Location
London, UK

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive, commensurate with experience

About the Role
The Trading Venue & Platforms Governance team operates within the Global Markets eTrading Risk & Controls function, serving as a critical component of the first line of defence at Nomura. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of trading, risk management, and regulatory compliance, ensuring robust governance and control frameworks across our trading venues and execution platforms.

Key responsibilities include:
- Facilitating onboarding of new trading venues and execution platforms, coordinating with Trading Desks, Compliance, Legal, Technology, Operations, and Risk Management.
- Conducting comprehensive risk assessments and ensuring implementation of adequate controls prior to venue/platform activation.
- Maintaining the inventory of trading venues and execution platforms, coordinating periodic reviews and annual attestations.
- Presenting key risks, control developments, and governance updates at relevant forums and committees.
- Partnering with trading desks to establish, review, and maintain appropriate size and price limits in external high touch execution platforms.
- Owning and managing the Swap Execution Facility (SEF) access request process and associated controls.
- Collaborating closely with Technology to ensure robust access control processes and governance.
- Leading control enhancement projects to improve data quality, completeness, and accuracy of order data for MiFID record-keeping requirements.
- Driving systemisation and optimisation of venue and platform inventories.
- Coordinating responses to venue inquiries, annual due diligence questionnaires, and requests for information.
- Providing subject matter expertise and support for regulatory inquiries, submissions, and internal reviews.

Experience
- Managing or supporting trading venue and platform onboarding and governance processes.
- Strong understanding of electronic trading risk and control frameworks.
- Experience in E-Trading, Technology, Compliance, Operational Risk Management, Audit or related functions is preferable.
- Track record of sound risk management to reduce operational and conduct risk and facilitate rapid business development.

About you
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage all levels of management.
- Self-starter with ability to drive initiatives and collaborate with global counterparts.
- Ability to analyse, interpret, re-factor and present complex data sets.
- Strong Excel and presentation skills preferred.
- Knowledge of local regulations and key exchange rules relating to electronic trading is advantageous.

Qualifications
- Relevant professional experience preferred; formal qualifications not explicitly required but beneficial.