Operations Oversight Associate (6-Month Contract)

Job Details

• Job Title: Operations Oversight Associate
• Job Type: Temporary (FAVE)
• Contract Duration: 6 Months
• Department: Operations
• Location: London

Role Overview

• We are seeking a finance professional to manage the day-to-day operations of the Operations Oversight Group (OEG) and lead a small team of Operations Management Leads.

Key Objectives Critical to Success

• Manage and maintain a robust control environment to mitigate exceptional errors and related risks associated with our trades.
• Serve as an escalation point/subject matter expert (SME) for internal stakeholders to assist the operations team in resolving issues, including repo and trade settlement disruptions, and addressing items identified during the controls review processes.
• Compilation and review of daily KRI's and KPI's via dashboards.
• Maintain regular communication with the broader teams at Powal, India, while building cross-team relationships.
• Participating in key projects, understanding the requirements of the current business, and assisting with the achievement of milestones leading up to project delivery.
• Client Money Review and Verification.
• Provide BCP/PIR coverage for any critical offshore processes.

Required Skills, Experience, Qualifications, and Knowledge

• Excellent written and oral communication skills that enable the individual to liaise effectively and share information with Nomura’s operations, internal stakeholders, external authorities, and other business partners as appropriate.
• Effective prioritization with the ability to highlight key dependencies and ensure the completion of critical deliverables.
• All skills (preferred) / Power BI (preferred) / Excel skills (required)
• Work effectively within an extended team environment (onshore and offshore) and take a keen interest in developing the function, whether internally or through external meetings.
• A self-starter who is able to work proactively to identify opportunities for process improvement and/or cost savings.
• Good organizational skills and time management to actively improve productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability: Proactively engage in process improvement and achieve performance improvements through innovation, continuous improvement, and the enhancement, learning, and development of teams, and foster these efforts.
• Inclusion: Risk BEI, foster a culture of inclusion and inclusive behavior among psychological teams while balancing responsibilities toward the entire stakeholder network. (Challenge, escalate, and respect).

Right to Work

• The UK government has taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK for employment purposes. Please note that while we are able to consider applications from overseas workers outside the UK (who can provide evidence that this is a genuine job opening for a Tier 2 visa), we can only hire them if we can provide evidence that this is a genuine job opening at a UK location.