About This Role
This role offers the opportunity to play a key part in SMBC EU's regulatory reporting framework, ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of regulatory submissions to supervisory authorities. Working at the intersection of finance, regulation, and data, you will gain exposure to a broad range of regulatory requirements while contributing to reporting enhancements, regulatory change initiatives, and strategic projects across the organisation. The Regulatory Reporting team is responsible for ensuring compliance with European and German regulatory reporting requirements and supporting the submission of reports to supervisory authorities, including the ECB, Deutsche Bundesbank, and BaFin. This role is critical in maintaining reporting accuracy, supporting regulatory change initiatives, and enhancing the Bank's regulatory reporting framework in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of the preparation, review, and submission of key local and statistical regulatory reports, including BISTA, AUSTA, EMISO, WPInvest, AWV, Payments Statistics, and FinaRisikoV
- Support the production and ongoing enhancement of FINREP and Asset Encumbrance reporting
- Assess the regulatory reporting impact of new products, transactions, and regulatory developments in partnership with Finance, Risk, Business, and Technology stakeholders
- Support system enhancements and regulatory reporting change initiatives, including testing and implementation activities within the BSM BAIS reporting platform
- Maintain high-quality reporting documentation, procedures, and controls to support operational excellence and audit readiness
- Drive improvements in regulatory reporting processes, data quality, and control frameworks
- Collaborate with regulators, auditors, and internal stakeholders to support reporting requirements, investigations, and regulatory requests
Requirements
- At least 5 years' experience in regulatory reporting within a financial institution, consultancy, or a comparable regulated environment
- Strong knowledge of German and European regulatory reporting requirements, including local and statistical reporting obligations
- Practical experience with regulatory reporting systems, preferably BSM BAIS
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
- Strong analytical, numerical, and technical skills, combined with the ability to understand complex regulatory and business requirements
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to assess the impact of regulatory developments and new business activities on reporting requirements
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality and accurate reporting outputs
- Ability to work independently while effectively managing multiple priorities and deadlines
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across Finance, Risk, Business, Technology, and regulatory stakeholders
- A proactive and continuous improvement mindset, with a focus on enhancing processes, controls, and data quality
Nice to have:
- Experience with FINREP, Asset Encumbrance, prudential reporting, or ESG-related regulatory reporting
- Knowledge of IFRS and its interaction with regulatory reporting requirements
- Experience supporting regulatory reporting change initiatives, system implementations, or testing activities
- Professional qualification in Accounting, Finance, Banking, or Regulatory Reporting
Benefits
- Competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive well-being and work-life balance
- Hybrid and flexible working
- Competitive paid leave days
- Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance
- Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
- Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities
Important Details
- Application deadline: 31 Aug 2026
- Work locations: Frankfurt or Düsseldorf
About the Company
United by a sense of purpose towards its customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and its universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning it provides exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. It delivers a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to its customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. As a trusted partner for the long term, it provides a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to its customers, including corporate, structured and trade finance, leveraged finance, loan market and treasury products. It can also provide investment banking and advisory services and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets.
