Associate - Treasury Risk Manager - Risk Management

NOMURA SINGAPORE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial services firm in Singapore seeks an Associate for its Treasury Risk Management team. The successful candidate will support liquidity risk management and provide essential reporting to senior management. Key responsibilities include reviewing liquidity resources, ensuring compliance with risk appetite, and identifying improvements in risk frameworks. Applicants should have over 4 years of experience in financial services, a relevant degree, and familiarity with tools like Tableau and Python. This role offers significant learning and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in liquidity risk management or the treasury function.
• Demonstrated experience with liquidity risk management methodologies.
• Working knowledge of regulatory expectations for treasury management.

Responsibilities

• Identify improvements in the Risk Framework for liquidity management.
• Review funding and liquidity resources per business strategies.
• Prepare reports on liquidity risk for senior management.

Skills

Liquidity risk management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Proactive work ethic

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Finance/ Accounting/ Risk Management/ Financial Mathematics

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Python

Job description

Company Overview

Nomura is an Asia-based 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 three business divisions: Retail, Asset 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. Nomura will celebrate its 100th Anniversary on December 25, 2025. Our Group Purpose of “We aspire to create a better world by harnessing the power of financial markets” embodies our Founder’s Principles, which have been passed down over the past century. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

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 elevate 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 Competencies

Trusted Partner

• Besides having a high level of expertise as a financial service professional, strive to retain clients’ trust
• Make appropriate decisions in all circumstances to ensure that Nomura will remain a Trusted Partner

Entrepreneurial Leadership

• Drive change across the organization by predicting change in the environment

Teamwork

Collaboration

• Collaborate with different people across the organization, and leverage the diversity to contribute to the growth and profitability of Nomura as a whole organization

Influence

• Drive strategies and clarify responsibilities of one’s business area, and motivate others to contribute towards business success

Integrity

• Influence others to fully understand the significance and importance of corporate philosophy, professional ethic, compliance, risk management, and code of conduct, and make decisions to take actions accordingly in any circumstance

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