Junior Associate – Regulatory Reporting COE

Please note that this is a fixed term contract until end of April 2027

Summary: The Junior Associate – Regulatory Reporting COE will support the client through specific regulatory reporting activities. This will be completed by working closely with the Manager or Associate Director and work in a supportive role within the Global COE team (supporting the broader Waystone operations). The client base will range from Management Companies to standalone clients.

The role will predominantly center around daily reconciliations and regulatory filings for both internal and external clients in addition to market data but will involve other duties outside of these regulatory filing periods.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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 on a timely basis to enable filing of all returns prior to deadline.
• Participate in regular service reviews with internal Waystone entities leveraging the CoE for regulatory reporting activities.
• Provide input when required to the Manager or Associate Director to ensure KPI’s and MI packs are produced accurately and in a timely fashion for both internal Waystone entities and senior management.
• Participate in supporting clients servicing through reporting. This must be done in a timely and accurate fashion, escalating issues as they arise.
• Follow and enhance existing procedures, to solve routine problems.
• Be proficient in problem solving, striving to use own initiative to take ownership of the task.
• 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.
• Participating in on-the-job training for new hires.
• Be driven, inquisitive and be able to self-manage.
• Keep abreast of regulatory changes and help oversee and implement within the business where required.
• Assisting the Manager with ad-hoc client queries.
• Aspire to be proficient in the various risk and regulatory reporting requirements, such as AIFMD and become proficient in excel & the funds industry, especially with respect to regulations.
• Proactively support further migrations and integrations to the Regulatory Reporting COE.
• Other projects and duties as assigned.

Education:

A minimum of a 3rd level Degree in Finance, Business or similar field is required. A Master’s

Degree in a Finance or Mathematical field or a related professional qualification would be desirable but is not a requirement.

Experience:

• 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 requiement.
  
• 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.
  
• Any experience of using Bloomberg would be beneficial as it is used on a regular basis.