Regional Head of Production Services Trade Processing and Risk

Job Title:
Regional Head of Production Services for Trade Processing and Risk

Corporate

Title:

Vice President

Department:
Wholesale Production Services - Technology

Location:
London (Hybrid)

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

Lead a critical regional team ensuring operational excellence for Nomura's Fixed Income and FX trading operations across Trade Processing and FO Risk and P&L in EMEA. Drive technological innovation while managing complex production environments supporting critical trading applications. Shape the future of our production services through strategic leadership and hands-on technical expertise.

You will be responsible for the management and development of a high-performing team in our London location while providing regional leadership and oversight, governance, and the execution of running the bank for the Fixed Income (Rates, Credit, Securitized Products) and Foreign Exchange businesses using your technical and business knowledge in this challenging and fast pace environment.

This is a senior technical hands-on leadership position responsible for ensuring stability in the very liquid environment of business-driven, technical, and regulatory changes across many applications within the function.

The ideal candidate will have a forward thinking, strategic attitude with the ability to proactively identify trends, resolve issues and drive continuous improvement through innovative technologies. You will be responsible for the development and nurturing of our next generation of talent as well as the continuous upskilling of an experienced team to keep up with our ever-evolving technology.

• Core Experience & Leadership
  • Proven experience within a Production Support role at major investment bank(s)
  • Proven leadership and team management skills (with multiple concurrent resources)
  • Demonstrated ability to attract, retain, and promote talent within the team
  • Experience in the role of coach/mentor to junior members of the Production Services team to cultivate junior talent
  • Proven ability to measure and increase performance using various metrics
• Financial Markets & Business Knowledge
  • Working knowledge of Fixed Income and FX products
  • Thorough understanding of the trade lifecycle
  • Understanding and experience with trade valuation, PnL, and risk
• Stakeholder Management & Communication
  • Experience facing off to senior IT management and business stakeholders across Trading, Sales, Middle Office, and Compliance with the ability to deliver updates accurately and deliberately for the intended audience
  • Be able to build strong, collaborative relationships with the business, application development teams, Infrastructure and other functional groups globally
• Systems & Infrastructure Management
  • Experience supporting large enterprise applications
  • Strong proficiency in various technologies including Linux, databases, middleware, and networks enabling the candidate to provide strong hands-on troubleshooting and incident management capabilities during outages
  • Operating systems knowledge (Windows, Unix, Linux)
  • Good working knowledge of databases and writing SQL queries
• Incident & Problem Management
  • Experience with Service Now or similar platforms for Incident, Change, Request, and Problem Management
  • This role will be the point of escalation for the clients, and as such the ideal candidate must have proven experience in managing IT incidents and problem management processes for large complex systems
  • Take ownership of issues and see through to completion as well as diligently managing end-to-end Change/Release processes across the regional Fixed Income systems
• Development & Automation
  • Experience with modern software development practices including agile methodologies
  • Understanding of Agile practices and principles
  • Scripting skills (e.g. Shell Scripting, Python, Perl)
  • Experience in supporting and administering Dev Ops tools as part of the deployment pipeline e.g. Git, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Elastic, Jira etc.
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure or similar)
• Knowledge and experience in AI, ML, and other automated solutions
• Lead digital transformation initiatives within the production services function
• Governance & Risk Management
  • Strong working knowledge of the ITIL framework
  • Experience working with Audit and Operational Risk
  • Take ownership of all areas of IT Governance:
    Audit, Operational Risk and BCP requirements
• Leadership & Influence
  • Ability to influence our stakeholders at all levels of the…