Rsk-Risk Methodology Group

Nomura Overview:

Nomura is an Asia-headquartered 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 four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant 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 www.nomura.com

Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura's businesses around the world. Powai' s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura's global operations and are an integral part of Nomura's global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura's global business.

Division Overview:

The Risk Management Division encompasses the firm's comprehensive risk framework responsible for determining and managing the overall risk appetite for the firm. The division is responsible for effectively managing the firm's risk-return profile which ensures the efficient deployment of the firm's capital. It is one of the firm's core competencies and is independent of the trading areas and operational areas.

Business Unit Overview:

The Risk Methodologies Group (RMG) has the mandate to develop / enhance risk models in line with internal and regulatory requirements and to back-test VaR against Hypo and clean PnL. The methodologies side of the group has the critical task of owning all the risk models that are used for computing capital adequacy for the whole firm, and the back-testing group of adjusting and updating Hypo PnL using adjustments provided by various different systems. The group works extensively on the regulatory capital model, including the proposed regulation, fundamental review of trading book (FRTB).

Position Specifications:

Corporate Title

Associate

Functional Title

Associate/Senior Associate

Experience

4 - 6 years

Qualification

Masters in Quantitative discipline (B.E / B. Tech+, M. Tech, MSc (Maths / Stats), Econometrics)

Role & Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Risk Methodologies Group (RMG) on the projects related to Regulatory capital models (eg. Basel,FRTB).

• Work on the prospective regulation i.e. FRTB, perform firm wide plus desk level analysis to assess the impact of new regulation and support in quantitative impact study (QIS).

• Ensure that the FRTB SA & IMA models meet their stated objectives by building robust SBA, RRAO, SA DRC, risk factor eligibility test tools, NMRF SES and IMA ESF methodologies.

• Act as a subject matter expert for the risk models including an understanding of FRTB guidelines and providing support to the model users (i.e. Risk managers) and be a key point of contact with respect to such models.

• Development and periodic update of proto-type models with special attention to the model related to Market risk VaR.

• Implementation of risk models into strategic risk system (this includes developing methodology, building prototype, writing technical business requirement document, performing model testing, ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and liaising with model validation group).

• Create strategic tools for RWA Optimization/deal analysis/RWA driver analysis/VaR/RNIV/Add-on/PnL Adjustment/Back testing using python to facilitate integration with FRTB implementation and offline calculation of risk numbers.

• Build FRTB based What-If prototype tools in collaboration with Business / Risk Managers for new portfolio / hedge impact analysis

• Participate in periodic review of models and calibration of model parameters.

• Provide necessary support to team during validation of VaR models by Model validation group/Audit including any model change on an ongoing basis.

• Need to handle stakeholder requests (typically FO and Risk Managers) on RWA optimization and What-If analysis. This would involve:

• Working with stakeholders across different timezones to understand their requests

• Running and explaining "What-If" scenarios (e.g. different split of IMA/SA desk scenarios, pre-trade capital impact etc.)

• Understanding of capital allocation methodologies (e.g Euler) to accurately identify key drivers of capital

• Preparing the necessarily materials to explain the results

• Presenting the results to stakeholders

• Support with building tools that help in making the above processes more time-efficient

• Holding technical workshops to educate stakeholders on how FRTB SA and IMA models work

Mind Set:

Mandatory

Desired

Domain

• Need to have expertise on all FRTB capital models as well as PLA/ RFET. Need to have already worked on SA and IMA models

• Experience with handling stakeholder requests (typically FO and Risk Managers)

• Strong Market Risk RWA modelling background (preferably on FRTB SA and IMA models) and coding skills in Python

• Good in SQL / Excel. Even basic ability is acceptable.

• Gitlab understanding.

• FRTB SA knowledge. Basic knowledge is acceptable.

• VaR / Greeks / clarity in risk management.

• 4-6 years of experience either in Market risk or Credit risk with good understanding of risk modelling.

• Good understanding of mathematical concepts like probability, statistics, calculus, linear algebra.

• Good understating of financial products (Bonds, Derivatives)

• Good understanding of ongoing banking regulatory requirements (BSBS)

• A strong Mathematical/Statistical background.

• Actuaries (Cleared at least 5 CT papers) would be advantage

• FRM/PRM/CFA certification would be added advantage