Regulatory Reporting & Financial Controls Specialist

Thunes Ltd; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Thunes Ltd in Barcelona, Spain, is seeking a Financial & Regulatory Reporting Specialist to join our finance team. The role focuses on timely production of financial and regulatory returns, safeguarding reporting, and supporting regulatory change across the business.

You will collaborate with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations and Technology to strengthen controls, improve data quality and deliver accurate reporting within deadlines.

Qualifications

• Prepare and support submission of financial, regulatory, and statistical returns.
• Own safeguarding reporting, including reconciliation of safeguarded funds and investigation of discrepancies.
• Analyse large datasets and investigate discrepancies, breaks and unusual movements.
• Excel skills and experience with complex financial data.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review and support the submission of financial, regulatory and statistical returns to relevant regulatory authorities.
• Take ownership of safeguarding reporting, including reconciliation and monitoring of safeguarded client funds and investigation of breaks, discrepancies and movements.
• Ensure safeguarding and regulatory reporting obligations are completed accurately, reconciled appropriately and delivered within required deadlines.
• Perform detailed reconciliations across bank accounts, ledgers, payment flows and reporting systems.
• Investigate and explain material movements, variances, exceptions and reporting anomalies.
• Maintain robust evidence, documentation and audit trails supporting regulatory and safeguarding reporting.
• Act as a subject matter expert on financial, regulatory and safeguarding reporting requirements, providing guidance to Finance and wider business stakeholders.
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess the impact of new or amended reporting requirements on the business.
• Support regulatory reporting systems, including maintenance, enhancements, data validation, UAT and testing.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, controls, data quality and automation.
• Develop and maintain reporting procedures, control frameworks and operating documentation.
• Support internal and external audit requests and provide clear explanations and supporting evidence where required.
• Work closely with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations, Treasury, Technology and senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to a strong culture of financial control, regulatory compliance and continuous improvement.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Regulatory reporting

Financial controls

Data analysis

Stakeholder communication

UAT

Reporting automation

Education

Qualified Accountant or equivalent

Tools

Regulatory reporting systems

Job description

Thunes Ltd in Barcelona, Spain, is seeking a Financial & Regulatory Reporting Specialist to join our finance team. The role focuses on timely production of financial and regulatory returns, safeguarding reporting, and supporting regulatory change across the business.

You will collaborate with Finance, Risk, Compliance, Operations and Technology to strengthen controls, improve data quality and deliver accurate reporting within deadlines.