Vice President Enterprise Architecture

Nomura Overview:

Nomura is a financial services group with an integrated global network. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and 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 supports the group's global businesses. With world-class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support, the firm plays a key role in facilitating the group's global operations across four international regions.

At Nomura, creating an inclusive workplace is a priority. Our approach to inclusion encompasses a variety of initiatives, including sensitization campaigns, implementing conducive policies & programs, providing infrastructure support and engaging in community events. Over time, we have made meaningful progress in these areas, and this commitment has been well-recognized across the industry. We are proud recipients of the prestigious Top 10 Employers award by the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI), IWEI Gold Employer of Choice awards, India CSR Leadership Award 2024 for Holistic Village Development Program and the YUVA Unstoppable Changemaker Awards.

Job Role & Responsibilities:

Architecture & Solution Design

• Define end-to-end functional and technical architecture for Wealth Management systems:
• Wealth Management Core Banking: Avaloq
• Client Onboarding & KYC
• Portfolio Management & Advisory
• Corporate Actions & Asset Services
• Performance, Reporting & statements
• Product trading in open and close architecture
• Design target state architectures, roadmaps, and transition plans.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security and regulatory standards.

Functional Architecture & Business Alignment

• Translate business requirements into functional architecture, capabilities and solution designs
• Partner with :
• Wealth Management Business
• IT (Infra, Enterprise architects, other governance teams).
• Own functional decomposition, business capability models, and system interactions.

IT Architecture & Integration

• Define integration patterns across :
• Core Wealth platforms (e.g. Avaloq, Contineo, Margin Man, etc.)
• Market data (Bloomberg, Reuters)
• Trading & execution platforms
• Downstream systems (GL, Risk, Reporting)
• Design APIs, event-driven, and batch integration models.
• Ensure non-functional requirements (performance, availability, scalability)
• SaaS & Cloud Integration Architecture

Governance & Delivery Support

• Review and approve:
• Solution Designs
• Functional Specifications / High level Design / Low Level Design
• Participate and present IWM Applications in architecture review boards
• Support delivery teams during build, UAT and production rollout.
• Ensure adherence to SDLC, Security and compliance controls.

Regulatory, Risk & Security

• Ensure solutions comply with:
• MAS, HKMA regulations
• AML/KYC/FATCA/CRS
• Data privacy and security standards
• Embed auditability, traceability and controls in architecture
• Define secure integration standards:
• Authentication
• Data encryption

Background / Experience

Functional/Domain Skills

• Strong Wealth Management domain knowledge
• Deep understanding of front-to-back wealth processes.
• Data models and business objects

Technical/IT Skills

• Experience with wealth platforms (one or more)
• Avaloq, Temenos.etc.
• Microservices/SOA
• Integration Capabilities (Avaloq, APIs ...etc.)
• Event-driven architecture
• Open/Close architecture
• Data architecture (reporting, analytics)
• Could exposure (AWS/Azure)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, IT, Engineering or related field.
• TOGAF or equivalent architecture certification (Preferred).
• 10-15+ years of experience in wealth management IT

Nomura Leadership Behaviours:

Leadership

Behaviours Description Element

Exploring Insights & Vision

Comprehensively analyse the nature of the problems we face and set our focus toward the future vision

• Gather Intelligence
• Create a vision
• Identify an issue

Making Strategic Decisions

Analyse options and feasibility to resolve issues, in making judgments and recommendations

• Identify countermeasures
• Assess feasibility
• Make a judgment

Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People

Promotes the vision and goals to others in such a way that inspires commitment and independent contributions

• Influence
• Inspire
• Commit

Elevating Organizational Capacity Maximize organizational productivity through leadership development and engagement

• Have an ownership in own development
• Support other's growth
• Encourage organizational growth

Inclusion

Respect diverse perspectives and promote psychological safety and the creation of a risk culture

• Foster psychological
• safety
• Encourage the active
• participation of all talent
• Foster a risk culture

We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer's responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.

*Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression Nomura refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.

*The benefits are subject to change and will be in accordance with Company's policies as may be applicable from time to time).