Regulatory Reporting Change Lead (Contract)

Solas IT Recruitment; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Solas IT Recruitment is seeking a Regulatory Reporting Change Manager for a daily rate contract in Dublin City Centre. You will lead regulatory reporting change initiatives in a global financial services environment, coordinating with business, operations, technology and compliance to ensure on-time delivery and high-quality outcomes.

The role requires 8+ years in financial services with hands-on experience in regulatory change, capital markets products, and multiple frameworks (EMIR, SFTR,

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years' experience within financial services, investment banking or capital markets.
• Strong experience delivering regulatory change, business change or transformation projects.
• Excellent understanding of capital markets products including: Cash Securities, Exchange Traded Derivatives.
• Demonstrated experience with regulatory reporting frameworks such as EMIR, SFTR, MiFID II / MiFIR, and others.
• Experience working across cross-functional teams including Operations, Technology, Compliance, Legal, Finance and Business stakeholders.
• Strong business analysis skills including requirements gathering, process mapping and documentation.
• Experience supporting testing activities including UAT planning and execution.
• Strong understanding of securities processing, trade lifecycle and operational workflows.
• Knowledge of governance frameworks and programme management methodologies.
• Experience working within Agile and/or Waterfall delivery environments.
• Professional project management or business analysis certifications (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, CBAP or equivalent).
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Strong organisational and project coordination abilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to identify project risks early and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Confident facilitating workshops, governance meetings and cross-functional discussions.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of multiple regulatory reporting change initiatives across the business.
• Coordinate regulatory change projects from planning through to implementation, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Operations, Front Office, Middle Office, Technology, Compliance, Legal and Finance teams to implement process and technology changes.
• Facilitate project governance meetings, working groups and stakeholder forums to ensure effective decision-making and project progress.
• Identify, assess and manage project risks, issues and dependencies, escalating where appropriate.
• Monitor project milestones, deliverables and timelines to ensure successful execution.
• Support regulatory remediation programmes and operational improvement initiatives.
• Gather, analyse and document business and functional requirements.
• Assist with test planning, user acceptance testing (UAT) and implementation activities.
• Produce project documentation, status reports and management updates.
• Drive continuous improvement across regulatory reporting processes and change management practices.

Skills

Regulatory change

Change management

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

UAT planning

Securities processing

MS Office

Governance frameworks

Delivery methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Economics/IS

Master's degree preferred

PM/PRINCE2/CBAP or equivalent certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Visio

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Solas IT Recruitment is seeking a Regulatory Reporting Change Manager for a daily rate contract in Dublin City Centre. You will lead regulatory reporting change initiatives in a global financial services environment, coordinating with business, operations, technology and compliance to ensure on-time delivery and high-quality outcomes.

The role requires 8+ years in financial services with hands-on experience in regulatory change, capital markets products, and multiple frameworks (EMIR, SFTR,