Regulatory Reporting Production Manager
Objectives, Responsibilities and Functions:
Support the Head of Local Regulatory Reporting by supervising the production of reports to the Central Bank of Ireland, Central Statistics Office and all other Governmental bodies who are stakeholders of regulatory reporting information, on matters arising during and after the reporting periods on the designated reporting packages submitted under responsibility.
- Manage testing and implementation of software applications supporting regulatory reporting.
- Collaborate in the implementation and roll-out of IT reporting solutions in coordination with the Projects and Systems Teams in Finance Oxygen Platforms (Madrid, Lisbon and all other locations) and ITO.
- Supervise the maintenance of logs on matters arising during the course of the monthly financial reporting process and undertake the implementation of their solutions in a timely manner.
- Participate in the performance and on-going enhancements to the daily financial accounting control environment
- Manage the preparation and reporting of various additional or ad-hoc reporting requirements to the Local Authorities in Ireland, Regional Finance, Head Office, other regulatory bodies, local management on all matters related to local regulatory reporting.
- Ensure procedures and processes that improve the overall performance of the area are updated and implemented.
- Contribute to communication forums with the Head of Local Regulatory Reporting, CFO and Executive Management (CEO and COO) to inform the compliance with regulatory reporting, identification of risks and opportunities to enhance the control environment surrounding the production of regulatory reports.
- Support the Head of Local Regulatory Reporting by participating in a Finance Regulatory Watch Committee with the objective to anticipate the deployment of new regulatory requirements impacting Finance.
Organization & Team: Ensure that the Local Regulatory Reporting Team is appropriately organized and staffed with the correct profiles according to the Business needs of the Bank and Entities under responsibility. Directly oversee the Staff Development, Training and Succession planning.
Finance Projects & Systems: Within the scope of responsibilities, support the Head of Local Regulatory Reporting in rolling out of the New Systems, Change of Organizational setup, maintenance and enhancement of Finance systems, etc. in strict liaison with the Regional Finance Projects & Systems Team.
Supports the Head of Local Regulatory Reporting in maintaining contact with external authorities and stakeholders
- In charge of correct reporting to the local National or Central Bank, or other regulatory/government bodies
- Maintains regulatory watch of matters of potential impact to local finance
- All interactions with auditors, including follow up of recommendations, within the scope of its responsibilities.
Areas of responsibility:
- Responsible for the banks Local Regulatory
- Responsible for production of reports under the remit of Finance departments Regulatory Reporting
- Reviews and controls with respect to their compliance with statutory/local regulatory reporting.
- Provides analysis and commentary
- Anticipates the deployment of new regulations
- Supervision of Financial Ratios as requested by regulators, providing frequent reports to direct Management on the performance of such indicators.
- Finance & Tax Regulatory Watch Committee: Support the implementation and maintenance of the regulatory watch committee, covering all finance & Tax domains with the contribution of all team members, documenting the regulatory releases with impact in the Finance & Tax Department with potential effects in the entities under remit.
- Projects: Support and lead, under the guidance and instruction of the Head of Local Regulatory Reporting, projects of automation of current and future processes of the Area under responsibility.
- Human Talent management: supervision of the Regulatory Reporting production and supervise the work of his/her team members motivating their work, ensuring effective delegation embracing and fostering in staff the sense of belonging and learning
- Performance: Contribute periodical information (minimum monthly) of performance, risk and control indicators of the area under responsibility (KPI, KRI and KCI), following the standard defined for the Finance & Tax Function
Internal and External Relationships:
Internal Relationships: Functions as sourcing of financial information for regulatory reports, Finance & Tax Department, MFSC (accounting production, projects and systems), Business Solutions, Internal Auditors.
External Relationships: Regulators, External Auditors to the extent of his/her responsibilities. All of these under strict liaison with the Head of Local Regulatory Reporting.
Educational background and required skills:
Academic Background & Required Experience
Educational background:
- University degree in finance & accounting, economics or comparable background
- Professional qualification ACCA or equivalent, beneficial
- Minimum 5 years’ work experience in finance functions o/w minimum 3 years’ experience on regulatory reporting, in the financial sector.
- Background in audit is a plus
- Professional proficiency in English is mandatory.
Essential Specific Requirements
- Compliance with the Central Bank regulatory requirements
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, IFRS, Irish GAAP, regulations and reporting specificities.
- Strong Corporate Banking product knowledge, products, services and their profitability
- Strong understanding of financial and operational risk control requirements to ensure that financial reporting systems in place are compliant and continuously monitored
- Ability to learn new systems, agile reporting tools and products quickly
IT skills: capacity to use several of the following office tools in a proficient manner: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Access)
Skills and behaviours:
- Excellent management and communication skills
- Rigorous attention to detail
- Solutions-oriented thinker who is able to generate creative ideas, to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
- Ability to work collaboratively with relevant teams; strong planning and organizational skills
- Ability to work with remote locations
- Rigorous and flexible mind-set
- Strict compliance with deadlines
- Ability to work under pressure and in a changing and moving environment
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