Head of Prudential Regulatory Finance Change

London, England Permanent View Job Description
As the Head of Prudential Regulatory Finance Change, role is to provide leadership and guidance to the Finance Change team, and to deliver Finance change projects. The role has responsibility over delivering Regulatory Change activities through strong knowledge and experience of UK Prudential Regulations and the EU Regulatory environment.
  • An opportunity to lead Prudential Regulatory Transformation at a growing bank.
  • Must have strong PRA knowledge and experience leading a team.

About Our Client

A large international bank, this is a London based role.

Job Description

Head of Prudential Regulatory Finance Change sits within the Finance change team is a dedicated resource pool focusing on Regulatory Change who are responsible for supporting, assisting and delivering Prudential Regulatory change impacting the banks across EMEA.This role will have overall responsibility for the Reg. Fin. Change Portfolio, both directly delivering change projects and manage / guide the team, providing drive and leadership as necessary. The role requires extensive knowledge of prudential regulation as well as project management and business analysis experience in delivering multiple complex change projects and managing teams.Accountabilities / Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain good working relationships with Reg Tech partners and internal technology partners, ensuring high quality services levels;
  • Control, manage and drive the change development schedule, prioritising activity and directing developer resource appropriately;
  • Maintain and update the Reg Roadmap strategy, ensuring best in class architecture to support the execution of our Reg Reporting requirements
  • Maintain close liaison with technology support and development teams, working in partnership to deliver priorities
  • Manage project work load and work flexibly to prioritise the development resource as necessary;
  • Communicate project progress to senior management and other relevant stakeholders through regular update meetings;
  • Manage the processes for the design, development, support, testing and maintenance of business requirements to deliver projects;
  • Understand and document business requirements to create development specifications, and undertake UAT and implementation testing for various new developments;
  • Support BAU users across the EMEA region, as required, on new and existing functionality;
  • Build a strong team by developing ongoing training and development plans for direct reports;
  • Other Ad hoc project tasks as required;



The Successful Applicant

A successful Head of Regulatory Finance Change should have:

  • Proven expertise in regulatory finance within the financial services industry.
  • Strong project management skills, including the ability to lead cross-functional teams.
  • Deep understanding of regulatory requirements and their application to banking and financial services operations.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities to identify and implement process improvements.
  • Effective communication and stakeholder management skills to drive collaboration and alignment.
  • A relevant professional qualification or degree in finance, business, or a related field.

Head of Prudential Regulatory Finance Change Knowledge, Skills, Experience, QualificationsJob Knowledge

  • Extensive experience of Prudential regulation across EMEA
  • Strong knowledge of data requirements and calculations required for Regulatory output
  • Financial Product Knowledge (IR & FX Derivatives, Securities, Equity, Loans, Deposits, Current Accounts) gained through working within the banking sector
  • Experience in producing business requirements in liaison with Regulatory reporting teams
  • Act as consultant to the Business for all tasks related to Finance Regulatory Reporting
  • Functional expert and certified business analyst in Banking sector and across multiple countries - Desirable
  • Ability to be able to interrogate and analyse data on Oracle based platform and / or MsAccess (SQL) - Desirable
  • Provide Knowledge and Documentation support for all aspects of the development life cycle (requirements, gap analysis, test plans, testing, issue and risk logs, user procedures and ongoing continual process improvements)
  • Needs to be as functionally knowledgeable as the software supplier business experts to be able to engage in discussions and provide meaningful analysis to them, including bug fixing / testing
  • Knowledge of upgrade procedure for management of all system testing and end to end testing of new software
  • Manage testing phases with users in different entities/countries, including software training, user set-up and bespoke development software training
  • Leadership experience including managing and developing strong performing team

Experience

  • Experience delivering Prudential Regulation change projects
  • Preparation and analysis of regulatory and statistical reporting - Desirable
  • Working knowledge of reporting query software, spreadsheets and data mining
  • Experience in providing regulatory analysis to Front and middle office - Desirable
  • Good knowledge of Finance Systems, General accounting and business knowledge
  • Strong knowledge of all derivative and securities products - Desirable

Skills / Abilities

  • Oracle SQL, MS Office Suite, AI literate - Desirable
  • Very IT literate (very good level of Excel skills and basic ability to use SQL) - Essential

Qualifications

  • Part or fully qualified accountant - Desirable
  • Project Management qualification - Desirable



What's on Offer

  • Competitive salary ranging.
  • Comprehensive standard benefits package.
  • Opportunity to work in a prominent organisation within the financial services industry.
  • Based in London, offering a central and convenient location.
  • Long-term professional growth and career development opportunities.



This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced professional to make a significant impact in regulatory finance change. If you're ready to take the next step in your career, apply now.

Contact
David Stansfield
Quote job ref
JN-062026-7052574

Job summary

Function
CFO & Financial Management
Subsector
CFO & Financial Management Subsector
Industry
Financial Services
Location
London
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
David Stansfield
Job reference
JN-062026-7052574

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