Senior Analyst - Advisory & Assurance Treasury Operations

Career Direction: Managing our Money
Salary range: £45,600 - £57,000 per annum DOE
Location: Hybrid with occasional travel to a Virgin Money hub - London, Glasgow or Newcastle
Contract Type: Fixed Contract – 12 months

Our Team
Our Advisory & Assurance Team is responsible for undertaking external and internal KYC for Correspondent Banking counterparties and for reporting derivative, bond and repurchase transactions to the regulator to satisfy UKMIR, MIFIR and SFTR.

This is a fantastic opportunity to expand your existing experience. In this new role, you'll have the chance to expand your knowledge in Correspondent Banking KYC and Transaction Reporting as well as cross skilling in other aspects of the team to ensure that all team members can become fully rounded Advisory & Assurance professionals.

What you’ll be doing

• Undertaking the daily regulatory reporting to the various Trade Repositories that facilitate our UKMIR, MIFIR and SFTR reporting.
• Perform reconciliation and control tasks to ensure regulatory reporting is accurate and timely.
• Undertaking the KYC checks on the banks Correspondent Banking counterparties and replying to KYC requests from the counterparties.
• Support the wider team by cross skilling in other tasks. 
• Work with data sets to analyse and interpret.

We need you to have

• Either experience in regulatory reporting for UKMIR and MIFIR OR
• Experience working with Anti-Money laundering Know Your Customer regulations for Correspondent Banking.
• Accountability for your workload, take initiative for consistently achieving goals and delivering on expectations.
• A strong background in analytics with the ability to source and use relevant information effectively to identify problems and offer sustainable solutions.
• Experience using Excel to analyse data, source information and use of formulas.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential

• Experience in back-office operations across various asset classes - particularly Derivatives
• Knowledge of Swift Messaging/payment routes.

Red Hot Rewards

• Generous holidays - 38.5 days annual leave (including bank holidays and prorated if part-time)​ plus the option to buy more.
• Up to five extra paid well-being days per year​. 
• 20 weeks paid, gender-neutral family leave (52 weeks in total) for expectant parents and those looking to adopt. 
• Market-leading pension.
• Free private medical cover, income protection and life assurance.
• Flexible benefits include Cycle to Work, wellness and health assessments, and critical illness. 

And there's no waiting around, you'll enjoy these benefits from day one.

Feeling insatiably curious about this role? If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early and would hate you to miss out. 

We're all about helping you Live a Life More Virgin, so happy to talk flexible working with you.

Say hello to Virgin Money
We’re making great strides towards achieving our ambition of becoming the UK’s best digital bank.  As a full-service digital bank with a heritage stretching back over 180 years, we`re a workforce to be reckoned with.  We're putting the full power of our experience behind disruptive ideas that reinvent the role a bank plays in people's lives. We're customer obsessed and work tirelessly to create positive experiences for our millions of customers and deliver on our purpose, ‘Making You Happier About Money.’ Our customer centric culture means that we're able to do banking differently and by innovating and working together we can make a real difference. Join us and Live a Life More Virgin that empowers you with choice and flexibility in how you work.

Be yourself at Virgin Money
Our purpose is to make people happier about money, this means seeing and feeling the world as our customers do by creating a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our customers and communities.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.  

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com

Now the legal bit
Living A Life More Virgin allows our colleagues to be based anywhere in the UK (if the role allows it), but we'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK.

If you're successful in securing a role with us, there are some checks you need to complete before starting. These include credit and criminal record checks and three years' worth of satisfactory references. If the role is part of the Senior Manager Regime and Certification Regime, it requires enhanced pre-employment checks – we'll ask for six years of regulatory references, and once in the role, you'll be subject to periodic employment checks.