Japan: Representative Director & Chief Executive Officer

Responsibilities:

• Liaising with the group executive management and the local authorities for the purpose of the firm’s license application(s).
• Designing, reviewing and revising the Company’s business strategy and objectives.
• Acting as the Company’s liaison to local and national authorities.
• Overseeing and controlling the day-to-day Company’s operations, managing the daily business activities.
• Conducting business monitoring, general finance and budget planning, business reporting as required.
• Promoting, demonstrating and embedding a strong compliance culture.
• Establishing and maintaining business relationships with partners and vendors.
• Acting as key person for the oversight of all outsourcing relationships, including implementation of effective and sustainable controls.
• Overseeing systems and controls to identify and mitigate potential areas of business vulnerability and risks/gaps and develop/implement pragmatic corrective action plans.
• Preparing reports for the Board and/or shareholder, auditors and external state bodies as appropriate.
• Keeping up to date with all relevant regulatory changes as well as evolving best practices, carrying out gap and business impact analysis.
• Managing the Company’s office and a team of professionals in Japan.

Requirements:

• Must have sufficient knowledge with not less than 3 years of experience in the Financial Instruments Business industry, namely with a Type I Financial Instruments Business Operator and/or Commodity Derivative Business Operators.
• Must have experience in Japanese retail brokerage markets and understand the business management related provisions of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and other relevant regulations.
• Ideally has experience with new license applications and developing and implementing business operations.
• Must be fluent in Japanese and must have a professional command of spoken and written English.
• Must reside in Japan.
• Must not have ever received any specified administrative penalty, punishment or other sanction.
• Must have sufficient knowledge and experience for management.
• Must have sufficient knowledge of compliance and risk control.
• Must have strong leadership skills.
• Must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment, where non-routine and/or complex issues are common.
• Must be able to handle complex issues, projects, and processes.
• Must demonstrate strong moral and ethical principles, must be willing to learn, accept accountability, demonstrate initiative and support effective co-operation.
• Must have a strong sense of financial integrity, responsibility and must be able to carry on the regulated activity competently, honestly and fairly.