Operations Specialist (MIFID / EMIR) - Trade and Transaction Reporting Operations - Assistant V[...]

Deloitte - Recruitment; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is looking for an Operations Specialist (AVP) in Glasgow. This role involves ensuring compliance with EMIR and MiFID regulations, managing transaction reporting, and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial services operations and excellent analytical and communication skills. The position is hybrid, requiring office attendance 2-3 days per week.

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of EMIR and MiFID II reporting requirements.
• Experience in financial services operations within trade and transaction reporting.
• Ability to network and build effective relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with EMIR and other relevant regulations.
• Oversee accurate and timely transaction reporting.
• Manage day-to-day exception handling and perform root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with technology teams for system solutions.
• Drive a culture of high performance within the team.

Skills

Technical knowledge of EMIR and MiFID II

Front to back transaction reporting flow

Analytical skills for data analysis

Excellent communication skills

Process improvement experience

Proficiency in MS Office

Job description

Contract Role: Operations Specialist (MIFID / EMIR) - Trade and Transaction Reporting Operations - Assistant Vice President

Contract Location: Glasgow (Hybrid - office based 2-3 days, remaining days remote)

Contract Start: ASAP

Contract Duration: 6 months / May 2026

Join the Trade and Transaction Reporting Operations (TTRO) team, responsible for ensuring accurate, timely, and complete transaction reporting to global regulators under regulations such as EMIR , MiFID II , and CFTC.

TTRO provides independent assurance and governance over regulatory operational processes, including the production of relevant metrics, governance reports, and regulatory updates.

The Role

The Operations Specialist (AVP) will play a key role in maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements, managing exceptions, overseeing control processes, and driving continuous improvement in trade and transaction reporting operations.

The role is to support EMEA regulations on reporting queries received from Regulators, Clients or the banks own Business Units. These duties incorporate investigating issues with systemic flows impacting transaction reporting, coordinating the required fixes across the bank, ensuring compliance on these fixes with the TTRO control framework, daily controls and supporting governance over remediation programs. The role will require close partnership with colleagues across TTRO, compliance, technology and business areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with EMIR (European Market Infrastructure Regulation) and other relevant regulations such as MiFID II, CFTC, and SFTR.
• Transaction Reporting: Oversee accurate, timely, and complete transaction reporting across various asset classes including Rates, Credit, Commodities, Equities, Loans, and Foreign Exchange.
• Exception Management: Manage day-to-day exception handling, perform root cause analysis, and elevate significant issues to senior management.
• System Solutions: Collaborate with technology teams to design and implement system solutions aimed at automating exception processes.
• Team Leadership: Drive a culture of high performance, ownership, and integrity within the team.
• Business Solutions: Support the design and conceptualization of new business solutions and articulate identified impacts and risks.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong technical knowledge of EMIR and MiFID II reporting requirements (fields, data flows, and relevant regulatory expectations).
• Experience of the front to back transaction reporting flow, especially specific fields and data relevant to the regulations.
• Experience in financial services operations, within trade and transaction reporting or regulatory operations.
• Strong analytical skills required to perform complex analysis on large data sets to identify the root cause of issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate complicated issues to senior management and other impacted areas and ensure timely resolution of issues.
• Awareness of EMIR transaction reporting regulation, and/or the impacted asset classes in scope for reporting (Exchange Traded Derivatives, Over-The-Counter products).
• Experience in driving process improvement through change management or LEAN principles.
• Understanding of risk in the context of regulatory reporting, how to assess it and how we might implement controls to mitigate the risk.
• Experience / knowledge of client operations.
• Ability to network and build effective relationships with a key stakeholders.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.