Controllers- Non-Financial Regulatory Position Reporting, Senior Analyst- Birmingham

Overview

In this role you will deepen regulatory reporting expertise for a global financial institution and help ensure compliance with non-financial regulatory obligations. You will work with cross-functional partners to improve reporting processes and manage regulatory risk. You’ll tackle data flows, system impacts and the use of analytics and automation to enhance reporting quality. You join a team that prizes client focus, process innovation and risk management, with a clear impact on governance and control effectiveness. This is an opportunity to contribute to regulatory reform efforts in a fast-changing environment and to shape reporting processes at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• training and development opportunities
• firmwide networks
• benefits and wellness programs
• personal finance offerings
• mindfulness programs

Responsibilities

• Develop subject matter expertise in major European regulations (e.g., ESMA Short Sell Reporting, EMEA Major Shareholder, London Takeover Panel, MiFID)
• Execute risk and control processes to ensure compliance with non-financial regulatory obligations, including intra-day and weekly deadlines
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders in Business, Engineering, Compliance, and Legal to support reporting functions
• Consult on business and functional projects to enable compliant commercial activity
• Analyze complex data flows and booking models to assess reporting quality impacts
• Leverage data analytics, automation, and AI-driven tools to detect anomalies, mitigate risk, and streamline workflows
• Identify, design, and drive process improvements to deliver robust system and control frameworks
• Train and motivate colleagues toward personal and departmental targets

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with experience in financial services
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand complex workflows and attention to detail
• Clear communication skills to articulate issues and ideas and escalate when needed
• Good interpersonal skills to build relationships with stakeholders
• Self-motivated team player with strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines
• Understanding of financial markets, regulatory landscape and related processes
• Understanding of financial, operational, and reputational risk
• Proactive mindset toward process improvement and openness to AI tools and automation
• Understanding of financial products (e.g., equities, exchange-traded derivatives, OTC derivatives) is advantageous
• Experience with project management and business analysis is advantageous
• Interest in data analysis, process automation, big data, or non-technical process efficiencies is advantageous
• Preferred: experience with regulatory reporting and monitoring (e.g., ESMA Short Sell Reporting, EMEA Major Shareholder, London Takeover Panel, MiFID)

• strong communication
• interpersonal skills
• team player
• data analytics
• automation
• AI tools (e.g., Copilot)

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