Job Title: Lead Business Analyst

Job Code: 10748

Country: IN

City: Mumbai

Skill Category: IT\Technology

Description:

Department Overview

Global Markets Technology builds and maintains software solutions used by Global Markets Front and Middle office businesses. The business is spread across EMEA, US, Japan, AEJ, and emerging Markets like India, Brazil, and China. It deals in wide range of products including FX, Rates, Credit, Securitized Products, Equities, Futures & Options, FI/EQ Derivatives, and Prime Services including financing.

The Trade Processing Derivatives and Lifecycle Management team encompassing multiple applications across the FIC (Fixed Income and Currencies) supporting the global trading platforms for trade capture and lifecycle management. The candidate will work in a very collaborative global team to deliver strategic change, enhancements, as well as support to maintain these critical Front Office systems. The team is front office focussed but has stakeholders in Sales, Traders, Finance, Risk, Operations, Regulatory, etc. Due to the core nature of the system, is often central to large firm-wide initiatives. The candidate will work very closely in the regulatory reporting aspects of these systems.

Department Overview

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 stream. 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, FX, Rates
FX business experience, comfortable with key business concepts.
Risk or pricing experience.

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.