Job Title:  Senior Principal IT Risk & Control, Vice President

Role Title: Senior Principal IT Risk & Control
Corporate Title: Vice President
Department: GCIO Chief Controls Office

Location: London (Hybrid)

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 www.nomura.com

Department overview
GCIO Chief Controls Office plays a leading role in delivering a forward-looking and robust risk management framework across Technology globally. We are accountable for overseeing and challenging our Technology functions on the effective management of risk, and our role is pivotal from a regulatory perspective - influencing, for example, how regulators perceive Technology’s risk management framework.

Role Description
This is a VP role supporting the global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) function, offering great potential for involvement across the IT organisation - IT Business units, and GCIO Chief Controls Office team globally – as well as interfacing closely with the Operational Risk department, Legal, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Business Resilience, Vendor Management, Internal and External Audit and our UK regulators, the PRA and FCA. The position reports to the GCIO CCO Global Lead for CTO.
If you are looking for an opportunity to be at the heart of the Technology risk management, leveraging your hands-on experience in a key IT risk management role, and sound knowledge of risk and controls principles, this may be an ideal opportunity for you.
You will work with our IT Business Units and IT senior management to fully understand and actively manage the Firm’s Technology risk profile. In your risk management oversight role you will be able to navigate a landscape of competing priorities – understanding where to strike the balance between managing risks and acknowledging or accepting certain risks. In this capacity you will be advising Technology management on those matters requiring their attention and those which are of lesser importance.
You will be a leader and role model within the team and you will need to leverage your leadership and influencing skills to continue to develop a strong working relationship across our Technology teams globally and Business stakeholders.
 
Key Areas of Oversight and Engagement
 

• Support the definition, creation and implementation of key artefacts and documents (policies, standards, controls, risk appetite statements);
• Ensure the firm’s Operational Risk Management Framework, is demonstrably embedded with the IT Division and that Management Information (MI) is available to verify that;
• Creation of Executive level materials, content and communications suitable for use with Group CIO Management, internal and external auditors, senior management and other stakeholders;
• Support controls testing and advise where control enhancements are required;
• Oversee Internal and External audits of the CTO function;
• Participate in the firm’s risk management forums and committees as necessary;
• Liaise with the second and third lines of Defence to ensure that their requirements are taken into account within the IT Division’s IT risk management framework;
• Provide an IT risk advisory service to the IT Division and the firm generally;
• Assess and advise on the risk management requirement for new and emerging technologies, e.g., Cloud, AI.

 
What you will bring to the role
 

• You will have worked in the financial services industry and will have extensive experience in technology and / or technology risk management.
• You will also have experience of working in a dynamic technology environment and an understanding of risk management principles, frameworks and methodologies.
• You will have experience in definition of IT policies, controls and technology risk management frameworks and creation of supporting documents along with experience of embedding those within Technology operations.
• Strong leadership and people management skills are essential and you will preferably have operated in a matrix management structure where planning and interpersonal skills were critical.
• This is a hybrid role requiring knowledge of risk management frameworks, e.g. CoBIT and their application, a broad understand of the various and diverse technology disciplines and their management processes, and an understanding of key technology risks.
• You will have had previous exposure to UK and global regulators.
• Strong stakeholder management skills are essential and you will need to be able to challenge at executive level. 
• As a skilled communicator and influencer, you will be able to articulate technical and complex concepts simply, presenting with impact and gravitas to the most senior level stakeholders.

 
Qualifications, Skills & Experience Required
 

• Several years’ experience in Financial services
• Experienced of establishing and implementing global 1LOD framework capability within an Investment Bank
• Industry Knowledge of IT NFR frameworks and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Highly experienced with toolsets such as ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management or similar
• Proven experience as a trusted advisor to senior management on IT NFR framework matters, providing guidance and oversight.
• Strong experience of managing stakeholder across the 3LOD
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with globally dispersed teams. 
• Risk management qualification, e.g. CISA, CISM, CRISC, CISSP
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills - written and verbal
• Confident and able to work at all levels within the organisation
• Able to think laterally and take a pragmatic approach, when necessary, to issue resolution

Nomura competencies
Trusted Partner

• Understand clients’ needs and issues, and provide solutions utilizing Nomura Group company’s resources, earn the clients’ trust
• Acquire a wide range of knowledge as an employee of Nomura, instead of focusing only on one’s own area of expertise; play a part in improving the company’s services level and corporate value

Entrepreneurial leadership

• Take on new challenges for improvement and cultivate a corporate culture of challenge by driving change in business operations

Teamwork Collaboration

• Ensure views are not biased, accept different opinions and perspectives, and collaborate with other members to create common values  

Influence

• Provide appropriate guidance to others and act in a manner that places emphasis on the performance and growth of the organization 

Integrity 

• Improve further the understanding and awareness of corporate philosophy, professional ethics, compliance risk management, and code of conduct, and make decisions and take actions from a management position

Right to Work
The UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers from outside the EEA coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we are able to consider applications from overseas workers from outside the EEA (who require a Tier 2 (General) visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that there are no other suitable candidates for this vacancy from inside the EEA.

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