Trade Reporting Officer
TRAction Fintech
About TRAction
TRAction is a leading company in the global Regtech industry providing regulatory trade reporting solutions and services to businesses dealing in OTC derivatives and other financial products requiring transaction reporting. We support hundreds of clients across the world to meet their regulatory reporting obligations under ESMA, the FCA, ASIC, MAS and more. We are an innovative company with a diverse team of driven professionals steering TRAction’s successful and continued expansion.
Join us to work alongside a highly experienced and vibrant team, access opportunities for career growth and further training, gain experience liaising with global clientele, and develop invaluable skills within both the finance and rapidly expanding Regtech industry.
About the Role
The primary purpose of the Trade Reporting Officer role is to support the work of the team which manages the onboarding, processing of client’s data and reporting under EMIR, MiFIR, SFTR, ASIC, MAS and CSA (Canada), Best Execution.
The Trade Reporting Officer will report to the Trade Reporting Manager.
Primary Duties
Data handling/ processing
- Process clients’ data using tailored SQL scripts.
- Monitor and assess transaction data to identify discrepancies or irregularities, taking necessary action to rectify any issues.
- Utilise SQL to investigate client data volume and changes.
- Manage and oversee the timely and accurate submission of transaction reports to relevant regulatory bodies.
- Resolve errors in Trade Repositories (TRs) and Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM).
- Download relevant Confirmations and make sure all uploaded to client Sharefile.
- Download TRs/ARM response files.
- Make sure we are receiving Handbacks via MFT and that they are copied to client ShareFile before each end of day.
Troubleshooting
- To identify and find solutions to problems as they arise.
- Conduct regular reviews of transaction reporting processes to identify areas for improvement and implement necessary Hotfixes.
Data Submission
- Submit trades to relevant TRs/ARM.
- All client Trades and positions to be submitted within regulatory deadline (T+1 or T+2).
Process documentation
- Follow documented procedures for each client and for company requirements.
- Assist to update process documentation with any new clients or changes in the client process.
Support
- Follow up with clients who haven't submitted data or have incomplete data.
- Inform clients of rejected trades.
- Relay any relevant processing errors to developers that need code fixes.
- Handle client matters (both general and technical) in a timely and effective manner.
- Adhering to Support Coverage Hours as outlined in the Roster Plan.
Collaboration
- Liaising with the team to log outstanding errors in Error Reports and Related Asana tasks.
- Liaising with the team preparing and finalizing the end day reports.
- Preparing the handover of unresolved script issues.