Global Markets

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:

Nomura's Global Markets Division handles client transactions for financial institutions, corporates, governments and investment funds around the world. We act as market makers, trading in fixed income and equity securities, including currencies, interest rates and credit in cash, derivatives and structured products. We have taken market-leading positions across the globe by leveraging the strength of our talent, client relationships and technology.

Business Overview:

Global Markets (GM) Powai team is an extension of regional Global Markets (Front Office) teams supporting Equities, Securitized Products, Rates, FX, and Credit. The division in Powai provides support for a range of activities like research, quantitative modelling, sales and trading support, pricing and balancing, product development and strategy. Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business

The Business Management/ CAO team in Mumbai is a key business unit within the GM division. It houses a number of extended teams for various regional functions such as AEJ & EMEA GM Business Management, GM Digital Office (GMDO) CAO, Client Account Management and Strategy (CAMS), GM Control Office (GMCO), International Wealth Management (IWM) BM & Control Office, and Senior Relationship Management (SRM). All the sub teams are an integral part of the broader Business Management / CAO / respective teams with their principal centres in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Tokyo, New York and Mumbai.

This particular role is within the AEJ GM Business Management. The Business Managers play a strategic role in delivering the Global Markets business agenda. They work extensively with Business Heads to drive their strategy, execute the business plans and run the floor. They are the face of business for the various Corporate Functions and are responsible for implementing the business policies.

Position Specifications:

Corporate Title

Associate

Qualification

MBA (Finance) or CA

Experience

5 – 8 years of relevant experience

Role & Responsibilities:

▪ We are seeking a dynamic individual to join the GM CAO - Business Management team, partnering with the AEJ (Asia ex-Japan) GM Business Management team (primarily Securitized Product & Private Credit ‘SPPC’ Business Management)

▪ The individual will play a key role in liaising with Desk Heads and traders in formulating and executing product strategy, platform enhancement, business analysis and new product roll outs for the AEJ SPPC Trading business.

▪ The individual will be closely working with India SPPC team which will be a key stakeholder and will also be travelling frequently (weekly) to India office

▪ The individual will be involved in policy review / updation impacting India SPPC business

▪ The individual will be expected to independently lead business analysis, project implementation and communication with senior stakeholders with minimum to no supervision from regional stakeholders.

▪ The individual will assume day-to-day responsibilities which will contribute towards business management, performance monitoring, managing infrastructure/ processes which support AEJ GM as well as driving key business initiatives that are critical for the growth and day to day operation of the franchise

▪ The role would require working with all the functions in the GM space – Sales, Trading, Structuring, and Research and with all the Corporate functions.

Key Responsibilities:

▪ Strategic Business Analysis, Management Presentations

- Independently drive strategic initiatives with Product / Sales Desk Heads with data-backed actionable insights focusing on dimensions like revenue trends, product & segment penetration, etc.

- Prepare management presentations to summarize revenue, expenses, resource consumption and other management reporting metrics

- Prepare periodic business summaries covering financial metrics as well as business commentary for Senior Management

- Prepare presentations for senior management board meetings, off-sites, town Halls

- Cover cross-divisional and regional franchise initiatives like feedback surveys, designing and maintenance of sales and trading scorecards and other strategic initiatives.

- Ensure timely and accurate responses to any ad-hoc business requests / business planning and reviews arising from Desk heads / Senior Management.

▪ Stakeholder Management

- Proactive in working with Regional COOs and Business Heads

- Crisp and concise communication with all stakeholders

- Strong sense of ownership and dedication towards timely deliverables

▪ Owning and Driving key business initiatives to achieve business objectives

- Setup appropriate infra and support systems to monitor progress

- Coordinate with various corporate functions to ensure seamless execution

- Own the New Product Launch process collaborate with all corporate functions to ensure successful launch of new business initiatives.

▪ Partnering with Technology, Operations, Finance, other Corporate functions

- Own day to day issues pertaining to various corporate functions and ensure closure

▪ Control and Conduct

- Owning Audit points and business continuity management (BCM) plan for the unit

- Expense approval, expense management and tracking

- Ownership of control process like Trading Book Access, Profile Maintenance, etc.

Mind Set:

Mandatory

▪ Prior experience in India Illiquid Credit / Loans / Lending space

▪ Prior experience of driving initiatives in Global Markets space and experience of working on cross-functional projects

▪ Good Knowledge of Capital Market products and asset classes (Fixed Income, Equities, Forex, Derivatives)

▪ Excellent interpersonal & communication skills; ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders at senior levels

▪ Strong Analytical and Problem solving skills

▪ Good project management skills - planning, coordination/ execution, stakeholder mgmt

▪ Ability to prioritize high volumes of deliverables across multiple disciplines working under pressure

Desired:

▪ Is entrepreneurial and independent; self-starter, takes ownership, exhibits integrity, strong motivation and attention to detail

▪ Ambition and enthusiasm to succeed in this challenging role

▪ Prior experience in strategy roles and/or driving initiatives in Global Markets space and working on cross-functional projects would be an added advantage

▪ Knowledge of Business Intelligence tools like Power BI, Tableau etc. would be an added advantage