Bloomberg

Senior Financial Specialist, Regulated Entities - Finance & Administration

Bloomberg$155K — $205K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of expertise in a securities broker dealer environment.
  • In-depth knowledge of Fixed Income or Equities markets and products.
  • Holds Series 27 Financial and Operations Principal license.
  • Experience with broker dealers, exchanges, or trading firms.
  • Proven track record of working with regulatory bodies and compliance departments.
  • Strong leadership and negotiation skills with a focus on results.
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required; MBA/CPA preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Establish partnerships with Finance teams to integrate Regulatory considerations.
  • Collaborate with Controllers, Accounting Policy, and Tax teams on technical issues.
  • Provide transparent regulatory education to business leaders.
  • Present regulatory analysis and impacts to governance bodies.
  • Oversee compliance with regulatory filings like FOCUS & COREP.
  • Monitor and implement changes stemming from new regulations globally.
  • Lead the annual external audit and financial statement preparation.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) with company match for retirement savings.
  • Paid holidays and generous paid time off.
  • Short and long-term disability benefits available.
  • Life insurance and wellness programs.
Full Job Description
Description & Requirements

We are currently Senior Financial Specialist for Bloomberg's Regulated Entities Finance team to partner with our regulated businesses. These businesses are responsible for managing Bloomberg's broker dealers, swap execution facility (SEF) and multilateral trading facilities (MTF). The role will provide critical Regulatory and Financial guidance to the client Finance Directors for the Electronic Trading and other Regulated Enterprise businesses, as well as to the Management Team.

We'll trust you to:
• Partner and establishing relationships with Finance teams to educate and incorporate Regulatory considerations and policy and their impact to commercial decisions of the business
• Collaborate effectively with technical teams including Controllers, Accounting Policy, Tax and Treasury to ensure technical issues affecting the business are raised, communicated, and mitigated
• Provide transparency and education to the business and Bloomberg leadership, in digestible terms and on a timely basis, to improve awareness and engagement around Regulatory issues
• Present Regulatory analysis and technical review to Boards and Governance bodies for those entities and firm leadership to qualify business impacts and inform actionable decisions
• Ensure oversight and compliance with all regulatory filings such as FOCUS & COREP
• Understand and applying regulations and regulator guidance from FINRA, SEC, FCA, CFTC, MAS, etc.
• Engage Finance Directors' to support developing financial models, performing due diligence, creating business plans, and providing decision support to management for strategic initiatives and business expansion
• Frame and communicate Regulatory requirements, technical considerations and deadlines to Finance teams and business leaders across business initiatives and product offerings
• Oversight of the annual external audit, regulatory audits and the annual and quarterly financial statement preparation and issuance
• Manage the governance framework for key committee meetings such as regulated entity risk committees
• Ensure the documentation and maintenance of internal control policies for the various regulated entities
• Monitor the global regulatory environment to determine the impact and applicability of new or changing regulations. Ensure changes are effectively communicated and implemented by the Finance organization
• Partner with the management team for the business planning and reporting process, representing the Legal Entity view
• Prepare financial presentations for the Management Committee discussing key Regulatory impacts, performance against plan, initiatives and financial outlook
• Support management reporting packages including business performance/results and variance analysis for revenue, expense, headcount and capital in a timely and consistent manner
• Design and implementing systems, tools and reporting used in developing financial strategies and tracking Regulatory deadlines and deliverables
• Evaluate industry developments, market conditions, and economic news to determine financial, regulatory and business impact. Participate in appropriate conferences and forums to remain informed on industry and regulatory developments

You'll need to have:
• At least 10 years of industry domain expertise in a securities broker dealer
• Deep knowledge of Fixed Income or Equities markets and products
• Series 27 Financial and Operations Principal license
• Career experience with broker dealer, exchange or other financial instrument trading firms
• Proven experience working with regulators and regulatory bodies
• Experience working with product, compliance and legal departments in the implementation of Regulatory policy
• Ability to challenge existing concepts, bring new concepts to the business and execute agreed plans
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results orientation.
• Work requires professional written and verbal communication and strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects.
• Strong leadership presence and negotiating skills
• Bachelors in Accounting or Finance required; MBA and / or CPA a plus, JD is useful
• Strong quantitative, financial and analytical skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks
• Experience with SAP, Business Warehouse, Hyperion, Microsoft SharePoint, is useful
• Ability to recruit, retain and motivate a team
• Familiarity with the Bloomberg terminal is useful
• Team player with ability to deal with changing priorities

Salary Range = 155,000 - 205,000 USD Annual + Benefits + Bonus

The referenced salary range is based on the Company's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level.

We offer one of the most comprehensive and generous benefits plans available and offer a range of total rewards that may include merit increases, incentive compensation (exempt roles only), paid holidays, paid time off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, life insurance, and various wellness programs, among others. The Company does not provide benefits directly to contingent workers/contractors and interns.

About Bloomberg

Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with the help of Thomas Secunda, Duncan MacMillan, Charles Zegar, and a 12% ownership investment by Merrill Lynch. Bloomberg L.P. provides financial software tools and enterprise applications such as analytics and equity trading platform, data services, and news to financial companies and organizations through the Bloomberg Terminal (via its Bloomberg Professional Service), its core revenue-generating product. Bloomberg L.P. also includes a wire service (Bloomberg News), a global television network (Bloomberg Television), digital websites, a radio station (WBBR), subscription-only newsletters, and three magazines: Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, and Bloomberg Pursuits.
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