Operations Risk, Associate

Schonfeld; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 85.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid work model

Descripción de la vacante

Schonfeld in London is seeking a regulatory reporting professional to own MAS daily submissions and strengthen data quality across a multi-jurisdictional environment. The role involves addressing reporting breaks, partnering with Technology, and developing KRIs for operational risk oversight.

The candidate should have MAS or EMIR-type experience, strong Excel/SQL skills, and familiarity with Cappitech or similar platforms. A hybrid work model in Greater London is offered.

Formación

• Experience in regulatory trade or transaction reporting, ideally MAS or EMIR/ASIC/CFTC.
• Strong knowledge of trade lifecycle and asset classes including OTC derivatives.
• Familiarity with reporting data such as UPI, UTI, and LEI; reconciliation concepts.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work under tight daily deadlines.
• Collaborative approach with Technology and stakeholders to resolve issues.

Responsabilidades

• Own the preparation and submission of daily MAS trade reports, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Perform pre-submission data quality checks to identify and address issues before reporting.
• Track submissions through regulatory acceptance.
• Investigate and resolve reporting breaks and rejections; remediate and resubmit as needed.
• Partner with Technology to escalate and resolve system and data issues.
• Prioritise during high exception volumes and drive process improvements and automation.
• Maintain up-to-date procedures and process documentation.

Conocimientos

MAS reporting

Data quality

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder management

Excel

SQL

Python

APIs

Automation

Herramientas

Cappitech

GTR

Kaizen

Regis-TR

Descripción del empleo

This is a hybrid role with two core areas of focus. The first is ownership of daily MAS regulatory reporting submissions and the timely resolution of reporting exceptions. This covers ensuring the accuracy and completeness of submissions, investigating the root causes of recurring issues, and continuously strengthening data quality, controls, and the wider reporting framework, working closely with Technology and stakeholders across the business.

The second is operational risk oversight: reviewing key operational risk processes and leading the development of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) for each functional team across Global Operations.

What you’ll do

• Own the preparation and submission of daily MAS trade reports, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Perform pre-submission data quality checks to identify and address issues before reporting.
• Track submissions through regulatory acceptance.
• Investigate and resolve reporting breaks and rejections, including quantity breaks, UPI errors, and pairing exceptions.
• Remediate rejected submissions and ensure corrected reports are successfully resubmitted.
• Partner with Technology to escalated and resolve system and data issues.
• Prioritise effectively during periods of high exception volumes.
• Identify recurring issues and drive improvements to processes, controls, and automation.
• Maintain clear, up-to-date procedures and process documentation.

What you’ll bring

What you need:

• Experience in regulatory trade or transaction reporting, ideally covering MAS, or a similar regime such as EMIR, ASIC, or CFTC.
• Strong product knowledge across asset classes, including OTC derivatives, with a clear understanding of the trade lifecycle.
• Familiarity with key reporting data such as UPI, UTI, and LEI, and with reconciliation and pairing/matching concepts.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to investigate breaks methodically to find the root cause.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to work accurately under daily time pressure.
• A collaborative approach to working with Technology and wider stakeholders, bringing well-informed insight to the resolution of complex issues.
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with large data sets.
• Hands-on experience with a trade reporting platform (e.g., S&P Global Cappitech, DTCC GTR, Kaizen, Regis-TR).
• Experience using APIs or internal reporting tools.
• SQL, Python, or other scripting skills to support investigation and automation.
• Experience improving or automating operational processes.
• Experience supporting reporting across multiple jurisdictions or time zones.

Who we are

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.

Our Culture

At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.

Individuals seeking employment at Schonfeld are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

At Schonfeld, we strive to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. As a firm we are committed to creating a hiring process which is not only fair, but also welcoming and supportive. As a part of that, we want to encourage candidates to voluntarily complete the following survey which helps us keep track of how we are doing in our efforts.

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