Analysis & Control Officer

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.

Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services - and our open-access model - we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

LCH SA is an international clearing house within the Post Trade Division of LSEG, with international client outreach and fast developing complex set of businesses of critical importance.

ROLE PROFILE

The Analysis & Control Officer will work within the Operations department in the Analysis & Control team. This team ensures an independent “a posteriori” control of the Back Office activities. Its main function is to verify and control the consistency and recording of financial flows on all Clearing and Settlement/Delivery operations, carried out by the Operations department (including treasury). In addition, due to its transversal positioning, the team is also responsible for the production and control of regulatory reports and the development of statistics for the monitoring of Operational Risk.

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**:
Ensures the day-to-day control of Back Office activities across the Operations Department ; verifying the accurate reconciliation of operations, analysing any discrepancies and ensuring the traceability of the controls carried out to respond to any audits and requests from the Finance Department or external bodies.

Produces and publishes reports and statistics on scope of activity and responding to ad hoc requests from internal and/or external partners

Improves the processes for which they are responsible as well as the implementation of new projects through the definition of impact studies, the expression of needs, or the validation of production releases

MAIN TASKS
- Management of Back Office activities control_- Runs the day-to-day control of Back Office activities across the Operations Department- Reconciles financial elements with clearing systems, central settlements, banking institutions and Central Banks- Analyses accounting reconciliation discrepancies in close collaboration with the Back-Office, Treasury and Finance teams- Ensures the accurate traceability of the controls carried out
- Reports and statistics_- The production and distribution of:
- Regulatory reports for regulators such as ESMA, CPMI-IOSCO and Banque de France,-
- Statistics for the monitoring of Operational Risk and,-
- Data for the constitution of KRIs (Key Risk Indicators)-
- Answers to ad hoc requests from internal and/or external partners- Ensures the monitoring/maintenance of all reports, queries and statistics to respond to business or market developments
- Internal and External audit_- Participates in audit sessions and mainly in the annual sessions of the statutory auditors for the compliance of financial data- Answers to requests from various internal and external auditors- Is a source of proposals on audit recommendations and ensures that they are closed within the set deadlines
- Change Management / Projects_- In the context of an evolution, a business initiative or a market project, they work in close collaboration with the project teams on impact studies and the expression of needs- Ensures the accurate implementation of deliverables through user testing- Participates in the validation of production releases- Ensures the continuous improvement and automation of the tools allowing the analysis of the controls for which they are responsible
- Other responsibilities_- Participates in testing on default management and service continuity for the Analysis & Control department- Supervises the operational risk of the service- Maintains documentation such as user procedures and user guides

REQUIRED EXPERIENCES AND SKILLS- Experience in the middle/back office in the capital markets (CIB, Asset Management, Investor services...)- Knowledge of payment and settlement/delivery systems (T2S, SWIFT, Target2...)- Good accounting knowledge- Knowledge of tools: Excel (advanced level), databases, Power Apps (mainly Power BI)- Be a source of proposals and advice- Attention to details and perseverance- Good summarize in skills- Good stress management-