Nomura India
Nomura India | Lead Risk & Control Specialist
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Job Highlights
About the team
The Chief Information Office (CIO) function oversees group-wide technology and our data office. We're aligned to our key businesses across the group and operate enterprise-wide functions for risk management, governance and controls, supply chain and infrastructure. Our purpose is to support Nomura's business strategy and deliver consistent group-wide services based on common operating principles. The CIO Chief Controls Office (CCO) supports the CIO function in setting and enforcing consistent implementation of a risk-based control framework, to manage all CIO owned level 1 risks within current risk appetite.
Responsibilities
- Working for the Senior Principal Risk Management Specialist, this role provides essential operational support for the CIO's RCSA implementation, including coordinating assessment cycles, maintaining data in the firm's risk management system, liaising with 2nd Line of Defence (2LOD), generating MI and governance reports, and delivering training support to stakeholders.
- The role contributes to all aspects of RCSA design and implementation including stakeholder support, governance meeting coordination, and process improvements to establish sustainable BAU operations.
- Assist in coordinating RCSA assessment cycles and ensuring timely completion.
- Create and maintain comprehensive CIO RCSA procedures aligned with ORM framework requirements.
- Schedule and organize RCSA workshops and assessment sessions with CIO business units and 2LOD.
- Perform initial quality checks on RCSA submissions for completeness.
- Generate standardized reports to aggregate RCSA results to identify technology risk themes and control gaps for reporting to the relevant CIO governance forums.
- Escalate incomplete or delayed submissions to senior risk management staff.
- Coordinate logistics for RCSA governance meetings and committees.
- Act as a liaison between CIO business units and 2LOD to update their RCSAs within the required timeframe.
- Acts as a catalyst for change and inspires confidence in stakeholders
- Contributes to a culture of continuous business process improvement
Requirements
- Strong understanding of RCSA methodologies and best practices in a financial services context.
- Relevant risk management and control experience within Investment Banking, Audit, a consulting firm or related industry.
- Experience managing stakeholders across the Three Lines of Defence.
- Good communication skills with strong attention to detail.
- Familiarity with cyber security, resilience and related domains.
- Technology understanding relevant to the CIO risk agenda.
- Experience operating in a regulated environment
About the company
Nomura
Nomura is a Japanese financial services group, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Tokyo, with a network spanning around 30 countries and regions. Its business is organised into four divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Banking.
In India, Nomura Services India in Powai, Mumbai supports the group's global businesses with teams in financial control and reporting, risk management, operations, research, trading support, compliance, legal and technology. Roles in financial control, product control, regulatory reporting, risk, audit and operations there suit chartered accountants, ACCA and CFA professionals and MBA (Finance) graduates.
