Nomura India | Principal Risk & Control Specialist

About the team

The 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 L1 risks within current risk appetite. We support the delivery of the CIO priorities and enable the achievement of Nomura’s strategic ambitions.

Responsibilities

• The role will both support and contribute to the design and implementation of an MI and reporting strategy, and as needed will also support ‘business as useful’ monthly risk management reporting and MI activity – such as MI material for key forums and decision-making committees.
• This is a key role that will be pivotal in strengthening the CIO Chief Controls Office at Nomura.
• Reporting to the Controls MI Lead, this role will support the CCO Governance and MI capability.
• The role is part of a global team that will formalize, standardize and globalize Risk management governance and MI across CIO.
• We are looking for a candidate seeking a challenging role, who is able to operate at pace, use initiative and has an excellent eye for detail.
• We also need someone who can support the requirements capture and design of Risk Management MI and can support establishing a process that puts those designs into production.
• An understanding of risk management practices, information and escalation f lows is therefore also very important.
• The successful candidate will play a key role within Chief Controls Office team and wider CIO.
• They will need to establish themselves quickly and leverage strong design and delivery skills to support team outputs.
• The candidate will also need to quickly develop and then maintain productive working relationships across CIO and 3LoD key stakeholders.
• Support on the design, build out and management of the CIO CCO Risk Management Governance and MI capability.
• Support delivery and continued improvement of CCO Governance and MI key ‘business as usual’ outputs.
• Support the design and definition of CCO Governance and MI target end state - and transition states - in line with wider CCO strategy.
• This role will then help oversee day-to-day the delivery of the agreed strategy.
• Support the design of a standardized CIO Control Book (in target state), and the process to ensure streamlined automated production that meets stakeholders needs to support their risk management.
• Takes a flexible - albeit data-led approach - to help shape strategic direction, and who responds positively to feedback, internal and external circumstances.

Requirements

• Has an understanding of control frameworks, risk management governance and management information in a financial services context.
• Has problem solver skills, adaptable and flexible, with fungible skillset which can be applied to multiple CCO services.
• Has effective communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Combines governance and MI skillsets with a technical understanding relevant to the GCIO risk management agenda - such as Information Technology (IT), Information Security (IS), and/ or Data Management.
• Has experience in Power BI reporting.
• Has experience in a Linux, Informatica & MS SQL database.
• Preferably has hands-on experience in Service Now Integrated Risk Management (IRM).

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.

• Industry: Global investment banking and financial services
• Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan (Nomura Holdings, Inc.)
• In India: Nomura Services India in Powai, Mumbai, a large centre supporting the group's businesses worldwide, with further offices in Mumbai and Gurugram