Job Title:  Lead Business Analyst

Overview:

Nomura is a leading financial services group and the pre-eminent Asia-based investment bank with worldwide reach. Nomura provides a broad range of innovative solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in 30 countries. Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura employs about 26,000 staff worldwide. Nomura’s unique understanding of Asia enables the company to make a difference for clients through three business divisions: domestic retail, global wholesale and asset management.

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.

Role Overview

The successful candidate will join the Trade Processing Derivatives and Lifecycle Management team, which manages multiple applications across Fixed Income and Currencies (FIC) supporting global trading platforms for trade capture and lifecycle management. This front office-focused role involves collaboration with a global team to deliver strategic changes and system enhancements while maintaining critical front office systems. Candidate will be part of the global BA team in the trade processing regulatory stream of work. The position interfaces with diverse stakeholders including regulatory, front office, middle office and various other teach teams.

Role & Responsibilities

• Requirement gathering, documentation, planning, implementation and release management
• Analysis, data mining, data extraction, investigation of production queries and user queries
• QA/UAT testing, working with QA team and regulatory operations team to ensure releases are well tested, seeking sign off from impacted systems
• Owning and improving functional and regression test pack
• Work closely with dev and QA team in putting together automation
• Work closely with global dev, qa and support teamsWork closely with regulatory operations, front office, and cross-functional IT teams
• Participate in firm-wide strategic initiatives
• Support and enhance regulatory reporting frameworks

Skill Set

Essential:

• A committed team player who possesses strong analytical and problem solving skills along with good written and verbal communication skills. Able to work with people across different departments, countries and regions.
• Good communication skills (clear and concise).
• On the feet thinker who can quickly investigate and troubleshoot, if required, production related queries from various stakeholders.
• Ability to think logically and systematically to devise solutions that conforms to already existing system framework.
• Ability to exhibit high level of professionalism in team oriented environment.

Technical:

• Good understanding of SQL and relational databases.
• Good understanding of SDLC and testing practices
• MS Excel ability to write and understand excel functions, macros and perform lookups
• Knowledge of basic UNIX commands
• Basic programming knowledge with hands-on experience in test automation

Domain

• Exposure to finance domain, capital markets, rates, derivative products
• Credit or Rates business experience, comfortable with key business concepts.
• Risk or pricing experience.