Financial / Regulatory Reporting Specialist

WSN is seeking a Financial/Regulatory Reporting Specialist to place with our client, a major investment bank located in Jacksonville, FL. No third parties please.

The responsibilities of this role includes preparation and submission of timely and accurate regulatory reports to Client Client. The successful candidate will have adequate experience in banking, deep understanding of regulatory reporting instructions & banking regulations, trend analysis preparation/movements, end-to-end regulatory report production life-cycle and preparation of written communication to management and to our regulators in a clear, concise and useful manner.

Core Responsibilities:

• Preparation and submission of regulatory report filings with the regulatory bodies (i.e. FRY-9C, FRY-9LP, FRY-12, FRY-15, FFIEC 009)

• Ability to prepare quarterly analytics and variance analyses for due diligence with senior management and functional partners.

• Demonstrate business/product knowledge; understanding of organizational structure, general knowledge of accounting/reporting requirements

• Assist in the development and implementation of Regulatory Report tools, report preparation and corresponding controls processes if required

• Maintain strong focus on internal controls

• Maintain documentation of procedures and governance for the reports

• Liaise with various internal partners (i.e. Regulatory Relations, Legal, Compliance, Audit, and Business Operations, etc).

• Support implementation of changes in new regulatory reporting requirements and accounting standards and understand their impact to reporting requirements.

• Participate in bank examinations and internal and external audits

• Ensure compliance with internal regulatory reporting policies and procedures

• Identify, escalate and remediate data quality enhancements

Skills/Requirements:

• 3 -7+ years of regulatory reporting experience within Regulatory Reporting at a Global Investment Bank and knowledge of accounting requirements

• Solid understanding of banking regulatory reporting rules and regulations

• Well-developed organizational, analytical and problem solving skills, aligned with excellent attention to detail and time management

• Possess knowledge of FBO and IHC regulatory requirements

• Strong written and oral communication skills required. Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with strict reporting deadlines.

• Possess the following skills : internal/external audit, database/data warehouse management, other related reporting skills

• Ability to demonstrate business/product knowledge; understanding of organizational structure, general knowledge of accounting/reporting requirements

Academic / Knowledge Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting

• CPA, MBA or advanced degree beneficial

• Knowledge of the regulatory reporting tools (e.g., Axiom), general ledgers (e.g., SAP) offered products and its related activities is a plus

• Public accounting firm experience with financial institution clients a plus

• Ability to work autonomously, but with specific guidance/direction