Job Title:  Research

Nomura Overview:

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment 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 supports the group’s global businesses. With world-class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support, the firm plays a key role in facilitating the group’s global operations.

At Nomura, creating an inclusive workplace is a priority. Our approach to inclusion encompasses a variety of initiatives, including sensitization campaigns, implementing conducive policies & programs, providing infrastructure support and engaging in community events. Over time, we have made meaningful progress in these areas, and this commitment has been well-recognized across the industry. We are proud recipients of the prestigious Top 10 Employers award by the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI), IWEI Gold Employer of Choice awards, India CSR Leadership Award 2024 for Holistic Village Development Program and the YUVA Unstoppable Changemaker Awards.

Division Overview:

Global Markets Division in Powai, the front-office team, delivers pricing, modelling and risk management expertise to the Global Markets business. Founded as a center of excellence, the group leads the way in price discovery and portfolio optimization techniques and is integral to the business’ aggressive revenue targets. The team is playing an integral role in structuring, pricing, risk management and new idea generation. Global Markets Division comprises of the following teams: Structuring, Quantitative Investment Strategies, IWM, Securitized Products, BRM trading and GM Front Office Risk

Business Overview

Nomura’s Securitized products team provides clients with a range of service including flow trading liquidity, financing, bespoke solutions, in-depth market analysis, and unrivalled analytics. The team in Mumbai works with counterpart teams in EMEA and US. As a member of the team, you will be responsible for analysis, conducting research, to help our desk. The team assists in identifying and valuing bond-specific opportunities in the Securitization market. The Mumbai team also prepares reports/presentations on the various macroeconomic and regulatory themes that impact the market thereby providing an evolution of the desk’s views regarding the same. Team is looking for a data analyst to assist with deal setup in our firm-wide collateral management system (ProMerit) across multiple asset classes

Position Specifications:

Role & Responsibilities:

• Work closely with Asset Management and Global Middle Office to perform customer and deal structure setup, configuration and maintenance in ProMerit, including:

• Lending account structure with pricing, billing, invoicing
• Account rules setup
  • Collateral group rule for limits and eligibility
  • Collateral valuation rules for borrowing base calculations
  • Collateral pledge rule for feeding account balance to ledger
• Dataset to map client’s funding tape to standardized fields to normalize data for downstream processing and reporting
• Edit check setup for data integrity and validation

• Perform on-going maintenance of customer and deal setup to ensure it is up to date with the latest legal documents
• Produce regular and ad-hoc reports for senior management
• Collaborate with IT application support team on system enhancements, issue resolution, software upgrades, etc.
• Work with Asset Management to prepare collateral data for monthly pricing exercise

• Self-starter and ability to multi-task under pressure and meet various deadlines. Strong team player and a quick learner.

Mind Set:

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.