Aej Finance Coo

**Company overview**

**Job Title: AeJ Finance COO**
**Corporate Title: Executive Director**
**Department: Finance**
**Location: Singapore**
**Department overview**:
Nomura's Finance department oversees the company's financial operations and provides strategic guidance for business decision-making. Collaborating with senior leadership, business units, and stakeholders, the team develops effective financial strategies, including planning, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis, to align financial operations with business objectives. Specializing in financial reporting, accounting, tax, treasury, and capital management, Nomura's Finance team is known for delivering exceptional service. With a proven track record, commitment to innovation, and global reach, the department is poised to drive growth and success in the financial industry.
**Role description**:
**Responsibilities**:

- Finance Strategy and Transformation:

- Partner with the CFO to develop and implement finance strategy
- Lead initiatives in outsourcing, operating model optimization, and roles/responsibilities definition
- Drive data and digital strategy, including AI implementation in finance
- Change Management and Project Oversight:

- Manage the finance book of work and oversee project portfolios
- Establish accountability and timelines for initiatives
- Track progress and escalate issues as needed
- Coordinate efforts within finance and across other functions (Risk, Operations, Business, Technology)
- Cross-functional Collaboration:

- Navigate complexities and manage conflicts within the finance department
- Act as a decisive referee in case of stalemates
- Finance Control and Oversight:

- Oversee the control framework for the entire finance function
- Manage operational risk, RCSAs, and internal audit issue follow-ups
- Develop and maintain control heatmaps and escalation processes
- Ensure comprehensive documentation of processes and controls
- Proactively assess and stress-test the control environment
- Oversee new business approval processes
- Executive Communication and Reporting:

- Assist the CFO in preparing presentations and finance updates
- Deliver monthly communications to the broader finance team
- Prepare senior management updates for HQ, regional management, committees, and boards
- Process Improvement and Re-engineering:

- Collaborate with functional leads to review and challenge existing processes
- Ensure efficiency and control in all finance processes
- Oversee process documentation efforts
- Partner with technology teams for automation initiatives
- Budget Management:

- Ensure strict adherence to the finance budget
- People Management and Development:

- Serve as the main point of contact for HR Business Partners for hiring and attrition
- Conduct talent mapping in collaboration with the Finance Management Team
- Drive people engagement initiatives and organize finance social event

Skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge required:

- Minimum 15 years of experience in finance roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership position
- Experience in financial operations, controls, and regulatory requirements in the banking industry
- Experience leading large-scale transformation projects in Financial Services
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
- Experience with financial systems and technologies, including AI and automation tools

**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