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Job Title:  Structuring

Job Code:  8260
Country:  IN
City:  Mumbai
Skill Category:  Global Markets
Description: 

Nomura Overview:

 

Nomura is an Asia-headquartered financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant 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.

 

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:

 

Corporate Title

Associate

Functional Title

Associate

Experience

2+ years of experience in Securitisation Market covering ABS/RMBS/CMBS in European or US markets

Qualification

Bachelor's or Master's degree (Good to have: CFA/FRM)

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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:

 

 

 

 

Key Skills:

  • Prior experience in US or EU Securitization market covering ABS/RMBS/CMBS sectors
  • Strong understanding of financial markets and investment concepts
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Creative problem solver; works well in a team
  • 2+ years of work experience as a data analyst or programmer
  • 2+ year of knowledge of Database SQL including skills including queries and stored procedures
  • 2+ years of Python/R
  • Knowledge of Tableau or similar visual analytics platform is a plus

      

General Competencies

  • Fast learner and Enthusiastic to learn about Securitized Products
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Self-motivated and proactive with a positive attitude and strong work ethic
  • Able to prioritize the workload and use time efficiently
  • Demonstrated experience in handling large datasets including data cleansing, data ingestion, validation and normalization.
  • Strong data presentation and visualization skills

 

 

 

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