Job Description

This role will be responsible for reviewing the production of liquidity regulatory deliverables across various EMEA jurisdictions, working with other members of the Liquidity team, the Finance Controllers, Treasury, Risk, Compliance and various functions across EMEA. Whilst this role includes some responsibility for production, the overall oversight and accountability will remain with the relevant Finance Controller in each location.

This role involves working closely with the Liquidity team based in Manchester and the offshore support in Chennai, who also support the production.

Responsibilities will include the following:

• Projects and change – Assist with regulatory change projects and initiatives to support the business strategy as regards to liquidity regulatory reporting and compliance with new regulatory rules and advisory work on business changes and restructures, platform migration, legal entity restructuring and new branches, new business start-ups and product launches.
• Delivering liquidity regulatory submissions for EMEA locations, including review of external and internal monitoring deliverables and responding supporting ad-hoc regulatory queries within prescribed regulatory deadlines
• Reporting – produce or oversee the production of high quality regulatory returns, understanding variances and MI in a timely fashion, ensuring that the EMEA region meets reporting deadlines and quality expectations.
• Oversight & Controls – maintain a strong operational control environment with well-evidenced reviews, checklists and procedures.
• Stakeholder management – work with market Centre financial controller owners across the EMEA regions and other business areas particularly Corporate Treasury, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Business Finance and business management in the production of regulatory and liquidity returns.
• Leadership – has management responsibility ensuring that day-to-day work is completed accurately and timely. Acts as a role model within the EMEA Finance Professional Service Centre function and supports business strategy.
• Review of internal liquidity reporting for business management and supporting conclusions. This includes daily monitoring of internal reports for liquidity submissions to stakeholders.
• Work in a strong operational control environment for data production and reporting e.g. completion of certification, understanding variances and checklists to the required level. Adherence to regulatory governance policies.
• Provide support, advice and education to the business and business partners departments on the impact of new business and new regulatory rules.
• Knowledge – Stay abreast of legislative and regulatory developments, as well as maintain their knowledge of external reporting requirements and procedures.
• Other – perform other functions as required from time-to-time.

Stakeholders:

The Liquidity Regulatory Reporting Production Accountant (EMEA) will be required to work closely with the following stakeholder teams:

• Corporate Treasury
• Finance Controllers
• Risk and Compliance functions
• Regulatory reporting change
• Legal team

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Qualified Accountant – ACCA/ACA/CIMA/CPA Full Accreditation or equivalent, with at least 2 years post qualified experience. Regulatory Reporting experience, with liquidity reporting preferable. Management or supervisory experience, including review of team members; work and providing constructive feedback. Process improvement, change management and controls experience in a complex global environment. Significant experience of accounting systems and processes (e.g. advanced user of excel). Organized and structured working methodology, attention to detail and highly motivated individual with an inquisitive mind set. Experience of a fast moving, deadline driven complex, highly controlled, multi-national/ functional organization.