Associate - Regulatory Reporting

About Waystone Waystone is a leading asset-servicing solutions provider of institutional governance, administration, risk and compliance services to financial institutions. With over 25 years’ experience and a comprehensive range of specialist services to its name, Waystone helps our clients structure, operate and grow through our expertise, innovation and digitisation, backed by the operational scale to support global expansion.

The Associate will report to the Senior Associate and be integral to the team’s success.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in coordinating the compilation and distribution of UCITS Key Investor Information Documents (KIID), PRIIPs Key Information Documents (KID), and European PRIIPs Templates (EPTs).
• Assist in coordinating MiFID-related (EMT) and ESG-related reporting (EET).
• Provide timely input to the Manager or Associate Director to ensure accurate production of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Production Invoices for both internal Waystone entities and senior management.
• Follow up on and contribute to the analysis of new regulatory requirements.
• Actively contribute to team projects and initiatives.
• Proactively support further migrations and integrations to the Regulatory Reporting COE team.
• Adhere to and enhance existing procedures to resolve routine issues effectively.
• Collaborate with other teams across various locations, particularly with colleagues in Ireland, the UK, and Luxembourg.

REQUIREMENTS

• Prepare fund-related reporting for our clients. In your daily work, you will contact asset managers to define requirements and share reports produced per clients’ deadlines, fund administrators, and internal stakeholders, across various contacts worldwide.
• You are well organised, detail and quality-oriented
• Be proficient with the PRIIP and KIID regulations
• Be proficient in problem-solving, striving to use your own initiative to take ownership of the task.
• Good command of Excel is a must; VBA is an advantage
• Fluency in English and any other languages is an advantage

The team you will join is dynamic and multicultural and embraces regulatory challenges that must be implemented in the operational environment.

Experience

• 2-3 years in a similar or related role in financial services, preferably within the Fund industry.
• Knowledge of or prior exposure to regulatory filings, such as Solvency II, VAG, and Depot A, or to new regulations, such as the Full PRIIPs Methodology (arrival price methodology) for Transaction costs, is preferable.
• The role involves detailed use of Excel and is quantitative, so aptitude and comfort working with numbers and spreadsheets are preferred.
• Also, an aptitude for using systems to complete various Regulatory Reports is required.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, are essential

Education

A minimum of a Master's Degree in Finance, Business or a similar field is required. A Master’s degree in a Finance or Mathematical field or a related professional qualification would be desirable, but is not a requirement.