Assistant Manager – Regulatory Reporting

Job Description:

  • Prepare, review and submit assigned regulatory returns across all prescribed frequencies, including portal upload, approvals and retention of submission evidence
  • Calculate and validate prudential metrics through movement analysis, reasonability checks and reconciliation to the general ledger, source systems and management information
  • Coordinate inputs across Finance, Risk, Treasury, Operations, Islamic Banking and subsidiaries
  • Challenge anomalies and ensure timely resolution or escalation
  • Execute maker-checker controls and maintain complete documentation for mappings, assumptions, adjustments, reconciliations and approvals
  • Monitor CBUAE and SCA requirements and coordinate updates to templates, validations, mappings, SOPs, checklists and reporting calendars
  • Support regulatory, management and audit queries
  • Remediate data-quality issues and control gaps
  • Drive automation, UAT and process improvements with Technology and data teams
  • Maintain relationships with stakeholders and manage priorities through escalation, handover and business-continuity arrangements
  • Coordinate internal, external and regulatory audit requirements, including evidence provision, query resolution and closure of observations
  • Guide junior resources through work allocation, technical review and knowledge sharing
  • Investigate reporting anomalies, reconciliation breaks, data gaps and interpretation matters
  • Determine root causes, recommend corrective actions and communicate complex issues
  • Manage concurrent deliverables with disciplined planning, prioritization and escalation

Requirements:

  • CA, ACCA, CPA, CMA or equivalent is preferred
  • Typically 7+ years of relevant banking experience
  • Working knowledge of CBUAE requirements
  • Working knowledge of Basel capital concepts
  • Working knowledge of IFRS
  • Working knowledge of banking products
  • Working knowledge of general-ledger structures
  • Working knowledge of regulatory-reporting controls
  • Advanced Excel capability for large-data analysis and reconciliations
  • Exposure to regulatory-reporting, data-visualization or automation tools is advantageous

Benefits:

  • No benefits, perks, or compensation extras are specified in the posting
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