SFTR Technical Lead, Assistant Vice President
London, LND, GB, EC2M 2AT
SMBC: A trusted partner for the long term
Here at SMBC Group, we want to help you find the next step in your career so read on to discover if this opportunity is the one for you. We like to recognise potential in our people, so we welcome your application even when your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description. Whilst we’ll always strive to be better, we’re proud of our inclusive culture, and encourage our applicants and colleagues to be their authentic, unique selves.
Who we are
United by a sense of purpose towards our customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.
Role Summary
We are looking for a highly skilled Technical Lead to join our ITSD team supporting Trade and Transaction Reporting within SMBC EMEA. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring regulatory compliance across multiple jurisdictions, with a focus on one of the following three regimes: 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 technology 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.
Position Description
Key Responsibilities:
The Trade and Transaction Reporting (TTR) IT Technical Lead will:
- Lead product analysts, engineers, developers and support professionals across SMBC IT teams and third-party vendors delivering solutions for SFTR transaction reporting 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
Required Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience as a Technical Analyst in Banking or Capital Markets environment.
- Strong understanding of financial instruments including derivatives, equities and fixed income.
- Hands-on experience with regulatory reporting frameworks: MiFIR/MiFID II, EMIR/EMIR Refit, and SFTR transaction reporting and pre/post trade transparency requirements
- 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...) is a plus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Competencies
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!!
We recognise our role as a bank to support social change and welcome all applications, including those from groups often under-represented in financial services. We value the uniqueness of professional and personal, backgrounds and perspectives as they play a vital role in continuing the sustainable growth of our organisation. We’ll ensure reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process are offered due to a disability or long-term condition whenever requested.