Job Title:  Vice President

Nomura Overview:

Nomura is an Asia-headquartered financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant 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. 

Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.

Nomura is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees (including promotion, transfers, assignments and beliefs). We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, career’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age. Our objective is to attract job applications and applications for development from the best possible candidates and to retain the best people.

Divisional Overview:

The Business Resilience function provides the regulatory and internally driven policy, procedures and frameworks for the risk assessment and management of Business Continuity Management, Operational Resilience and Third-Party Risk Management. This allows Nomura to meet its Regulatory obligations.

Business Overview:

To deliver the firm’s Operational Resilience Objectives, the Business Resilience department performs the following core activities in relation to Operational Resilience as part of its functional mandate:

• Assessing Regulatory Policy requirements and determining course of action
• Implementing the Operational Resilience Policy requirements in collaboration with cross-functional representatives.
• Advising NEHS Senior Management on regulatory expectations, industry approaches and our alignment or justifying differences in approach.
• Preparing in conjunction with IBS owners, obtaining NEHS Board approval for the Self-Assessment submissions, and presenting to Regulators as required.
• Developing, undertaking and record keeping for scenario exercises mandated by the Regulators to test Impact Tolerances.
• Ensuring relevant enhancements to identified vulnerabilities are being progressed and providing updates to NEHS Board and to Regulators accordingly.

Position Specifications:

• Management role of one other resource supporting the EMEA region. Primarily a programme support role for Operational Resilience (Op Res) but also including some responsibilities and activities across the wider Business Resilience function that includes Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Third Party Risk Management (TPRM).
• Activities will include, either directly or via their line resource for:
  • Management of Operational Resilience Governance Forum (and other applicable forums such as TPRM and CMDB Change Control meetings within the function)
    • Meeting Materials Preparation
      • Content Coordination
      • Standard KRIs / RAID Log maintenance and content creation
    • Minutes, Milestones and Action tracking
  • Op Res Testing support
  • Op Res Event Write ups
  • Op Res Scenario Write ups
  • Oversight of, and provide cover for other resource, the delivery of:
    • Operational follow ups (including status updates on actions, BIA completions)
    • Staff Training monitoring and enrolments
    • TP Vulnerability Dashboard creation
    • Standardised (Proceduralised) Reporting and Monitoring

Mind Set:

• • • Quality Assurance activities
    • TPRM - 1st Line and Support Team follow-ups
    • TPRM – Biannual AP v TPRM reconciliation and troubleshooting

The firm is an equal opportunity employer. The firm and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment based on race, religion or belief, gender, national or ethnic origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic / civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.