Head – Regulatory Strategy & Reporting

A Leading Banking Group is seeking a visionary Head – Regulatory Strategy & Reporting to join its corporate governance division. In this senior leadership role, you will be responsible for directing the bank’s interface strategy with central regulatory authorities. Furthermore, you will oversee the complete production framework for statutory financial reporting metrics, including capital adequacy and liquidity positions. Consequently, this position is crucial for maintaining top-tier regulatory standing and aligning corporate milestones with evolving banking regulations.

The Head – Regulatory Strategy & Reporting must integrate deep financial expertise with advanced regulatory intelligence. Additionally, you will coordinate across Risk, Finance, and Legal verticals to lead process modifications during new regulatory implementations. Therefore, the group is looking for a corporate governance expert with a strong history of engagement with statutory bodies. If you have superb analytical rigor and a background in banking strategy, this Head – Regulatory Strategy & Reporting role offers a premier executive path.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulate and direct the bank’s regulatory engagement strategy in line with central banking mandates.
• Oversee the accurate and timely creation of all statutory returns, prudential disclosures, and central bank filings.
• Lead the implementation of advanced regulatory projects, including transition metrics for evolving capitalization rules.
• Partner with Risk and Finance leads to model asset-liability matching (ALM) indices and structural liquidity positions.
• Act as the primary interface for regulatory inspectors during onsite audits and offsite supervisory reviews.
• Analyze newly issued circulars and supervisor rules to compile detailed technical impact memos for the Board.
• Enforce robust control frameworks across data aggregation streams to ensure zero reporting discrepancies.
• Design and present regulatory risk dashboards to the Management Committee and Risk Boards.
• Provide strategic risk-return insights to business units regarding the capital consumption of new products.
• Mentor and develop a highly specialized unit of regulatory reporting professionals and legal consultants.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant (CA), Master’s in Finance, or a PhD in Economics from a global institution.
• 12 to 15 years of institutional banking experience, with at least 5 years leading a regulatory affairs or statutory reporting team.
• Flawless understanding of central bank guidelines, macro-prudential regulations, and accounting architectures.
• Exceptional presentation and negotiation capabilities to interact comfortably at the CXO and Board level.
• Proven tracking record running complex data-governance transformations inside tier-1 financial platforms.