Operations Associate

at  Robert Walters Outsourcing

OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE

Location: London
Contract: 12 Months
Keywords: Operations, Associate, Regulatory, Financial Services, London

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Operations Associate to join their team in London. This role offers the opportunity to work within a team of regulatory SMEs, providing support and control for global Business Units across a variety of stakeholders. The successful candidate will have the chance to work on regulatory projects across asset classes, business units or product lines, jurisdictions, and functions. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a leading global financial services firm that values integrity, excellence, and strong team ethic.

• Opportunity to work with a leading global financial services firm
• Work within a team of regulatory SMEs
• Hybrid working: 3 days in office

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

As an Operations Associate, you will play a crucial role within the London Market Regulations team. Your primary responsibility will be supporting the activities of the team pertaining to European regulations such as SFTR, EMIR, MiFID II and UMR. You will ensure that clients are onboarded with the necessary regulation information and documentation. You will also collaborate with various teams including Legal, Compliance, BU, Operations and Technology to review upcoming regulations. Your role will involve reviewing and strengthening regulatory controls while responding to queries on regulations and client reference data. You will handle volume spikes and prioritise work including ad-hoc requests and projects. As part of your role, you will develop SME knowledge on regulations covered by the team while providing regular status updates and metrics to managers.

• Support the activities of the team pertaining to European regulations such as SFTR, EMIR, MiFID II and UMR.
• Ensure clients are onboarded with the necessary regulation information and documentation.
• Work with Legal, Compliance, BU, Operations and Technology to review upcoming regulations.
• Review and strengthen regulatory controls.
• Respond to queries on regulations and client reference data.
• Handle volume spikes and prioritise work including ad-hoc requests and projects.
• Develop SME knowledge on regulations covered by the team.
• Provide regular status updates and metrics to managers.

Our client is seeking a highly skilled Operations Associate to join their team in London. This role offers the opportunity to work within a team of regulatory SMEs, providing support and control for global Business Units across a variety of stakeholders. The successful candidate will have the chance to work on regulatory projects across asset classes, business units or product lines, jurisdictions, and functions. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a leading global financial services firm that values integrity, excellence, and strong team ethic.

• Opportunity to work with a leading global financial services firm
• Work within a team of regulatory SMEs
• Hybrid working: 3 days in offic

The ideal candidate for this Operations Associate position brings a wealth of experience in the financial industry or equivalent background. You possess strong subject knowledge in at least one of the following: MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR, UMR or other relevant global regulatory regimes. Your exceptional organisational skills coupled with your attention to detail and research/investigative skills make you a strong contender for this role. You have a sound risk and control mindset, excellent judgement, and the ability to prioritise. Your ability to self-drive projects and deliverables owned by other teams is commendable. You possess problem-solving skills to mitigate risks associated with the business. Your strong communication and interpersonal skills enable you to seamlessly interact with Business units, Compliance, and other key stakeholders.

• Strong subject knowledge in at least one of the following: MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR, UMR or other relevant global regulatory regimes.
• Good general product knowledge.
• Exceptional organisational skills.
• Attention to detail and research/ investigative skills.
• Sound risk and control mindset.
• Ability to self-drive projects and deliverables owned by other teams.
• Problem solving skills to mitigate risks associated with the business.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills