Analyst (Market Infrastructures)
About the Function
The Capital Markets Supervision Function oversees financial markets to ensure investor protection and orderly markets. This is achieved through various policy and supervisory work done at the stages of primary market, secondary market and post-trading. The Capital Markets Supervision Function’s responsibilities include the processing of applications for admissibility to listing on regulated markets in Malta, the approvals of prospectuses in terms of the Prospectus Regulation, the supervision of the continuing obligations of companies having securities listed on regulated markets in Malta, the supervision of markets to identify any market abuse, the authorisation and supervision of trading venues, central securities depositories and crowdfunding platforms, the supervision of financial and non-financial entities falling under the scope of EMIR and SFTR, the data quality assurance of submissions made under EMIR, SFTR, MiFIR and CSDR, the supervision of administrators, contributors and users of benchmarks in terms of the Benchmarks Regulation and the oversight of activities in terms of the Securitisation Act and the Securitisation Regulation. Capital Markets Supervision is also actively involved in various other initiatives such as the DLT MTF Pilot Regime.
About the Role
As an Analyst within the Capital Markets Supervision Function you will be expected to carry out the following tasks:
- Assisting in the day-to-day supervisory work of the team, with particular focus on regulatory data, transaction reporting and trading venue-related matters;
- Supporting work relating to MiFIR, EMIR, trading venues and other market infrastructure-related areas;
- Reviewing, analysing and interpreting regulatory data received from market participants, including transaction reporting and other relevant datasets;
- Identifying data quality issues, reporting trends, inconsistencies or matters requiring further supervisory attention;
- Assisting in the preparation of statistics, dashboards, internal reports, briefing notes and analytical outputs to support the team’s supervisory work;
- Supporting the review and assessment of submissions, notifications and other information received from market participants in line with applicable regulatory requirements;
- Participating in meetings with market participants and assisting in the handling of queries or requests for clarification, under the guidance of more senior members of the team;
- Collaborating with other teams within the Capital Markets Supervision Function and across the Authority on matters involving regulatory data, reporting obligations or cross-cutting supervisory issues;
- Supporting the maintenance and enhancement of internal trackers, datasets and supervisory records to ensure accurate and timely monitoring of ongoing workstreams;
- Undertaking any other tasks as may be delegated by senior management in line with the exigencies of the Authority.
About You
We are looking for candidates with solid academic background in Law or Accountancy, Banking and Finance, Economics, Insurance or in a similar policy-oriented background or relevant experience.
The role calls for an academic qualification in a relevant field of study at National Qualification Framework Level 6 or better, duly certified by the Malta Qualifications Recognition Information Centre (MQRIC) or a widely recognised professional qualification at a comparable level.
If you do not have the necessary academic or professional qualifications, but you have at least five (5) years of relevant experience, we would still be interested in speaking with you.
