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Job Title:  Finance Professional

Job Code:  8200
Country:  IN
City:  Mumbai
Skill Category:  Finance
Description: 

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:

 

The Corporate finance team performs global and seamless Finance operations including trading and product control, Group financial reporting and disclosure, management information and reporting for decision support, planning and development of financial strategy including funding policies and financial analysis, funding and cash management, tax planning and reporting, investor relations management, and much more.

 

Business Unit Overview:

 

Finance Data and Digital Office (FDDO) was established in 2021 as a new global department in Finance division to centralise and manage Finance data, reporting and analytics. It was set up with the vision to inspire people across the firm through the power of data and reporting, creative minds and innovative technologies.

 

The FDDO centralizes data and reporting across Finance and enriches with digital tools, optimized processes, enhanced capabilities and meaningful insights to drive value to the function and wider business.

 

FDDO comprises of Data FDDO, Reporting FDDO and Quality Assurance and Control.

 

The Data FDDO is a shared capability performing data related activities to meet Finance needs for the Reporting FDDO, Global Functions and Regional Finance. The Data FDDO is the Finance Data Steward, centralising and standardising data reconciliations and adjustments, which are currently performed repetitively across all regions and functions. The aspiration is to create a central data analytics hub through usage of advanced data tools.

 

Position Specifications:

 

Corporate Title

Senior Analyst / Associate

Functional Title

Senior Analyst / Associate / Manager

Experience

5+ years

Qualification

Graduate / Post Graduate

Requisition No.

SF Req ID 3001 & 3002

 

 

 

 

 

Role & Responsibilities:

 

 
 

 

  • This is a global cross-functional role supporting Nomura Finance’s alignment to Data Management Frameworks such as BCBS 239 principles NEHS/NHA Data Governance (standards on data governance, quality, infrastructure and reporting)
  • Curate, review and update necessary policies, procedures and documents to demonstrate compliance and highlight actual/potential gaps thus identified.
  • Represent Finance in various forums and teams -  Group Data Office, Risk, Operations, regional Business Data Coordinators, various Project execution teams, IT stakeholders, etc.
  • Create purposeful MI/presentation material that highlights key KRI/KPI from a data quality/governance point of view
  • Work with SPOCs/SMEs to document data artefacts i.e. DSLA, Data Lineage
  • Resolve queries and adhoc requests from SMEs and other Business Functions
  • Deep Dive Analysis of the Data Quality Issues raised by the line functions (Treasury, Financial Control, etc.), propose Tactical and Strategic solution and engage with the respective data stewards, IT, SMEs and others for the resolution.
  • Review and reduce the number of reconciliations and adjustments done by the Data teams within Finance.
  • Work with SMEs across the globe to understand data challenges and implement strategic solutions to address those
  • Work with Upstream data stewards and Finance data consumers to drive data transformation and build data stewardship model with proper control framework
  • Establish and strengthen Data Stewardship model for Finance Stewarded data
  • Coordinate with System owners, Finance SMEs, Group Data Office for different aspects related to data
  • Lead / support Data related projects, migrations and initiatives.
  • Support Internal/External/Regulatory Audits pertaining to data governance and data quality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mind Set:

 

 

Mandatory

Desired

Domain

 

  • Strong process knowledge and hands-on experience in Treasury, Financial Control, Product Control or Regulatory Reporting
  • Excellent communication skills & ability to communicate ideas concisely and clearly with Senior Stakeholders
  • Ability to work with multiple cross functional teams/stakeholders
  • Understand and translate business requirements to various stakeholders

 

 

  • Previous experience in Finance division or Change team within Investment Banking is preferred
  • Project Management experience
  • Audit engagement experience

 
  • Understanding of financial products
  • Working knowledge of key Financial metrics [LCR/NSFR/RWA/Revenue/etc.]

 
  • Self-starter, problem solver and ability to work with minimal supervision

Technical
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills and ability to learn Finance specific systems
  • Inquisitive mind set with ability to challenge the norm

 
  • Working knowledge with either of Power BI, Python and SQL and ability to self – learn similar new age IT tools

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