Electronic Governance Specialist

We are seeking a highly skilled Compliance Risk Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that our business operations are conducted in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

• Maintain the firm wide Trading Venue inventory, including its periodic review, govern new venue on-boarding, etc.
• Support the review of control design and effectiveness of adherence to regulatory venue based requirements, e.g. MiFID II self-assessment, FCA Market Watch Review.
• Assist in timely completion of annual assessments, affirmations, trainings, documentations, etc. (e.g. Venue algo attestations, Risk and Control Self-Assessment) and perform risk related assessments, periodic reviews (Automated Trading Controls Review, Limits Review, etc.) for all of GM eTrading businesses
• Assist in governance forum preparations, like Electronic Algorithmic Trading Operational Committee (EATOC), Venue Management Governance forum, etc. with activities such as defining the agenda flow of the meeting, reviewing venues for key changes, following up with business senior members for their inputs, reviewing Operational Risk Events Incidents for inclusion, presenting key metrics, managing Term of Reference (ToR), etc.
• Developing continuous review of relevant metrics to reflect the appropriate risk appetite and performance of the eTrading business venue management
• Act as the point of contact for eTrading businesses with respect to any Governance Framework related topics and participate in various algo or venue projects
• Perform monitoring activities across pre-trade trend alerts, trading activity alerts, market volatility alerts, trade validations, etc.
• Governance and oversight of Nomura s eTrading activities including maintenance of algorithms risk controls inventory and related documentation.
• Documenting end to end eTrading flows, mapping system upstream/ downstream, key controls, market places (trading venues) legal entities, policies, procedures frameworks owned managed by the GM eTrading Risk Controls team
• Partner with regional GM eTRC team, Electronic Algo Trading Risks Management (EAT RM - 2nd Line of Defense), eTrading Compliance (2nd Line of Defense), Internal External Audit (3rd Line of Defense), Change Management Teams, relevant IT teams, etc. for standardizing streamlining activities/ processes across the framework
• Perform reviews on key recent events/ incidents, to chalk out gaps, suggest relevant controls and propose remediation for business to focus upon
• Take part in the strategic implementations, providing views, assisting UAT, ensuring timely completion, gathering enhancement requirements, etc.
• Bespoke analysis, specific and ad-hoc projects/tasks, attending governance forums representing the team, etc.

• Strong Analytical and Problem solving skills
• Good project management skills - planning, coordination/ execution, stakeholder management
• Is entrepreneurial and independent; self-starter, takes ownership, exhibits integrity, strong motivation and attention to detail
• Ability to prioritize high volumes of deliverables across multiple disciplines working under pressure
• Ambition and enthusiasm to succeed in this challenging role
• Strong analytical skills and a risk assessing mind set.
• The person should have good communication skill as the job will involve a permanent interaction with the Front Office and all the support functions.
• Language capability: English at Business level
• Prior controls risk (incl. Venue management) or performed audit of Global markets businesses would be preferred, but is not a deal breaker
• Python / VBA / Dash boarding tools like Power BI / Tableau is also a plus but not a compulsory requirement

This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for professional growth and development.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates.