Regulatory Business Analyst

G MASS is supporting a specialist regulatory consulting provider delivering a major EMIR and MiFID II engagement for a global financial services client in Norway. We are seeking a Regulatory Business Analyst to join the on-site delivery team.

This is a hands-on, client-facing consulting role, embedded within a specialist regulatory team and working directly with the end client. The role requires regulatory expertise, strong business analysis capability and the ability to operate autonomously in a complex capital markets environment.

This individual will ideally be based within easy travel distance to Bergen for potential office time.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver regulatory business analysis and consulting across EMIR and MiFID II obligations.
• Conduct detailed gap analysis of current reporting processes versus regulatory requirements, identifying data, control and process deficiencies.
• Translate regulatory requirements into clear business requirements, functional specifications and remediation recommendations.
• Support data analysis activities, including extraction, transformation, validation and assessment of reporting completeness and accuracy.
• Provide advisory input on regulatory reporting governance, data quality frameworks and control design.
• Define and document business use cases and test scenarios to validate EMIR and MiFID II reporting outcomes.
• Work closely with QA and development teams during testing to ensure solutions meet regulatory and business requirements.
• Review client policies, procedures and control frameworks against regulatory standards and industry best practice.
• Act as a trusted regulatory SME on-site, engaging with stakeholders across Operations, Compliance, Technology and Risk.
• Support overall programme delivery, including issue resolution, governance and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a senior Regulatory Business Analyst or Regulatory Reporting Consultant role within capital markets.

• Strong, hands-on knowledge of EMIR (including Refit) and MiFID II regulatory reporting.

• Experience across relevant asset classes, including OTC derivatives, ETDs and applicable cash products.

• Demonstrated expertise in regulatory gap analysis, requirements definition and advisory-led remediation.

• Strong data analysis capability, including working with large datasets and assessing data quality and lineage.

• Experience defining test scenarios and supporting regulatory reporting testing and validation.

• Solid understanding of regulatory reporting operating models, governance and control frameworks.

• Confident, client-facing communicator, comfortable operating autonomously in an on-site consulting environment.

• High attention to detail, strong ownership mindset and a pragmatic consulting approach.

Benefits

Initial 3-month contract, with strong possibility of further extension and/or permanent internalisation with the end client.