Operations Risk and Control; Vice President

Overview

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title:

Operations Control Corporate

Title:

Vice President Department:
Operations

Location:

London

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions:
Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit

Department Overview

Overview:

This role sits within a specialist team of four risk managers and reports directly to the EMEA Head of Operations Risk & Control. The successful candidate will play a key part in strengthening the control environment across the Operations Division.

• Governance & Oversight
  • Provide governance and oversight across core Operations functions.
  • Maintain and enhance the risk reporting and governance framework, including the design and operation of key risk and control forums.
  • Independently monitor relevant risk and control metrics and present insights to senior stakeholders.
• Risk Management
  • Own and maintain Operations’ risk registers, ensuring timely followup and closure of outstanding actions.
  • Oversee loss incident reporting, partnering with Operations teams to ensure corrective actions prevent recurrence.
  • Provide robust, independent challenge on the remediation of issues and audit findings.
• Framework Development & Innovation
  • Support the enhancement of the existing risk framework and contribute to the development of next generation risk tools, including a new Key Risk Indicator dashboard.
  • Lead or support thematic reviews and ensure lessons learned are translated into improvements across all Operations teams.
  • Emerging Risk & Escalation:
    Identify, assess, and escalate emerging risks to Operations management in a timely and considered manner.
• Cross Functional Engagement
  • Work closely with global Risk & Control teams to support the wider legal entity governance framework.
  • Partner with key stakeholders across the bank—Front Office, Operational Risk, Product Control, and Compliance.
  • Coordinate Operations’ assessment of new product initiatives and process changes

The primary objective of this role is to act as a trusted partner to Operations line teams—providing robust challenge, proactive support, and structured risk insight to maintain and continually strengthen the control environment across EMEA Operations

The high-profile priorities of the team comprise:

• Partnering with line teams to promoting a strong, embedded risk and control culture.
• Performing risk analysis and monitoring, including oversight of the Risk & Control Self-Assessment process in Operations, and the development and enhancement of risk metrics.
• Issue management, including monitoring Operations risk events, providing appropriate challenge in the determination of required mitigating actions, monitoring actions through to completion.

As a part of our team, you’ll gain exposure to senior management and our wider business in the region and globally. It’s an agile, professional environment that will support your development even as it demands excellence, encourages curiosity, and rewards original thinking.

• Experience Operations Banking professional, ideally with experience managing Operations line teams.
• Strong understanding of Operations Risk consents and good control design
• Ability to manage a variety of tasks simultaneously.
• Analytical skills and the ability to turn data into information.
• Excellent communication skills, tenacity, and confidence to challenge
• Good knowledge of excel, including pivots, function and formulas.
• Detailed knowledge of front to back investment bank products and booking flows and the ability to challenge internal stakeholders.
• Ability to build and understand process flows in order to identify and evaluate controls

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