Analyst

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

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.

Divisional Overview:

The Corporate finance team performs global and seamless Finance operations including trading and product control, Group financial reporting and disclosure, management information and reporting for decision support, planning and development of financial strategy including funding policies and financial analysis, funding and cash management, tax planning and reporting, investor relations management, and much more. 

Business Overview:

Finance and Capital Reporting (FCR) is a key component of the Finance Department, which has an excellent reputation within the bank and externally. The unit is responsible for ensuring that the firm is adequately capitalised at all times against its risk weighted assets as well as maintaining leverage asset levels under regulatory limits, identifying any threats to the viability of the firm helping the management identify appropriate actions and ensures timely production of key balance sheet metrics as required by regulators. The unit covers areas as follows:

• Group Reporting: Ensuring Financial statements are complete, accurate, prepared in a timely manner, and are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) on a legal entity and a consolidated basis.
• External Reporting: Ensuring regional regulatory returns are produced and submitted timely covering financial statements, capital ratios, leverage ratio and risk weighted assets on monthly / quarterly / annual basis 
• Daily reporting: Ensuring daily production of capital adequacy components such as counterparty credit risk, market risk, large exposure risk, settlement risk, CVA risk, leverage ratios, management balance sheet to Senior management
• Finance Policy: Provide guidance and support to the reporting teams on the interpretation of existing and future accounting and capital requirements.

Position Specifications:

Corporate Title

Associate

Functional Title

Manager

Experience

5-8

Qualification

CA / CFA / FRM is a plus

Requisition No.

9561

Role & Responsibilities:

The role covers responsibilities for running processes and projects in the Finrep team, which forms part of the External Financial and Capital Reporting of the European consolidation group and its regulated subsidiaries. It will include working with colleagues in Mumbai, London, Frankfurt, Paris and Tokyo.

The role will encompass accurate production and timely submission of monthly/ quarterly/ annual regulatory returns stating the financial positions of EMEA entities:   

• Understanding the business model, financial transactions and position of EMEA entities.
• Perform due diligence of the numbers reported by establishing quality controls around the processes.
• Ensuring Financial disclosures are complete, accurate & prepared in a timely manner and are in accordance with applicable GAAP's.
• Liaising with the regional Controllers for financial reporting process.  
• Prepare periodic management review packs and provide analytical commentary for key variances.
• Responding to business / management driven queries & requests.
• Development of monthly/ quarterly MI through new age BI tools such as Alteryx and Power BI.
• Interaction with other teams like IT, Ops, LE Controllers and Legal 
• Driving standardization of process over time, Process efficiency and ensuring focus on added value work.
• Defining business requirements for IT implementation in case of new projects / process enhancements.
• User Acceptance testing of implementation with an eye for identifying gaps under different scenarios

  

The role will be challenging and will provide a variety of responsibilities covering technical, process & interpersonal skill sets.  It will be an excellent opportunity to develop knowledge of regulatory financial and leverage reporting providing a deep insight into financial positions of EMEA entities.   

Mind Set:

Mandatory

Desired

Domain

• Financial services industry exposure / good working knowledge in Financial reporting function with exposure to IFRS and US GAAP
• Capital Market knowledge
• Excellent communication skills & ability to communicate ideas concisely and clearly
• Ability to work in stringent deadlines
• Ability to deliver accurate reports within agreed timelines
• Understanding of financial products 

• Proficiency in bringing issues to closure by keeping all the relevant stakeholders informed.
• Previous experience in Financial reporting / Capital reporting within Investment Banking is preferred
• Self-starter, problem solver and ability to work with minimal supervision

Technical

• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills and ability to learn Finance specific systems
• Inquisitive mind set with ability to challenge the norm

• Working knowledge with Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, Excel VBA macros and SQL and ability to self –learn similar new age IT tools 

Nomura Leadership Behaviours:

Leadership

Behaviours

Description

Element

Exploring Insights & Vision

Comprehensively

analyse the nature

of the problems we

face and set our

focus toward the

future vision

-Gather Intelligence

-Create a vision

-Identify an issue

Making Strategic Decisions

Analyse options and

feasibility to resolve

issues, in making

judgments and

recommendations

-Identify countermeasures

-Assess feasibility

Make a judgment

Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People

 Promotes the vision

and goals to others

in such a way that

inspires commitment

and independent 

contributions

-Influence

-Inspire

-Commit

Elevating Organizational Capacity

Maximize

organizational

productivity through

leadership

development and

engagement

-Have an Ownership in

Own Development

-Support other's

growth

-Encourage

organizational growth

Inclusion

Respect diverse

perspectives and

promote

psychological safety

and the creation of a

risk culture

-Foster psychological

safety

-Encourage the active

participation of all

talent

-Foster a risk culture

The firm is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. The firm and its affiliates 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.

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