Regulatory Change and Policy Review Lead

Chester, England, United Kingdom

12/19/2024

Job Description:

Job Title: Regulatory Change and Policy Review Lead

Corporate Title: Vice President or Director

Location: London / Chester / Dublin

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Role Description:

The Global Markets Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting (GM NFRR) team is responsible for ensuring consistent interpretation, data sourcing, preparation, governance and oversight of Global Markets regulatory reports,

Within GM NFRR, the Enterprise Position Monitoring & Disclosures (EPMD) team prepares non-financial regulatory disclosures under relevant regulatory reporting laws across multiple regimes (substantial shareholdings, takeovers, short positions, beneficial ownership notices and industry limits), including ownership monitoring against sensitive industry thresholds, for the Global Markets and Wealth Management business divisions.

The Regulatory Change and Policy Review Lead will be responsible for ensuring appropriate rules and processes are in place to cover Global applicable jurisdictions.

Responsibilities:

• Support EPMD Regional Teams by providing timely review of regulatory change notifications across Global Jurisdictions and partner with key stakeholders in Compliance and Legal partners to ensure correct implementation into Reporting Platforms.
• Continuous review and challenge of existing monitoring/disclosure rules to ensure regulatory adherence.
• Coordinate with report preparer to validate the accuracy and completeness of applied regulations in rule configuration in reporting systems.
• Implement effective routines to ensure regulatory changes are understood, tracked, and documented, whilst holding key business and technology partners accountable.
• Provide expertise in new regulatory obligation onboarding and design operational readiness plans.
• Support Compliance and Legal stakeholders to partner with Regulators and External Counsel to ensure robust regulatory interpretation.
• Liaise with Trading Desks and different line of business to understand complex trade booking methodology, where required.
• Implement effective governance and oversight of Enterprise Position Monitoring & Disclosures processes.
  
  

What we are looking for:

• Extensive knowledge / Experience working in Position Monitoring and Disclosures
• Global Banking / Markets Operations experience – Ideally with knowledge of NFRR or similar regulatory mandate
• Ability to provide clear oral and written communication to a variety of business and technical audiences
• You will be accustomed to managing large volumes of data
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and prioritization efforts
• Ability to identify changes that have an impact across multiple process and stakeholders
• Ability to influence and drive progress across key business partners
• Ability to prioritize work and adapt to changing needs in a dynamic work environment
• Experience with regulatory programs – understanding requirements through to implementation
• Knowledge of Operations processing & regulatory requirements.
• Proficient with MS products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio
  
  

Skills that will help (optional):

• Proficiency in process design / mapping would be advantageous
• Previous experience working collaboratively among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward, to better serve an evolving client base would be advantageous
• Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change, utilising new thoughts and ideas would be an advantage
  
  

Benefits Of Working At Bank Of America

UK

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership programme and receive discounted entry to some of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area
  
  

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.