Payments Change & Transformation Senior Associate

Were looking for a hands-on payments operations and/or regulatory reporting expert who wants to shape how the function runsnot manage workstreams from the sidelines. This role is built for someone who has owned reporting processes resolved breaks handled regulatory queries and knows the real operational pressures first-hand. Youll use that credibility to drive high-impact transformation across automation platform change and the

As a Payments Change & Transformation Senior Associatewithin the Payments Regulatory Reporting team you will leverage deep operational experience to deliver complex change across report automation platform enhancements and migrations and the introduction of AI/ML-enabled capabilities. You will work closely with Operations Technology and Compliance to modernize processes end-to-end strengthen controls and data quality and ensure change is implemented smoothly with minimal disruption to business-as-usual delivery.

Job responsibilities:

• Serve as an SME for payments operations and regulatory reporting grounding change in day-to-day operational reality.
• Identify reporting/process pain points inefficiencies and risks; translate them into clear change priorities.
• Bridge Operations Technology and Compliance to ensure solutions are practical fit-for-purpose and controllable.
• Assess regulatory change impacts on reporting processes controls and end-to-end data flows.
• Lead delivery of transformation workstreams: report automation platform rollouts migrations and re-engineering.
• Drive adoption of intelligent automation (including AI/ML) in partnership with Technology and Data Science.
• Own the delivery lifecycle: requirements impact assessment UAT coordination cutover planning and stabilization.
• Deliver change with minimal BAU disruption protecting data quality controls and regulatory compliance.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across Ops Tech Compliance Finance and senior leadership.
• Establish governance status reporting and escalation paths; communicate updates clearly to senior forums.
• Engage vendors/platform providers as needed to ensure delivery against timelines and quality standards.

Required qualifications capabilities and skills

• Experience in Operations within a top-tier investment bank global bank or major financial institution.
• Hands-on experience inpayments operationsand/orregulatory reporting operations.
• Strong understanding of end-to-endpayments processing lifecycles.
• Experience withclearingandsettlementprocesses.
• Experience withreconciliationandexception management(break investigation/resolution).
• Solid knowledge ofregulatory reporting obligations and frameworksrelevant to financial institutions.
• Familiarity with reporting areas such astransaction reportingprudential reporting andAML/KYC reporting.
• Working knowledge of payments systems and messaging standards (e.g.SWIFTISO 20022) and related market infrastructure.
• Understanding ofdata flows controls and dependenciesthat support regulatory report production.
• Proven track record inoperational change/transformationand process improvement initiatives.
• Strong delivery and execution skills: managing multiple workstreams and priorities; experience withAgile/Waterfall/hybridmethods governance and translating operational issues into clear requirements and solutions.

Preferred qualifications capabilities and skills

• Exposure to or strong interest inAI/ML intelligent automation and/orRegTechapplications within operations.
• Familiarity withregulatory reporting platforms(e.g. AxiomSL OneSumX Regnology) and/orpayments platforms.
• Experience with data/automation tools and technologies (e.g.UiPathAlteryxPythonSQL) and/or cloud technologies.
• Working understanding of platform architecture concepts includingAPI integrationsanddata pipelinedesign.
• Project delivery certifications (e.g.PMPPRINCE2Agile/SAFe) are beneficial but not required; domain/operational expertise is prioritized.
• Degree in a relevant field (e.g.FinanceBusinessEconomicsTechnology) or equivalent professional experience.