Job Title:  Sr. Principal CAO

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, (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 / Responsibilities

• Oversight and consolidation CTO forecast and budget and associated commentaries and explains.
• Maintaining multi-year forward cost projections.
• Saves modelling, target management and tracking.
• Review business cases for investment projects.
• Creation of material to support discussions with the business and senior management (budgets, allocations, cost management forums, year-on-year analysis, trends, exit rate projections).
• Ownership of the Infrastructure Service Catalogue configuration and outputs to explain costs to internal consumers.
• Perform analytics to identify budget and forecast anolmalies and drive a culture of responsible budgeting and forecasting with high data quality
• Development of metrics to support internal service benchmarking.
• Partnership with Finance and IT Business Management Shared Services to ensure high quality outcomes and repeatable financial processes.
• Identify opportunities for  improvements, simplification and global standardisation of Financial processes across IT Business Management and Finance.
• Ensure strategic finance related initiatives support the needs of the Chief Technology Officer organisation.
• Assist with ad hoc/day-to-day requests.

Skills & Experience

• Financial Management – proven experience of forecasting and budgeing; thorough knowledge of concepts of Cash, P&L, Capitalisation and Accruals; Ability to analyze and present financial reports
• Tools – Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint and data analytics.Execution – Structured in problem solving approach, analysis, planning and reporting
• Motivation – Sets high standards for self and others with a strong desire to overachieve on agreed objectives
• Stakeholder Management – Team player with good communication skills, able to work effectively with team members

Qualifications:

• Bachelors in Finance, Business administration, Organization Behaviour or equivalent

Equal Opportunity Employer:
 
Nomura is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees (including promotion, transfers, assignments and beliefs). We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, career’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age. Our objective is to attract job applications and applications for development from the best possible candidates and to retain the best people.