Nomura - Associate - IWM Business Management

Role :

- We are seeking a dynamic individual to join the IWM CAO - Business Management team, based in Powai, partnering with the AeJ (Asia ex-Japan) IWM Business Management team.

- The individual will be joining an existing team of Business Managers, working closely with them and various Business Heads.

- She / he will assume day-to-day responsibilities, primarily covering IPAS BM function, Business Governance & Risk, Strategic Initiatives, Platform upgrades, Client Onboarding topics and helping with bespoke tactical tasks.

- Other tasks include extending Business support to our Sales team (RM / CSOs) on an adhoc and BAU (Business as usual) execution basis.

- The role would require working with all the functions in the IWM space - Sales, Investment Products and Advisory solutions (IPAS), Lending and Credit solutions (LCS), Control Office (CO) and with all the Corporate functions (Tax, Legal, HR, Finance, Compliance, etc).

Responsibilities:

- IPAS Business Mgmt

- Driving Product committee meetings and follow-up on closure of action items.

- Procedure and policy reviews with key Product owners periodically.

- Business as usual on bespoke topics around Authorised signatory (AP) status monitoring, etc.

- Roll out trainings within the IWM team, monitor progress and report to key stakeholders.

- Strategic Initiatives on topics around Cross Border, Best Ex policy, eKYC, Online trading platforms, etc

- Driving approval for New product initiatives (NEPAL) across the business and product lines.

- Business Governance & Risk

- Driving Business committee meetings, platform and control oversight meetings, follow-up on closure of action items.

- External Asset Managers (EAM) / Introducers payment roll out with coordination from Operations and RMs.

- Business as usual on bespoke topics around Post Trip monitoring, Post trade monitoring, Suitability checks, etc.

- Monitor and track Continuous Professional Development (CPD) hours for licensed staff.

- Provide assistance on business continuity management (BCM) matters

- Control and Conduct

- Ensuring adherence to business policies.

- Assist onshore teams in tracking and resolving Audit points and driving closure

- Logging Email Incidents, coordinating and driving any self-identified issues, Ops risk events, etc to closure with appropriate action plans and controls.

- Client Onboarding

- Internal Rationale & Portfolio Review (IRPQ) assessment and monitoring exercise of overdue attestation for client accounts supporting SG / HK teams.

- Vulnerable Clients (VC) monitoring and assessments done out of Powai.

- Initial name screening of prospects, etc.

- Rolling Review for low & medium risk client profiles and several other adhoc topics.

Skills required:

- Good Knowledge of Capital Market products and asset classes (Fixed Income, Equities, Forex, Derivatives)

- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in building and maintaining strong relationships with key stakeholders and regional counterparts at senior levels

- Strong Analytical and Situational Problem solving skills.

- Good understanding of the Trade Lifecycle and various corporate functions along the Trade Life cycle

- Excellent MS Power-point, Excel and Word skills

- Good project management skills - planning, coordination/ execution, senior management reporting

- Prior experience of driving initiatives in the IWM or Global Markets space.

- Is entrepreneurial and independent; a self-starter, takes ownership, exhibits integrity, initiative, strong motivation and attention to detail

- Ability to prioritize high volumes of deliverables across multiple disciplines working under pressure