Jobs at Booking in Singapore

Department overview:

Finance Asia ex-Japan provides support to the Sales & Trading Front Office and ensures that business activities are carried out in an efficient, controlled, risk-free and timely manner. The Asia ex-Japan region has over 150 people based in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.

The IWM product control team, akin to Private Banking Finance, provides a wide range of support to the International Wealth Management business covering a broad range of products based in Singapore. The Product Control team (within Global Middle Office) at Nomura goes beyond the core Product Control responsibilities and acts as a key Finance advisory function to the business (e.g., Financial Resource usage, legal entity booking model, bespoke transaction setup & approval, business analysis, technical projects, cross-functional liaison, business MIS, legal entity transfer pricing, etc.).

Role description:

• Responsible for International Wealth Management business commensurate to Private Banking Finance.
• Take ownership and be accountable for the timely and accurate calculation, verification, and reporting of daily P&L and MI to internal stakeholders.
• Interaction with Business, Operations, Risk, Treasury, FC&R, CMA, Valuations, and other functions to resolve booking, valuation, accounting, financial resource, and management reporting queries.
• Undertake critical reviews and analysis of IWM business activity with the objective of highlighting significant items to senior management.
• Undertake various month activities which include Balance Sheet substantiation, transfer pricing, MIS/KPI, EOM financial reporting, and validation of key senior management metrics.
• Support cross-assets onboarding initiatives across the wider firm booking platform as well as assessing legal entity suitability. Additionally, review new transactions to be done by the Business that involves going through Committee.

Skills, experience, qualifications, and knowledge required:

• Bachelor's Degree or Accounting Qualification.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience in a regional product control within Private Banking.
• Experience within Private Banking accounting practices, balance sheet substantiation, transfer pricing, and MI reporting.
• Experience with Avaloq banking suite.
• Strong understanding of legal entity and management reporting controls.
• Should wear a control hat always and be able to question/challenge the business to gain clarity.
• Strong MS Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint), able to present data in a readable format within a reasonable timeframe. Basic knowledge of digital tools (Power BI, Alteryx, etc.).
• Self-driven with strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, combined with well-developed interpersonal skills, and independent.
• Strong project management and communication skills with a willingness to drive PC-focused initiatives across Business lines.
• Team player, proactive and self-starting, able to navigate across and manage multiple stakeholders to achieve the desired result.

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.

SFID: 8340