Senior Business Analyst, Regulatory Technology

PIMCO Europe Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

PIMCO Europe Ltd. in London is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for the Regulatory Technology team to drive analysis and delivery across MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR and other global regimes.

You will partner with Regulatory Operations, vendors, and engineering to translate regulatory obligations into business requirements, create specifications, and support testing and production issue resolution. This role emphasizes end-to-end accountability and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience gathering, documenting, and validating business and functional requirements.
• Experience facilitating discussions with business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience supporting software development lifecycle.
• Experience in regulated financial services environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead key workstreams in a multi-year program to modernize PIMCO’s global regulatory transaction reporting platform.
• Translate regulatory obligations, operational processes, and reporting needs into business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Create process flows, workflow documentation, data mapping artifacts, and supporting analysis materials.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support implementation of new capabilities and enhancements.
• Develop test scenarios, test cases, and validation approaches; coordinate testing activities.
• Lead production issue triage and incident resolution; track errors and remediation plans.
• Support planning, stakeholder communications, and executive updates for business leadership.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Regulatory reporting

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

## Senior Business Analyst, Regulatory TechnologyApply: London, GBR: Full time: Posted Today: R106838We are a leading global asset management firm with over 3,000 employees across 20 offices in 15 countries; we help millions of investors around the world pursue their financial goals. We hire critical thinkers. People who thrive in a collaborative culture like ours where we solve real problems while building the future of finance. **You*** Are excited to be part of a vibrant engineering community that values diversity, hard work, and continuous learning.* Love solving complex real-world business problems.* Recognize that cross-functional collaboration is a core component of success for the team.* Believe there are multiple ways to solve most technical problems and are willing to debate the trade-offs.* Have become a stronger engineer by making mistakes and learning from them.* Are a doer, someone who wants to grow their career and gain experience across technologies and business functions.**We*** Continuously invest in a high-performance and inclusive culture, in which a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints are celebrated and valued.* Encourage career mobility, so you can benefit from learning different functions and technologies, and we gain the benefits of your experience across teams.* Run technology pro bono programs that help the non-profit community and give our engineering community opportunities to volunteer and participate.* Offer education reimbursements and ongoing training in technology, communication, and diversity & inclusion.* Embrace knowledge sharing through lunch-and-learns, demos, and technical forums.* Consider our people to be our greatest asset—we will help you learn what PIMCO Technology has to offer so you can participate in activities that benefit your career while delivering impactful technology solutions. This role sits within the Regulatory Transaction Reporting Technology team and partners closely with the Regulatory Transaction Reporting Operations function. The position focuses on business analysis, requirements definition, testing, solution delivery support, and production issue analysis across PIMCO's global transaction reporting platforms supporting MiFID II, EMIR, ASIC, MAS, SFTR, and other global regulatory reporting obligations.The successful candidate will work with business partners to gather requirements, analyze business processes, support testing activities, investigate production issues, and help deliver technology enhancements that improve reporting quality, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.The role is designed with broad visibility, end-to-end accountability, and increasing scope to manage, own and independently execute regulatory reporting solutions that provide broad exposure to regulatory reporting workflows, technology modernization initiatives, and emerging AI-enabled capabilities across the regulatory reporting ecosystem.Key ResponsibilitiesBusiness Analysis, Requirements Definition & Validation* Lead key workstreams in a multi-year program to modernize PIMCO’s global regulatory transaction reporting platform* Partner with Regulatory Operations and external vendors to translate regulatory obligations, operational processes, and reporting needs into business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.* Facilitate working sessions and requirements discussions to clarify scope, business rules, data requirements, and desired outcomes.* Create process flows, workflow documentation, business rules, data mapping artifacts, and other supporting analysis materials.* Collaborate with engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle to support successful implementation of new capabilities and enhancements.* Develop test scenarios, test cases, and validation approaches for technology enhancements and regulatory reporting changes.* Coordinate testing activities with Regulatory Operations, Engineering, and other business stakeholders.* Assist with defect triage, issue analysis, and resolution activities.* Support release validation and post-implementation verification efforts to confirm changes operate as intended.Production Support & Operational Analysis* Lead production issue triage for regulatory transaction reporting systems, coordinating across operations, engineering, and vendors.* Act as a primary escalation point for complex or systemic reporting issues, ensuring root cause is identified and remediation plans are defined and tracked.* Own tracking and reporting of errors, omissions, resubmissions, and structural reporting challenges in collaboration with operations teams.* Help define and continuously improve support models, SLAs, and RACI matrices across technology and operations.Process Improvement & Automation* Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, controls, and operational efficiency.* Support initiatives focused on automation, workflow optimization, reporting quality improvements, and control enhancement.* Participate in modernization initiatives across the regulatory reporting technology landscape.* Contribute to the evaluation of emerging technologies, including AI-enabled capabilities, that may enhance reporting processes and operational workflows.Planning & Stakeholder Communications* Support planning, coordination, and execution activities across regulatory reporting initiatives and technology enhancements.* Help maintain clarity on scope, priorities, dependencies, and delivery status for assigned work items.* Prepare clear analysis summaries, requirement walkthroughs, and executive updates for business leadership.* Contribute to intake, prioritization, and sequencing discussions of the book of work.Required Qualifications* Bachelor's degree required.* 7+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Functional Analyst, or comparable role within financial services technology.* Strong experience gathering, documenting, and validating business and functional requirements.* Experience facilitating discussions with business and technology stakeholders.* Experience supporting software development initiatives throughout the full development lifecycle.* Strong analytical, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.* Experience creating process flows, workflow documentation, business rules, functional specifications, user stories, or acceptance criteria.* Familiarity with one or more regulatory reporting regimes, including MiFID II, EMIR, ASIC, MAS, SFTR, or other G20 reporting frameworks.* Experience working in regulated financial services environments.Preferred Qualifications* Experience within asset management, capital markets, investment banking, or market infrastructure organizations.* Understanding of transaction reporting workflows and regulatory reporting operating models.* Experience supporting user acceptance testing and release validation activities.* Familiarity with SQL, data analysis, reconciliations, or data lineage analysis.* Understanding of derivatives, securities trading, post-trade processing, reference data, and trade capture concepts.* Experience working with regulatory reporting vendors, repositories, or reporting platforms.* Exposure to intelligent automation, AI-assisted analysis, process optimization, or workflow modernization initiatives