Job Title:  Associate, Liquidity Management AeJ

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

Overview:

Corporate Treasury is responsible for managing all aspects of liquidity and funding requirements of the firm in accordance with the Executive Management Boards mandated risk appetite and in compliance with regulatory liquidity metrics.

The Global Liquidity Management (“LM”) team is responsible for designing and implementing the global liquidity management framework covering areas such as liquidity risk policy, liquidity risk monitoring and mitigation, FTP policy, CFP and ownership of the regulatory liquidity ratios such as LCR and NSFR.

A significant portion of the role involves working directly with senior stakeholders across the business, finance, operations and risk to ensure continuous dialogue and review of all matters relevant to liquidity management.

The LM team is also responsible for driving the change agenda, working with business and other finance functions to onboard new products and/or adopt new technologies and move away from legacy reporting infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be a key member of the AEJ Liquidity Management team and will help implement, monitor and manage regulatory and internal liquidity risk within the Asia ex-Japan region. Some of the key responsibilities will include:

Liquidity Risk Management 

• Monitor and manage the company’s daily cash position, ensuring sufficient liquidity for operational needs and funding requirements
• Design, implement and monitor liquidity risk framework for Asia ex Japan business and entities, including the forecasting of liquidity pipeline under both BAU and stress scenarios
• Liquidity risk modelling for global markets business
• Continuously review the liquidity risk framework in light of changing business dynamics
• FX management framework, including collateral swaps
• Liquidity sources and uses analysis at country and regional level
• Understand country specific challenges, especially Singapore, Korea and India regulatory requirements and nuances
• Co-ordinate and lead annual CFP exercises across the Asia ex-Japan region
• Support development of FTP policies to support commercial decision making, taking into account specific country nuances and cross-border restrictions

Regulatory Liquidity Compliance 

• Engagement with business for liquidity optimization and trade mitigation
• Design, implement and maintain a regulatory reporting control, governance and escalation frameworks
• Contribute to annual governance attestations such as RCSA (Risk and Control Self Assessment), EUC (End User Computing), BCP (Business Continuity Plan)
• Daily/monthly report review, challenge and sign-off, working closely with the off-shore production team 

Change Agenda 

• Assist in the end to end daily Treasury MI from data sourcing and automation of liquidity reporting to explains and business MI
• Treasury lead for new business initiatives – technology upgrade, new product implementation etc.
• Involvement in UAT and impact assessment of policy changes
• Treasury point of contact for business, operations, finance and other functions for all things change related

Stakeholder Interaction 

• Regular interaction with business CAOs to understand the liquidity pipeline, liquidity usage drivers and assist with the financial resource budgeting process
• Interacting with a variety of different desks to help drive business strategy and the firms return dynamics with particular attention to “time to market” to stay competitive in the market
• Work with other corporate finance and risk functions to make effective use of the firm’s balance sheet (capital and liquidity) to help meet business objectives. Must have visionary responses and have “Sense & Response” attitude
• Proactively articulate and explain both verbally and in writing processes and procedures to Risk, Audit and Model Validation colleagues with governance and controls in mind 

Requirements:

• Minimum Degree from an accredited University
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in Asset Liability Management/ Liquidity Risk Management within an international financial institution with a focus on Singapore, Korea and India markets
• Experience in regulatory liquidity framework, funding, liquidity risk management and regulatory requirements
• Experience in design and implementation of liquidity risk and Asset Liability Management framework
• Experience in recovery resolution planning is a plus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Prior experience in digital transformation of Treasury function would an advantage
• Strong quantitative & analytical skills with advanced data handling, documentation and presentation skills
• Self-starter and eager to learn, able to take ownership of issues and drive to conclusion with particular emphasis on time to market
• Able to explain complex issues, policies, and procedures to varied stakeholders across senior management, peers, finance functions, risk, audit, model validation etc.
• Strong negotiation and conflict management skills
• Experience of data analysis and visualisation tools; e.g. Tableau and Power BI
• Knowledge of process automation tools such as Alteryx as well as AI technology is a plus

Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities, and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation.

DISCLAIMER:  This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job.  The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. 

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer