Temp - TTR Technical Analyst - VP

Who we are

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Dublin Limited (SMFD) is a wholly owned subsidiary of SMBC and is growing rapidly as a Centre of Excellence for the bank’s universal banking business across EMEA.  It provides a range of technology and operational support services, aligned to SMBC’s growth, innovation, and transformation strategies.

Role Summary

Is the next step in your career at SMBC Group EMEA? 

SMBC use both internal and external trade and transaction reporting monitoring to identify potential issues and there is a dedicated Operations and IT TTR team to manage their resolution. 

We are looking for a highly skilled Technical Analyst to join our IT team supporting Trade and Transaction Reporting within an Investment Banking environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, with a focus on MIFID II, EMIR, and SFTR. This role requires strong technical acumen, deep understanding of investment banking products, and hands-on experience with regulatory reporting systems and data flows.

Business Area

TTR IT is a team of Engineering Professionals who are domain experts in TTR disciplines.  This team comes under a wider Cross-Product IT organisation Cross-Product – it is part of the Information Technology, and Security Department (ITSD). This group serves SMBC by developing and maintaining integrated technology solutions that transcend individual product lines, fostering interoperability, scalability, and efficiency across various banking operations.  

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, compliance teams, and IT developers to gather and analyze requirements for trade and transaction reporting. 
• Translate regulatory requirements into functional and technical specifications. 
• Support the design, development, and testing of reporting solutions for MIFID II, EMIR, SFTR, and other applicable regulations. 
• Perform data analysis and validation to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of reported transactions. 
• Monitor and troubleshoot reporting issues, ensuring timely resolution and communication with relevant teams. 
• Maintain documentation of data flows, system interfaces, and reporting logic. 
• Participate in regulatory change initiatives and impact assessments. 
• Liaise with external vendors and regulators as needed. 
• Lead product analysts, engineers, developers and support professionals across SMBC IT teams and third-party vendors delivering solutions to MiFIR/MiFID II, EMIR/EMIR Refit, and SFTR transaction reporting and pre/post trade transparency requirements.
• Ensure TTR IT staff are optimally allocated between project and BAU delivery requirements.
• Consult to Front Office and Operations, Compliance and IT teams (development and QA) on all facets of transaction reporting within SMBC EMEA business to ensure optimal delivery of change. 
• Perform detailed data analysis, identifying transaction reporting issues, back reporting datasets, and supporting root-cause analysis. 
• Mentor product analysts in transaction reporting requirements, business/product analysis techniques, data analysis techniques, and delivery management. 
• Ensure team processes and procedures are adhered to and contributing to continual improvement in team delivery and productivity.
• Curate, maintain and ensure ongoing accuracy of product backlog for the TTR Product stream within Jira and Confluence.

Required Skills and Experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Analyst or Business Analyst in an Investment Banking or Capital Markets environment. 
• Strong understanding of financial instruments including derivatives, equities, fixed income, and FX. 
• Hands-on experience with regulatory reporting frameworks: MIFID II, EMIR, SFTR. 
• Familiarity with trade lifecycle and transaction data from front to back office systems. 
• Proficiency in SQL and data analysis tools. 
• Experience working with reporting platforms (e.g., UnaVista, DTCC, Regis-TR) is a plus. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities. 

Desirable Qualifications: 

• Degree in Computer Science, Finance, or related field. 
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience in Jira/Confluence. 
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms or big data technologies. 

Position Description

This new role forms a key part of the EMEA Cross-Product FinReg IT Platforms team, driving delivery and enablement of IT solutions for EMEA Financial Regulation covering all legal entities and appreciating the intertwined requirements in Regulatory, Resolution and Transactional Regulatory requirements. 

This role is key to the delivery of strategic IT solutions to Regulatory Reporting functions across all SMBC EMEA entities. 

The Trade and Transaction Reporting (TTR) IT Technical Analyst will: 

• Lead product analysts, engineers, developers and support professionals across SMBC IT teams and third-party vendors delivering solutions to MiFIR/MiFID II, EMIR/EMIR Refit, and SFTR transaction reporting and pre/post trade transparency requirements 
• Ensure TTR IT staff are optimally allocated between project and BAU delivery requirements 
• Consult to Front Office and Operations, Compliance and IT teams (development and QA) on all facets of transaction reporting within SMBC EMEA business to ensure optimal delivery of change. 
• Perform detailed data analysis, identifying transaction reporting issues, back reporting datasets, and supporting root-cause analysis. 
• Mentor product analysts in transaction reporting requirements, business/product analysis techniques, data analysis techniques, and delivery management. 
• Ensure team processes and procedures are adhered to and contributing to continual improvement in team delivery and productivity 
• Curate, maintain and ensure ongoing accuracy of product backlog for the TTR Product stream within Jira and Confluence 
• Manage TTR IT project administration, budgets, risks, issues and dependencies 

What we offer

For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it’s only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well-bring and work-life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport & Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks.

As an employee of SMBC you have access to a host of both useful and exciting benefit offerings. See below some of the benefits on offer to you:

• Hybrid and flexible working 
• Competitive paid leave days
• Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance 
• Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services  
• Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities 
• Ambitious remuneration package

So, if you like a challenge and want to continuously grow and develop in a role where you will be supported along the way by a dynamic and diverse team, apply today!!