Axiom/ Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst

Project description Client is one of the well-established UK based financial service provider. They are in the process of implementing Axiom as strategic regulatory reporting solution for their Global Expansion

We are looking for a strong to support our regulatory change management and horizon scanning efforts. This role will focus on proactively identifying, analyzing, and interpreting upcoming regulatory changes that impact financial reporting and compliance obligations across jurisdictions.

The ideal candidate will have strong business analysis skills, a deep understanding of regulatory frameworks (e.g., Basel, MiFID, EMIR, Dodd-Frank), and experience in regulatory reporting. Experience or interest in applying artificial intelligence (AI) to automate and enhance horizon scanning is highly desirable. Responsibilities

Taking up the role of Business Analyst to

Conduct horizon scanning across global regulatory bodies (e.g., FCA, EBA, SEC, ESMA, MAS) to identify upcoming changes in regulatory reporting requirements.

Track and analyze emerging regulations, policy updates, and consultation papers that may affect the organization's compliance obligations.

Collaborate with compliance, legal, technology, and business stakeholders to assess the impact of regulatory changes on current reporting processes and controls.

Translate regulatory developments into business and functional requirements for implementation by project and technology teams.

Develop and maintain a regulatory change inventory or tracker with timelines, obligations, and actions needed.

Support regulatory reporting initiatives and ensure alignment with new or updated rules.

Leverage AI tools (e.g., NLP, machine learning models) to automate regulatory intelligence gathering and assist in predictive analysis of regulatory trends.

Prepare briefings, executive summaries, and impact assessments for senior management and internal stakeholders.

Participate in industry forums and working groups to stay abreast of best practices and regulatory direction.

In addition, support the following processes

Discovery & Assessment

Participate in and review Nasdaq Discovery.

Assess common tables, enrichments, and further data sourcing changes.

Document specifications for common tables, enrichments, further data sourcing changes, and new files.

Data Generation & Test

Work with Data Analysts to complete scripts and produce necessary files.

Ensure files load into the system and generate expected results in templates.

Data Reconciliation

Reconcile data on returns (or common data tables) with existing AWR returns.

Reconcile data with the General Ledger (GL) across all solutions

Address gaps in AWR returns and determine acceptable values from Axiom.

Elaboration of the key tasks

Conduct deep dives with client's Data Analysts (DA's) to identify data differences and establish remediation plans (short + medium term).

Identify mapping differences between all 3 parties (Business Analysts, Testers and Nasdaq product team)

Analyse with Axiom and Luxoft to determine if there are configuration issues in the solution.

Analyse with Nasdaq to identify any product issues. Skills Must have

Prior BA experience on Regulatory Reporting as well as Adenza solutions on Finrep, Corep and Liquidity Report

5+ years of working experience out of which at least 3 years in Axiom

Equipped with the technical expertise to help client address challenges in implementation (driven based on good understanding of regulatory, regulatory guidance, integrating new returns and products form internal systems to third party Reg service providers (abacus, adenza etc))

Extensive experience working in Agile environment with ability to adapt quickly and work under pressure

Ability to drive results keeping the long-term strategy as the focus.

Ability to think strategically, see the big picture and quickly grasp complex dependencies

Ability to focus on continuous improvement, cascading the values to the team

Ability to clearly communicate complex technical ideas, regardless of the technical capacity of the audience

Strong facilitation skills, presenting technical information to diverse nontechnical stakeholders and engaging with senior executives.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships at every level of the organisation

Ability to build, motivate and grow effective teams Nice to have

Experience in reg markets like Greece, New Zealand, Columbia, Austria and Sweden.

Experience or interest in applying artificial intelligence (AI) to automate and enhance horizon scanning is highly desirable.

Location - Pune,Mumbai,Chennai,Banagalore