Technical Lead, MOBO Applications, IT

About the role

Citic CLSA is looking for a Technical Lead in London to join its Global Middle/Back Office Technology team. The role leads the regulatory reporting function in EMEA and includes the strategic Mifid Transaction Reporting Reengineering project, which is a greenfield initiative. It works closely with Business, Operations, Compliance and other IT teams such as Front Office IT and Finance IT.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the Mifid Transaction Reporting Reengineering project, ensuring the design is sound, fit-for-purpose and aligned with global corporate architectural standards.
• Analyse the current Mifid Transaction Reporting platform and propose a new one that fits the corporate architecture.
• Keep stakeholders regularly updated on progress, manage expectations and handle requirement changes.
• Stay up to date with EMEA business plans and their impact on regulatory reporting, and keep global technology teams informed of EMEA regulatory changes and system impacts.
• Mentor junior team members, provide training and act as the local L3 escalation point for EMEA regulatory reporting issues.
• Collaborate with other project managers to plan regulatory reporting changes.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• At least 8 years of experience in capital markets regulatory reporting, post-trade or trading.
• Hands-on regulatory reporting experience and good project management experience.
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues to non-technical stakeholders and manage multiple stakeholders.
• Strong desire to learn cash equities business workflows and front-to-back system architecture.

Required skills

• Good understanding of data models.
• Experience with reporting platforms such as Qlik, SmartBI and Crystal Reports.
• Expertise in SQL, Python, Linux and scripting.