Transaction Reporting Specialist en EFG Bank AG

The Transaction Reporting Specialist within the Investment Middle Office team (IMO), will play a key role in ensuring ongoing compliance with the Bank’s transaction reporting obligations while contributing to the enhancement of reporting frameworks, controls, and regulatory infrastructure.

This is a control focused role, requiring specialist knowledge of transaction reporting frameworks and the regulatory requirements that underpin them. 

The role will support the post trade control environment by ensuring that all relevant transactions are reported accurately and within regulatory timeframes (accuracy, timeliness and completeness), acting as a SME on MIFIR and other applicable regulations. The role will act as a control point between the Front Office, back-office operations teams and key risk and compliance functions with a strong understanding of investment products, data integrity and regulatory frameworks.

Duties / responsibilities

Transaction reporting and oversight

• Ensure timely and accurate transaction reporting across global regimes including MiFID II, EMIR, SFTR
• Monitor daily reporting activity and manage exceptions, breaks, and rejections across platforms such as UnaVista
• Work closely with compliance, front office, and technology teams to resolve reporting issues and maintain regulatory standards.
• Perform reconciliations, data validations, and root cause analysis on reporting anomalies and ensure timely remediation.
• Lead ongoing control oversight for MIFIR transaction reporting, ensuring completeness, accuracy and timeliness of submissions.
• Act as SME on transaction reporting requirements and frameworks, collaborating with Compliance and Financial Crime teams to interpret regulatory change. 
• Contribute to the review and update of policies and procedures for transaction reporting.

Process Improvement and Change Support

• Lead and support transaction reporting change initiatives, including regulatory updates, system upgrades, and new product implementations.
• Partner with project managers, business analysts, and technology teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
• Contribute to testing, documentation, and implementation of new reporting processes and control enhancements.
• Maintain awareness of evolving global regulatory developments and proactively prepare for changes.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a key point of contact for IT, Compliance, Risk and Operations teams.
• Support periodic and regulatory reporting processes

As Transaction Monitoring Specialist, you must:

• 2+ years' experience in regulatory transaction reporting within a financial services environment.
• Solid understanding of major regulations: MiFID II, EMIR
• Hands-on experience with reporting platforms such as UnaVista
• Proven track record in both BAU operations and change management projects.
• Strong data analysis skills, including working knowledge of Excel; familiarity with data lineage and reporting architecture.
• Keep knowledge up-to-date regarding the market and better practice operating models, as they emerge in the Wealth Management / Private Banking sector and the Banking Industry in general.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in other EFG companies on common project management standards, methods, tools and shared projects
• Contribute ideas and views to strengthen ongoing business and operational success. 
• Adhere to policies regarding Conduct Rules and regulatory obligations.
• Adhere to policies and procedures regarding data protection. 
• Follow the Bank’s Values in all activities and support colleagues to also do so.
• Stay aware of internal strategy and actively drive personal career and development plans to suit.
• Support a ‘one team’ approach by respecting dependencies across departments and locations.

Person Specification Required knowledge, skills and experience:

• Prior experience in trade transaction reporting within a private bank, wealth manager or investment manager
• Strong understanding of investment products: equities, bonds, funds, FX and structured products
• Familiarity with trade lifecycles and associated operational risk points
• Working knowledge of FCA and UK regulatory requirements impacting investment operations
• High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritise and manage time sensitive deadlines under pressure. 
• Familiarity with regulatory transaction reporting regimes (MIFID II, EMIR, etc)

Required qualifications:

• Degree qualified or equivalent record of professional development
• 2+ years in transaction reporting or related roles within Financial Services

Required competencies:

• Attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of stakeholders 
• Self-motivated and able to work independently, taking ownership of responsibilities. 
• As a strong team player, support colleagues in order to contribute to the day to day activities of the team.
• Organised; able to work under pressure to ensure that deadlines are met
• Good time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Complete discretion concerning clients and Bank activities
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work well within a team
• Logical and analytical 
• Good IT skills, with particular knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Persistence and resilience
• Logical thinker with demonstrable problem-solving skills
• Strong planning skills; organised, self-motivated and able to work under pressure without close supervision.
• A personal orientation to getting things done and being actively involved in getting tasks finished, both through personal contribution and encouraging others
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills with demonstrable experience in working with a wide range of functions at all levels of the organisational chart
• A willingness and ability to travel for short periods, particularly to other EFG sites in the Midlands and the Channel Islands.

Our Benefits 

At EFG, we tailor our benefits based on the needs of our employees and have purposely created an extensive benefits package that looks to support/enhance employee wellbeing in as many as aspects of life as possible. Below is a high-level summary of the fantastic benefits that we offer to our employees at EFG;

• A highly competitive non-contributory pension contribution (with the option to contribute further via salary sacrifice)
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Private Medical Cover
• Cash back membership
• Life Insurance
• Income protection
• Travel loans

A wide range of other benefits and opportunities for employees to take advantage of, such as Wellness Apps, Mortgage Brokering services, Insurance discounts, access to discount portals and much more.