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Company Overview:
Nomura is a Global 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.
Department Overview:
Nomura operates in a complex regulatory environment and the role of Compliance is to ensure that the Firm operates in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations of the exchanges and regulators. The Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) department plays a crucial role in safeguarding the firm against financial crime risks such as money laundering (ML) / terrorist financing (TF) / proliferation financing (PF), sanctions, bribery and corruption through robust monitoring and screening programs. The department works closely with business units across Global Markets, Wealth Management and Investment Banking to implement and maintain effective controls and foster a strong compliance culture.
Role Overview:
The role will have a direct reporting line to the Head of AML Monitoring Team, who will have a comprehensive oversight of all monitoring and screening activities across the Nomura AEJ region which includes three key control pillars of AML Monitoring – Name Screening, Transaction Monitoring and Payment Filtering. The role sits at the intersection of FCC advisory, financial crime analytics and model governance, requiring both technical depth and the ability to translate complex monitoring requirements into financial crime operational controls.
Role Description:
- Contribute to the development and implementation of regional AML Monitoring strategy, framework and governance standards across AEJ, ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements, emerging risks and business priorities
- Support and manage AML Monitoring systems, working with key stakeholders from Operations and Technology to ensure they are operating effectively including performing data quality and completeness reviews, regular tuning on parameters/thresholds, and scenario design in line with regulatory requirements
- Support and maintain appropriate AML monitoring related guidelines, procedures and tuning documentation
- Perform periodic reviews and continuous optimization of monitoring effectiveness, false positive analysis, and alert quality assessments
- Prepare regular management reporting on AML Monitoring related metrics and model performance for senior governance forums
- Perform escalated Level 2 transaction monitoring and payment filtering reviews on an ad-hoc basis and escalate potentially suspicious or prohibited activities to FCC Advisory / MLROs
- Maintain proper list management in name screening and payment filtering systems
- Support MLROs and other relevant stakeholders to manage audit and regulatory inquiries
- Contribute to ad-hoc change management projects and initiatives
Skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge required:
- Degree in Finance, Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Technology or related quantitative field
- Minimum 10 years of experience in financial services in AML Monitoring related roles
- Proven experience in managing and utilizing enterprise-level AML monitoring systems including scenario design, threshold tuning, segmentation, model governance and model validation activities
- Candidates with demonstrated experience in the following areas will be relevant: scenario build and detection logic design; threshold calibration and parameter setting; customer or counterparty segmentation; above-the-line/below-the-line testing; pre-implementation testing, UAT, parallel run or model validation; model performance monitoring and model risk assessment; false positive analysis and alert quality review; tuning documentation and governance forum submissions
- Proficiency in data analytics tools and methods — experience with SQL, Tableau, SAS, R, Python or similar platforms; ability to apply sampling methodology, simulation, sensitivity analysis and statistical techniques to monitoring optimization
- Ability to produce tuning proposals, calibration papers, model documentation, scenario design documents, or similar technical governance artefacts
- Good stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to challenge Compliance IT and vendors constructively on system performance and technical requirements
- Good understanding of AML regulations and monitoring requirements in Asia, including global sanctions programs
- Good understanding of Global Markets and Wealth Management businesses
- CAMS certification and additional certifications (CFE, CGSS) will be an added advantage
- Disciplined and self-motivated, able to work independently and under pressure
- Candidates with strong FCC operational breadth across the three pillars and a demonstrated appetite for building technical governance capability will also be considered
Nomura Competencies
Explore Insights & Vision
- Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
Making Strategic Decisions
- Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
Inspire Entrepreneurship in People
- Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
Elevate Organizational Capability
- Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
Inclusion
- Respect DEI, foster a culture of psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).
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
SFID: 14820
