Job Description:

We are delighted to be working with a global financial client to recruit for a senior change business analyst to support the delivery of a portfolio of Non‑Financial Regulatory Reporting initiatives, with a specific focus on EMIR transaction reporting.
The successful candidate will bring strong regulatory reporting domain knowledge, proven delivery experience in complex change environments, and the ability to work effectively across global stakeholders in operations, technology, and control functions. This role is critical in ensuring ongoing regulatory compliance, reducing regulatory risk, and supporting the firm's strategic objectives.
Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Change Management Lead in the day‑to‑day management and delivery of multiple regulatory reporting initiatives, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, program governance, and strategic objectives.
• Act as a senior change partner to business and technology stakeholders.
• Drive the definition and execution of policy, process, data, and technology change required to meet regulatory obligations, ensuring stakeholder engagement and buy‑in.
• Provide oversight of delivery across workstreams, ensuring outcomes meet business and regulatory requirements, are delivered to the right quality, on time, and within agreed scope and budget.
• Identify delivery risks, issues, and dependencies-whether explicitly raised or implicit-and ensure timely escalation and mitigation to avoid regulatory, delivery, or reputational impact.
• Support program governance activities, including preparation and facilitation of steering committees, forums, and working groups, enabling effective decision‑making and prioritization.
• Partner with Business Execution and Transformation teams on program oversight, financial tracking, risk management, and management reporting.
• Provide guidance and informal mentorship to junior team members, contributing to a collaborative and high‑performance team culture.

To be successful in this role you will have the following skills/experience:

• Deep financial markets expertise - 8+ years in financial services with strong knowledge of capital markets products, trading, investment banking operations, and securities processing.
• Regulatory and change delivery experience - Proven experience implementing regulatory or operational change (e.g. EMIR, MiFID II, CFTC, SFTR) and driving process improvement.
• Strong project and program management skills - Ability to plan, execute, and manage multiple initiatives under tight deadlines while challenging the status quo.
• Stakeholder management and consulting capability - Experience working cross‑functionally (business, compliance, legal, technology) and resolving competing requirements.
• Analytical and requirements expertise - Ability to interpret large data sets, define business/technology requirements, and understand system design implications.
• Clear communication and leadership - Strong written and verbal communication, presentation skills, and confidence influencing decision‑making at senior levels.

This role will be 3 days working on-site in Belfast. Only candidates with the ability to fulfil this will be considered. If you're interested in this role, please forward an up-to-date copy of your CV If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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