Senior Business Analyst (Basel III, COREP) recruitment

The Regulatory Reporting team is responsible for the production of all UK FSA Regulatory Reporting of capital adequacy (RWA) and large exposures. Alongside the standard line reporting function there are strategic development and capital management support functions within the team. 

The strategic development function works with the Regulatory line teams, Finance change management team and IT to specify, develop and implement strategic Regulatory change in relation to calculations, reporting regulatory business process and systems

The successful candidate will be an analyst within this function. Main Duties 

The primary nature of this role will be to act as project interface between line SMEs, change management, IT and other stakeholders (e.g. Credit, Operations). Key responsibilities will include:

• Develop a clear understanding of project requirements to the extent that the individual can be considered a supplementary SME

• Provide detailed input to the documentation of business requirements.

• Perform detailed reviews of all business requirements, functional specifications etc to ensure all Line requirements are delivered

• Document all feedback, tracking their resolution and inclusion in the final signed off documents

• Complete any analysis required to close out issues/questions within the business requirements, liaising with any required experts, such as the Regulatory policy team or credit risk

• Plan the resourcing of the whole of a project life cycle, with particular focus on the reporting line support items, working in conjunction with the Change Management and IT Project manager

• Attendance at all relevant project workshops, providing updates from regulatory reporting and escalating any issues pertinent to the project.

• Detailed planning of UAT; assist line teams in identification and documentation of test scripts; co-ordination and involvement in Line UAT to completion

• Input into go live plan, co-ordinating line involvement during actual go live

• Assist the line team in migrating to the new business process post go live

Person Requirements 

Person Requirements

• Investment banking experience, prior knowledge / experience of Finance FSA regulatory line roles and, in particular, knowledge and experience of working with the Basel II regulatory framework.

• Extensive experience of projects end to end, either from a project team perspective or a line perspective.

Skills and Knowledge:  

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

• Ability to take ownership and responsibility, proactively managing work through to completion, within deadlines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong stakeholder management skills.