, spreadsheets and data mining
- Experience in providing regulatory analysis to Front and middle office – Desirable
- Good knowledge of Finance Systems, General accounting and business knowledge
- Strong knowledge of all derivative and securities products – Desirable
Skills / Abilities
- Oracle SQL, MS Office Suite, AI literate – Desirable
- Very IT literate (very good level of Excel skills and basic ability to use SQL) – Essential
Qualifications
- Part or fully qualified accountant – Desirable
- Project Management qualification – Desirable
What’s on Offer
- Competitive salary ranging.
- Comprehensive standard benefits package.
- Opportunity to work in a prominent organisation within the financial services industry.
- Based in London, offering a central and convenient location.
- Long-term professional growth and career development opportunities.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced professional to make a significant impact in regulatory finance change. If you’re ready to take the next step in your career, apply now.
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