Controllers, Regulatory Controllers, Associate

**FINANCE**

We're a team of specialists charged with managing the firm’s liquidity, capital and risk, and providing the overall financial control and reporting functions. Whether assessing the creditworthiness of the firm’s counterparties, monitoring market risks associated with trading activities, or offering analytical and regulatory compliance support, our work contributes directly to the firm’s success. The division is ideal for collaborative individuals who have strong ethics and attention to detail.

**EMEA ICAAP and Regulatory Stress Testing Team**
- Coordination of the material EMEA entities Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAPs)
- Coordination of the EBA stress test and advisory support for regional EMEA entities ICAAPs
- Analysis and advocacy on regulatory developments focusing on ICAAP and regulatory stress testing prudential regulations, whether from Basel, PRA or EU authorities.
- Supporting the broader Regulatory Policy team in providing written interpretations, transaction analysis and updates and advice to stakeholders.

**The Role**

This will include current and future policy analysis and advocacy focusing on Capital Resources, RWA and Leverage ratio policy issues.

**Principal Responsibilities**
**ICAAP**
- Co-ordination of the UK ICAAPs covering the UK broker-deal, bank, asset manager and consolidated UK regulated group
- Assessing the impact of regulatory developments that impact the ICAAP and implementing changes to processes where required
- Developing and executing the project plan for the ICAAP and coordinating stakeholders to ensure delivery in line with the plan
- Presenting to and providing secretarial support to the UK capital and stress test steering group
- Production of the ICAAP documentation for submission to regulators
- Advisory support to local teams in EMEA to support production of ICAAPs for GS regulated entities located outside of the UK and Germany

**Advocacy**
- Analyse new regulatory change from Basel, UK and EU regulators including revisions to the capital requirements regulation and related requirements
- Communicate and seek input on regulatory developments to/from internal stakeholders
- Contribute to and help form the local and global advocacy approaches in conjunction with New York Policy Team and the Office of Government Affairs
- Coordinate impact assessments of new regulatory updates and the impact on the firm

**Interpretation**
- Provide written interpretations of EU and UK rules including new and revisions to a suite of policy documents
- Liaise with wider stakeholders across business areas, Risk, Controllers, Legal and Technology to develop appropriate requirements, processes and solutions
- Provide transactions advice and support to business areas on local and US rules in arriving at Return on Equity measures
- Understanding and familiarity of other regulatory developments is encouraged, including liquidity requirements, stress testing and Pillar 1

**Experience & Qualifications**
- Experience in ICAAP is essential
- An accountancy qualification (ACA/CA/ACCA) is desired but not essential
- Functional Expertise: an understanding of Regulatory Reporting, in particular both EU & UK Regulatory Reporting requirements is preferred but not essential
- Regulatory knowledge: an understanding of the regulatory capital rules would be preferred including knowledge of IRB, VaR, Leverage Ratio, Basel 2 & 3 & 3.1, CRD IV, CRD V
- Project management and organisational skills including taking ownership for key policy related change projects as well as managing a variety of stakeholders across the firm

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