Head of Regulatory Reporting

Crown Agents Bank; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Crown Agents Bank is seeking a Regulatory Reporting Manager to ensure accurate preparation of regulatory returns. The role involves leading a team, managing regulatory processes, and providing insights on liquidity and capital regulations. Ideal candidates will possess strong financial services experience and a relevant qualification as an accountant.

Benefits

Contributory personal pension plan

Life Assurance - 4 times annual salary

Group Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Discretionary Bonus

Competitive Annual Leave

2 Volunteering Days

Benefit Hub

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant preferred.
• Numerical Degree preferred.
• At least 5 years' experience in financial services with regulatory reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation of regulatory reports for the bank.
• Manage a team of 2 direct reports, focusing on process improvement.
• Oversee regulatory developments and communicate changes to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Regulatory Reporting

Team Management

Process Development

Financial Services

Numerical Analysis

Education

Qualified Accountant

Numerical Degree

Job description

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Company Description

Crown Agents Bank is a vastly growing and regulated UK bank that connects emerging and frontier markets to the rest of the world, using FX and payments technology. We are transforming the way payments and FX move through emerging markets, reducing friction so that more money gets to those who need it. Emerging markets payments are usually challenging, expensive, unreliable and opaque. Our solutions help fix these pain points. Ultimately, we connect traditionally hard-to-reach regions to global financial infrastructure, giving access to the best prices and the fastest, most reliable settlement.

FX and cross-border payments are often complex and expensive, especially when operating in emerging markets. Crown Agents Bank (CAB) wraps its deep and trusted relationships and strength of network around innovative digital capabilities, and cross-border transaction banking solutions to enable fintech, corporates, governments, development organisations and banks to move money to, from, and across often hard-to-reach markets.

Job Description

To ensure the accurate and timely preparation and submission of Crown Agents Banks' Regulatory Returns.

Role Responsibilities:

• Preparation of regulatory reports - Leading a team that is responsible for the preparation and submission of all required regulatory reports covering a Bank , Investment Firm and holding company including COREP, FINREP and Bank of England reporting.
• Process development - Continuous improvement of existing processes, resolve outstanding issues and enhance accuracy of the reporting process.
• Process automation - Work with systems provider to increasingly automate production of key metrics and returns to enhance efficiency and accuracy
• Process Documentation - Update and enhance the existing process notes, documenting the key regulatory interpretation, key controls and review process etc.
• Internal reporting - Leading a team that prepares of daily and monthly MI packs for various committees such as ALCO, Board Risk Committee, Board etc.
• Regulatory horizon scanning - Keep abreast of regulatory developments as they pertain to liquidity, capital and non traded market risk for the banking and asset management industry. Summarize the impact of such changes and communicate them internally with senior stakeholders
• ALCO attendance - Ad hoc attendance at ALCO to present to senior colleagues any key regulatory changes that may impact the Group
• Team management - Manage and develop 2 direct reports. Allocate and delegate appropriate activities to team members to enhance team output.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant preferred
• Numerical Degree preferred

Experience:

• At least 5 years' experience in the financial services industry, part of which must have been in the Regulatory Reporting function of a bank
• Strong understanding of liquidity and capital regulation
• Prior experience of working on regulatory reporting change management projects preferred
• Prior experience of managing people preferred

Additional Information

• Hybrid working
• Contributory personal pension plan: - Minimum: Employee 2% and Employer 7%. Employer matches contributions in 1% increments to a maximum of: Employee 5% and Employer 10%
• Life Assurance - 4 times annual salary
• Group Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance - this may include cover for partner and or children at company cost. Cover includes Optical, Dental and Audiology
• Discretionary Bonus
• Competitive Annual Leave
• 2 Volunteering Days
• Benefit Hub