All WAYSTONE employees are expected to demonstrate our core competencies as outlined below. The role of Senior Associate has unique requirements and duties; however, these responsibilities are to be executed within the organization’s framework of core values. WAYSTONE expects all employees to be high-performing, self-motivated learners and leaders.
Summary: The Senior Associate will report to the Manager and be integral to the team’s success.


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate the compilation and distribution of UCITS KIID and PRIIP KID & EPTs.
• Coordinate Mi FID-related (EMT) and ESG-related reporting (EET).
• Identify, analyse, and implement new regulatory requirements.
• Follow up on existing implementations for clarifications/changes issued by the governing bodies.
• Play an active part in team projects.
• Follow and enhance existing procedures to solve routine problems.
• Manage the Junior and Associate of the team and provide them training if needed.
• Work cooperatively with other groups in different locations, especially with the Ireland, UK and Luxembourg teams.

REQUIREMENTS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform each essential duty. The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Prepare fund-related reporting for our clients. In your daily work, you will contact asset managers to define requirements and share the reports produced per clients’ deadlines, fund administrators, and internal stakeholders from various contacts worldwide.
• You are well organised, detail and quality-oriented
• Be proficient in problem-solving, striving to use your own initiative to take ownership of the task.
• Be proficient with the PRIIP and KIID regulations.
• Good command of Excel is a must; VBA is an advantage
• Fluent in English and any other languages is an advantage

The team you will join is dynamic and multicultural and embraces regulatory challenges that must be implemented in the operational environment.

Experience: To perform this job, the individual will have worked, preferably for at least 3-5 years, in a similar or related role in financial services, preferably within the Fund industry.
Knowledge of or previous exposure to some regulatory filings such as Solvency II, VAG, and Depot A or to new regulations such as the Full PRIIPs Methodology (arrival price methodology) for Transaction costs is preferable but not a requirement.
The role involves detailed use of Excel and is quantitative, so aptitude and comfort working with numbers and spreadsheets are preferred. Also, an aptitude for using systems to complete various Regulatory Reports is required.

Education: A minimum of a Master's Degree in Finance, Business or a similar field is required. A Master’s degree in a Finance or Mathematical field or a related professional qualification would be desirable but is not a requirement