Associate, Treasury Risk Manager

Company overview

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, visit

Job Title: Treasury Risk Manager
Corporate Title:    Associate
Department: Risk    
Location: Singapore

Department Overview
The Treasury Risk Management is a department within the Risk organization responsible for acting as the second line of defense for the firm's treasury activities. The team independently reviews and challenges liquidity management processes, develops and maintains liquidity risk management policies and limit standards, and monitors compliance with established risk limits and appetite across the Nomura Group. The role involves a diverse range of risk management responsibilities and provides exposure to individuals in treasury, other risk teams, Global Markets and senior management through comprehensive reporting and stakeholder engagement.

Role Description
This is for Associate position within the Treasury Risk Management team, providing an excellent opportunity to develop expertise in liquidity risk management as part of the second line of defense. It will involve the following responsibilities, amongst others:

• Identify and implement potential improvements in the Risk Framework management of the treasury and liquidity management activities. Ensure policies and procedures are in line with best practice.
• Review and ensure appropriateness of available funding and liquidity resources and plans in line with business strategies. Analyse stress scenarios and challenge liquidity adequacy when necessary.
• Review and challenge risk appetite and limit proposals. Ensure limits and controls in place are robust and support risk appetite compliance.
• Identify areas of enhancement within the existing liquidity risk measurements and assess conceptual soundness and assumptions.
• Challenge explanations for changes in reported data (e.g. for limit consumptions and forecast) and escalate breaches of risk appetite and risk limits.
• Prepare regular reports on liquidity risk for senior management and risk management committees.
• Whilst based in Singapore, this role will support regional liquidity risk oversight (Singapore, Korea, India & Hong Kong).

This role offers significant learning opportunities and career development within the Risk Management Division, with potential for increased responsibilities as experience and expertise develop.

Key Objectives Critical to Success

• Good prioritization skills and a strong work ethic, with aptitude to learn and improve processes
• Proactive, enthusiastic and independent worker
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in work output
• Good communication skills to effectively articulate requirements and concerns
• Strong analytical skills to recognize/investigate significant issues

Skills, Experience, Qualifications and Knowledge Required

• 4+ years of experience working for a financial services firm in liquidity risk management or  treasury function in 1st or 2nd line of defense
• Bachelors Degree or Masters Degree in Finance/ Accounting/ Risk Management/ Financial Mathematics, or related quantitative fields
• Demonstrated experience of liquidity risk management methodologies such as MCO, LCR and NSFR
• Working knowledge of regulatory expectation and street wide best practice with regards to 2nd line management of Treasury desks
• Working knowledge of Tableau, Power BI, and coding with Python preferred

Nomura Leadership Behaviours 

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