SFTR Lead Business Analyst

We’re partnering with a leading global hedge fund to enhance and optimise its Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) reporting framework.

The firm already has a mature SFTR reporting process and supporting infrastructure in place. It is now seeking an experienced SFTR specialist to take end-to-end ownership of the obligation while managing the associated change portfolio. The successful candidate will act as the firm’s principal subject‑matter expert for SFTR, ensuring the continued accuracy, completeness and timeliness of its reporting and maintaining clear traceability from the regulation through to its operational and technical implementation.

This is a hands‑on role combining regulatory interpretation and BAU oversight with business analysis, data investigation, testing and continuous improvement. It is based full‑time in the firm’s London office.

Key Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of the firm’s SFTR reporting obligation, covering repo, securities lending and margin lending activities
• Maintain a detailed understanding of the regulation and its implementation, including individual reporting fields, eligibility logic, data sourcing, enrichment rules and vendor mappings
• Act as the firm’s primary point of contact for all matters relating to the current SFTR implementation and future regulatory or industry changes
• Conduct horizon scanning and assess the potential impact of regulatory developments on the firm’s reporting framework, processes and controls
• Maintain clear, auditable traceability from the underlying regulation through to business requirements, data mappings, controls and technical implementation
• Oversee daily BAU reporting metrics, proactively identifying exceptions, breaks and emerging risks
• Ensure that aged exceptions remain within the firm’s risk appetite, escalating promptly where exposures or control failures fall outside agreed tolerances
• Advise Regulatory Operations on questions and issues arising through BAU reporting, working closely with Operations, Compliance, Technology and Front Office stakeholders
• Coordinate complete, accurate and timely responses to regulatory enquiries in partnership with Compliance
• Respond to SFTR-related questions from counterparties, trade repositories and other internal and external stakeholders
• Assess new products and business activities to determine their SFTR impact, coordinating any required analysis, implementation and testing
• Lead SFTR reporting change from initial analysis through to implementation, including requirements gathering, Jira documentation, test-case creation, testing, UAT and post-production validation
• Analyse data flows, field mappings and enrichment processes to identify data-quality issues, control gaps and opportunities for improvement
• Perform hands‑on data investigation and root‑cause analysis, partnering with Technology and Operations to define and implement sustainable resolutions
• Validate SFTR data sourcing, transformation and lifecycle‑event logic against the applicable reporting requirements and technical standards
• Identify and deliver improvements based on BAU metrics, Compliance input, assurance findings and regulatory feedback
• Engage with trade repositories, including DTCC, UnaVista and REG‑IS, and liaise with regulators where required
• Contribute to the development of the firm’s target‑state SFTR roadmap, with a focus on control maturity, automation and exception reduction

• Extensive practical knowledge of SFTR and direct experience supporting or owning an SFTR reporting obligation within a hedge fund, investment bank, trading firm or comparable capital‑markets environment
• Detailed understanding of SFTR reporting fields, eligibility rules, data mappings, lifecycle events and reconciliation requirements
• Previous experience acting as an SFTR subject‑matter expert, obligation owner, Lead Business Analyst or Change Manager
• Strong understanding of repo, securities lending and margin lending products and their associated transaction lifecycles and data models
• Proven experience overseeing BAU regulatory‑reporting metrics, exceptions and risks within defined operational and regulatory tolerances
• Experience responding to regulatory, compliance, assurance, counterparty or trade‑repository enquiries
• Strong business‑analysis and change‑delivery capabilities, including requirements documentation, Jira management, test‑case creation, UAT and post‑production validation
• Hands‑on data‑analysis experience, including SQL querying, exception investigation and control testing
• Familiarity with trade repositories and relevant reporting standards and formats, including ISO 20022 XML, UTI, LEI and ISIN
• Experience assessing the regulatory‑reporting impact of new products or business activities
• Demonstrable experience delivering sustainable process and control improvements within Regulatory Operations
• Excellent stakeholder‑management and communication skills, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders, counterparties, trade repositories and regulators
• A strong sense of ownership, accountability and attention to detail, with the ability to operate as the firm’s principal SFTR specialist
• London‑based and prepared to work five days per week in the office

Length: Initial 12-month contract

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