Job Title:  Analyst

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.

Divisional Overview:

Global Middle Office (GMO) is a control function focussed on the integrity of key transactional, risk and financial data and reporting. GMO will also perform an Advisory role partnering with the business and management to help deliver the firm-wide strategy. To achieve this GMO will leverage the latest Digital Innovation & Automation (DI&A) opportunities to optimize GMO’s efficiency and operating model. Key Responsibilities include:

Data Management:

Providing a complete and validated data set of transactional information, efficiencies in the production and proactive management of these data sets

Control:

Provide assurance on accuracy of firms financial statements through daily PL validation, Risk Model inputs, Proactive management of internal inventory and collateral obligations to ensure key liquidity / collateral requirements are optimized

Advisory:

Provide business support and oversight on new products/transactions, financial resources, liquidity management and trade bookings. Propose and implement FTB process improvements; institute performance analytics; and help navigate regulatory, industry and account changes

Business Unit Overview:

The Fixed Income Middle Office team (Transaction Control, TC) based in Powai is continuously and actively engaged in supporting Nomura's Fixed income businesses spread across EMEA, Americas, Asia and Continental regions. Fixed Income Operations supports a varied range of Fixed Income products & franchisees offered by Nomura to its clients. The Fixed Income MO/TC plays a pivotal role between Clients and Front Offices on one side and Nomura's in house teams & divisions ranging from Information Technology, Core Operations, Client Service Representatives, Transition Management Group, Data Management and Operations Control on the other.

Position Specifications:

Corporate Title :Analyst

Functional Title: Analyst

Experience : 0 to 1yrs

Qualification :Graduate/MBA

Role & Responsibilities:

• Knowledge (Academic) of Fixed Income Derivatives business
• Handling internal & external trade queries and resolving them
• Handling Inter entity /Intersystem Reconciliations for Fixed Income products
• Ongoing focus on training and development plans

Academic

Graduate Finance/MBA (Preferable)

Essential skills:

• Strong Analytical skills,
• Knowledge and understanding of Fixed Income products
• Strong MS Excel skills
• Ability to work on tight deadlines
• Good communication skills

Desirable skills:

• Proactive in raising issues and resolving exceptions
• Eye for detail and ability to analyze
• Team player & Team Leader
• Relations management – internal & external counter parts

Technical Skills :

• Ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines
• Exceptional attention to detail Strong MS Office (Word / Excel / PowerPoint) skills
• Ability to show positive attitude on learning digital tools.