Associate – Program Management (Regulatory Finance Data Strategy)

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with a team of resources working on data and program management initiatives.

• Collaborate with EMEA, LATAM and APAC stakeholders reviewing Regulatory Reporting data needs against strategic platform capabilities whilst assessing improvement possibilities in existing processes.

• Propose solutions that address business challenges working alongside Product Owners, Technology and other Corporate functional areas to ensure that solutions are implemented effectively and meet business requirements.

• Conduct data attribution, profiling, coverage, and quality analysis to confirm upstream data is fit for regulatory consumption.

• Demonstrates the ability to independently perform data analysis and data management activities, including data lineage mapping, data governance assessments, data quality evaluation, metadata management, business attribute analysis, source-to-target mapping, data reconciliation, and data modelling.

• Govern and coordinate roll out of target state strategic operating model to support business needs and regulatory obligations.

• Perform adhoc data analysis to uncover insights that drive business decisions and optimize processes across a wide range of financial products.

• Supports delivery of regulatory changes and special initiatives.

• Facilitate clear and effective communication between business and technical teams, ensuring alignment and understanding.

• Identify opportunities for process enhancements and drive initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Proven ability to work with complex interdependencies and multiple stakeholders.
• 8+ years of experience in financial services, consulting, technology, or related discipline.
• Hands-on experience in data analytics and requirements gathering to support business objectives.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to present fact-based recommendations in a clear, logical, and concise way.
• Strong time management skills, efficient at multi-tasking and able to work under pressure to deliver multiple business demands on-time.
• Working knowledge in AI & GenAI Applications.
• Excellent communication/presentation skills (written and verbal) and ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Experience of Product & Program Management and Agile disciplines.
• Strong interpersonal leadership and influencing skills.
• Ability to work in a highly dynamic environment with multiple, changing priorities. 
• Proficiency in MS Excel and PowerPoint.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Qualified CA or MBA in Finance from a leading Business School.
• Experience of working on a firm-wide or regional regulatory program would be desirable.
• Knowledge of financial markets and instruments.
• Experience of working on cross-regional data integration and release management initiatives.
• Experience and technical knowledge of data management and governance, big data platforms, or data architecture.
• Knowledge of Regulatory Reporting Rules particularly Financial and Statistical Reporting.
• Highly skilled in writing SQL queries for extracting data from multiple tables, Databricks, Alteryx workflow creations, Creating Views on Tableau.