Manager, Regulatory Intelligence UK/EU

Role Overview

KOR is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Manager, Regulatory Intelligence to join our Compliance & Regulatory services team. This role is critical in ensuring our firm and clients stay ahead of evolving regulatory obligations across the U.S. and Canada. The successful candidate will be a subject matter expert (SME) with deep knowledge of ESMA, FCA and other European regulatory frameworks, particularly in the area of derivatives trade reporting.

This position requires a self-starter who can proactively monitor, analyze, interpret, and communicate complex regulatory developments and translate them into actionable insights for internal teams and external clients.

About us

We are a VC backed, innovative capital markets SaaS fintech dedicated to empowering businesses in derivatives post trade processing through leading-edge technology and exclusive approaches. If you want to join a start-up that is about to become a scale-up, keep reading.

KOR is a young company built on fresh approaches to solving old problems by leveraging new technologies, deep industry domain expertise, and world class in-house engineering. We're on a mission to innovate B2B trade servicing starting with regulatory trade reporting. We’re solving the most challenging problems around by bringing novel designs and solutions to data utility, quality, and processing inefficiencies. . . while unlocking insane value for clients.

Teamwork and laser focus are central to everything we do at KOR. With the right support, we believe small independent teams with deep expertises achieve better results and encourage skilled people to take responsibility and grow their careers. We live by the mantra of work humble, work smart, and work together.

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory Intelligence & Analysis

• Actively track and analyze regulatory developments, proposed rules, final rules, and guidance from key global regulators, including the

  ESMA, FCA and other global authorities.

• Perform detailed analysis of regulatory changes to determine their potential impact on clients’ derivatives trading desks, operations, technology, and control functions.

• Conduct in-depth legal and regulatory analysis, providing clear, concise, and actionable summaries.

• Draft detailed regulatory analyses, highlighting key obligations, impacts, and implementation considerations for internal stakeholders and clients.
  

Knowledge Management & Client Communication

• Develop and maintain knowledge base articles to educate and inform clients on regulatory changes.

• Create requirement outlines for product and compliance teams based on regulatory developments.

• Act as a point of escalation for regulatory questions from clients and internal stakeholders.

• Participate in client meetings to provide subject matter expertise on regulatory requirements.

• Provide detailed, practical advice on reporting requirements for different categories of market participants (dealers, end-users, asset managers, etc.).
  

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product and Technology teams to ensure regulatory requirements are accurately translated into system functionality.

• Review and validate design specifications and product features related to trade reporting.

• Review client success implementations for regulatory completeness and accuracy.

• Represent KOR in industry working groups and contribute to shaping market understanding of regulatory obligations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in regulatory compliance, legal, product or risk management roles within financial services, preferably with a focus on derivatives trade reporting.

• Strong expertise in EMIR, MiFID, SFTR and other global reporting regimes and ability to conduct regulatory research and analysis independently.

• Proven track record as a compliance SME, with experience bridging the gap between regulatory requirements and business/technology solutions.

• Exceptional written communication skills, capable of producing detailed regulatory analysis and client-facing knowledge articles.

• Excellent oral communication and presentation skills, with confidence in addressing clients, regulators, and industry forums.

• Experience collaborating with technology and product teams on regulatory implementation projects.

• Highly motivated, self-starter with the ability to work independently and drive projects forward.

Why Join KOR?

• Opportunity to influence regulatory strategy in a high-impact role.

• Collaborative and forward-thinking culture.

• Commitment to professional growth and development.