Company Overview
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider, dedicated to excellence in delivering services to our clients worldwide.
Role Profile
LSEG’s Regulatory Reporting Solutions (RRS) provides global sell‑side and buy‑side clients with a variety of products to assist with their regulatory reporting obligations. The Senior Operations Associate sits within the RRS Operations team and maintains the reliability and effectiveness of our operational processes.
Role Summary
We are seeking a hardworking and detail‑oriented Senior Operations Associate to join our Regulatory Reporting Solutions Operations team. In this role you will act as a key contact for operational matters, ensuring high‑quality service delivery and strict adherence to processes and controls.
What you’ll be doing
- Managing day‑to‑day operational processes across multiple regulatory reporting services.
- Ensuring operational excellence, strong controls and compliance with relevant regulations.
- Collaborating closely with our Client Services, Professional Services and Client Implementations teams.
- Working with technology support functions and various business units – Sales, Product, PMO and COO teams.
- Acting as the single point of contact for operational requests and client‑related operational queries.
- Ensuring customers receive a positive, high‑quality service experience.
- Working closely with internal and external stakeholders to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
Additional Responsibilities
- Support the build‑out of offshore capability by embedding new processes and adopting standardised workflows.
- Work closely with onshore Operations Managers to ensure smooth handovers, consistent service levels and shared KPIs.
- Contribute to process improvement by identifying inefficiencies and suggesting automation opportunities.
- Maintain strong control discipline by adhering to internal policies, risk frameworks, audit requirements and broader operational risk standards.
- Apply financial market knowledge, including understanding of core financial instruments (derivatives, cash equities, fixed income) and how they flow through post‑trade processes.
- Maintain awareness of key regulatory obligations (e.g., EMIR, MiFIR) and how products map to reporting logic, lifecycle events and reconciliation requirements.
What you’ll bring
- Experience within the operations function of a financial institution.
- Familiarity with regulatory reporting operational workflows across different jurisdictions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to understand the technical complexity of the full end‑to‑end trade process from execution to confirmation to clearing.
- Strong analytical, numerical and problem‑solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong computational skills using applications such as MS Excel.
- Good interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Proactive and driven.
- Able to prioritise and work with agreed timelines.
- Motivated, adaptable and comfortable working in a fast‑moving environment.
- Understanding of operational risk, control frameworks and governance processes.
- Awareness of financial market structure (venues, CCPs, brokers, identifiers such as LEIs/UTIs) and the regulatory reporting ecosystem.
What you’ll get in return
- Opportunity to shape and enhance key operational processes within a growing regulatory reporting function.
- Access to professional development support, training and career progression.
- A collaborative, high‑performing team environment, working closely with stakeholders across Operations, Sales, Product and Technology.
- Exposure to global regulatory regimes and strategic projects, building expertise across multiple jurisdictions.
- Competitive compensation package, including benefits, recognition programmes and flexibility to support work‑life balance.
Career Stage
Senior Associate
Equal Opportunity
LSEG is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.