Senior Regulatory Reporting Analyst

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers. Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.

Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion. That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience. Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities. For our business, for clients, and for you

Role: Regulatory Reporting Officer
Department: Regulatory Reporting
Reports to: Regulatory & Investor Reporting Manager

Apex Risk Technologies (ART) is a leading fintech firm and a critical part of the Apex Group, a global financial services provider. ART clients include alternative investment funds, banks, and fund management companies (ManCo’s).   At ART, we have a passion for finance and technology with a strong commitment to research and development to continuously innovate and improve client solutions within an open and collegiate environment. ART’s core solution is RiskMonitor®, which provides an independent appraisal of investment risk compliance and financial risk exposures. RiskMonitor® produces customisable risk reporting suitable for boards, risk committees and investors as well as risk data required for regulatory submissions. 

ART is a fast-growing business and we are looking for a Regulatory Reporting Officer to join our team in Limerick, Ireland. In this role, you will liaise with Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers and Investment Analysts to onboard their funds in RiskMonitor®, produce regulatory reports in accordance with UCITS and AIFMD directives and be involved in the daily maintenance of their accounts. In addition, you will closely work with the quantitative development team in Barcelona and Apex technology management colleagues globally to ensure the successful evolution of the ART business unit within Apex. Lastly, you will collaborate with business partners, technology vendors, client counterparties, and colleagues within the Apex Group. This role would suit someone who’s seeking a career in finance and technology with a keen and demonstrable interest in regulatory reporting.  

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Draft, coordinate and review of UCITS and PRIIP Key Investor Information documentation, including risk indicator, monthly performance scenarios.
• Prepare, review of quarterly/annual AIF, AIFMD returns under ESMA/FCA requirements. (Annex IV reporting)
• Set up and prepare investor Monthly Factsheets for Investment Funds.
• Prepare, coordinate and review of European PRIIP (EPT) and European MIFID Templates (EMT)
• Prepare, coordinate and review of European ESG templates (EET) in accordance with SFDR and SFDR 2.0 requirements.
• Prepare/review other reporting required by the regulators in Luxembourg (CSSF), Ireland (CBI) and United Kingdom (FCA).
• Follow-up with clients and service providers regarding any issues raised until resolution.
• Collaborate with Promoters of each ART client to ensure compliance with UCITS VI, MIFID, KIID, AIFMD 2.0 and overall corporate governance.
• Keep up to date with new regulations.
• Support in interpretation of new regulations on how the fund/investors will be affected.
• Actively participate in quarterly, monthly service review meetings
• Assist with any ad hoc queries received from clients.
• Ensure supporting procedures are accurate and kept up to date.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Strong academic background including a MSC in Accounting/Finance/Economics/IT or related field;
• Proven in-depth knowledge of European Regulated Investment Products, UCITS, AIFMD and Fund regulatory requirements.
• Proven experience in Regulatory Reporting, Financial Reporting or Audit environment
• Excellent communication, analytical and critical thinking skills
• Ability to work under own initiative
• Ability multi-task and work under pressure and to deadlines
• Fluent English (written and spoken).

Disclaimer: Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.

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