Job Title: Principal Business Analyst

Job Code: 8093

Country: IN

City: Mumbai

Skill Category: IT\Technology

Description:

Department Overview:

The Market Data team is part of the Wholesale Data and Operations Technology Function. Market Data Content is the commercial owner for content acquisition, data governance and financial management, providing both Market and Reference Data. Market Data Content is a global function with teams based in Japan, Hong Kong, New York, London and Mumbai. The main roles within the team include Vendor Managers, Business Analysts, Operations and Governance. Working together, we strive to offer the business access to the services they need in both an efficient manner and at the right cost.

We Value :

Drive: Passion and energy to implement quality technical solutions. Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity
Commitment to Quality: Passion to conceive and produce world-class solutions that drive real-world value for the customer.
Communication: Excellent communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate problems, solutions, risks, rewards etc. (written and verbal), to be open minded, always a good listener.
Technical Skills: Love for technology. You have to be inherently passionate about technology.
Business Acumen: Technology ultimately is used to enable the business. We look for people who understand how the financial businesses can be enabled through their technical solutions

Position Specifications:

Corporate Title	Associate
Functional Title	Principal PM/ BA
Experience	6 – 12 Years
Qualification	Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Technology, or a related field. MBA or relevant certification
Requisition No.	8093

Role & Responsibilities:

Nomura are seeking a strong individual with seasoned experience in business analysis roles. The candidate must have considerable and vast product and trade lifecycle knowledge.

The role is based in our Mumbai office and the successful candidate will be responsible for providing day to day support for our business. The candidate will be responsible for

Providing key business analysis services to key business stakeholders globally, for any cost saving initiatives. This will include requirement gathering, project planning, analysis of data, and collating and presenting the proposals to various stakeholders, including senior management.
Owning a variety of reporting requirements; including collating requirements, implementing new processes, and ensuring governance.
Identify opportunities for process improvements and contribute to ongoing optimization

efforts.

Working closely with internal business stakeholders, application owners and external data providers for day-to-day processes or projects
Collaborating with global team members across regions and divisions, working effectively remotely and across time zones.

The role is highly interactive with both our internal stakeholders and external data providers. The successful candidate will need to establish a baseline knowledge of our current utilization of data. To do so, the successful candidate will need to build relationships with our application owners and key stakeholders globally to be able to articulate any issues and proposals.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required.

Essential

A seasoned Business Analysis professional with sufficient knowledge of trade life cycle, markets and products gained through work experience
Experience working in an investment bank or broker/dealer environment (experience in Middle Office and/or Operations are welcome)
Excellent written and oral communication skills enabling the individual to liaise effectively and share information with Nomura senior management and other key stakeholders throughout the industry.
A self motivator who is a fast learner and able to work proactively to identify opportunities for process improvement and/or realising cost save.
Must have good analytical skills and a strong attention to detail. The ability to question existing practises/procedures, ensuring efficiency and recognition of streamlining opportunities are all key.
A strong sense of customer service and the abilty to prioritise workload and the expectations of internal clients.
Work well within an extended team environment (on shore and off shore) and take a keen interest in developing the function
Confidence to represent the department at any relevant internal meetings.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Desired

A detailed understanding of, and exposure to, a wide range of markets, products and stakeholders from previous experience of working in an investment bank or broker/dealer environment.
A strong sense/awareness of market developments and initiatives.
Experience in transforming processes for efficiencies and risk management
Confidence to represent the department at any relevant external meetings.
Strong skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint preferred, particularly in Excel VBA/macros to assist in automation and streamlining of processes