Lydia Dass

Senior EMIR Regulatory Reporting Developer and iSeries Specialist with over 10 years of experience in financial services. Proven expertise in EMIR Compliance, Trade Reporting, and operational risk management. Skilled in iSeries (RPGLE, SQL), Aldon, Turnover, and data validation. Adept at analyzing exceptions, monitoring reporting obligations, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory accuracy. Strong communicator with a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering.

Senior Associate - Regulatory reporting 

JP Morgan Chase, Glasgow   Nov-2014 to present

• Architected iSeries-based EMIR reporting solutions for accurate, timely trade submissions to DTCC TR. Also, optimized SQL and DB structures, cutting EMIR processing time by ~1 hour.
• Drove quality improvements that secured JPMorgan a Top-2 industry ranking in DTCC's 2017 peer benchmark and achieved #1 ranking among G14 members in June 2017 (0.02% rejection rate vs. next peer 0.03%).
• Developed batch reporting workflows (Intraday/EOD/CCP) ensuring full ESMA and FCA compliance and was a  key contributor to EMIR Level-2, Article 9, RTS 3, Brexit, and 2024 EMIR Refit updates.
• Engineered process improvements post Article-9, reducing EMIR F&O breaks by ~90% in 2018 (from 200k to 20k), resolving ~4.9k weekly exceptions across action-type, reference-data, and LEI categories.
• Designed a back-reporting utility and reported 6 million trade lines for the 2014-2018 period within the regulator-mandated timeline.
• Led UAT for major EMIR upgrades, built regression testing tools, and served as technical liaison to Ops, clients, and DTCC for resolving complex reporting discrepancies, pairing breaks, and rejections.
• Developed automated reconciliation tools and validation scripts to ensure data integrity; strengthened control frameworks in partnership with Compliance and Operations.
• Partnered with Compliance and Operations to strengthen control frameworks to identify and mitigate reporting risks.

   Technical Business Analyst / Software Developer
  Cognizant Technology Solutions, India | Aug-2010 

   to Apr-2014

• Technical Business Analyst for Xerox services, analyzing requirements and preparing functional solution documents.
• Supported operational risk and compliance for healthcare and financial services projects; resolved critical production issues to maintain business continuity.

Software Engineer
Mphasis, India | Apr 2010 to Aug 2010

• Worked on the AS/400 ERP tool, AS/SET for Royal Bank of Scotland

Software Engineer
HSBC Software Ltd, India | Apr-2008 to Apr-2010

• Part of the Flagship 'Multi Country Hub' project and performed program amendments.

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Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies, India | Jul-2006 to Mar-2008

• Performed program amendments for Royal Caribbean Ltd, involved in Data Setup & Testing.

Bachelor’s Degree  

Electronics & Communication Engg.

Anna University, 2006