Financial Markets Strategy Associate

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:

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 CAOs are part of AEJ GM Business Management team, plays 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 operating the business. They are the face of business for the various Corporate Functions and are responsible for implementing the business policies.

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 in Hong Kong and Singapore primarily for Securitized Product & Private Credit ‘SPPC’ business.

What We Offer:

• We support employee wellbeing by ensuring a sense of purpose and belonging.
• We offer a comprehensive range of wellbeing services which allows employees to get access to the assistance they need at any point in their wellbeing journey.

Our bespoke benefits support employees and their family’s holistic wellbeing and are inclusive of diverse identities and family structures

Position Specifications:

Corporate Title

Associate

Qualification

MBA (Finance) or CA

Experience

4 - 8 years of relevant experience

Requisition No.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Strategy: Partner with Desk Heads to plan and execute business strategies primarily with India SPPC and will have to travel to India office frequently in a week
• New Product Rollouts: Manage the New Product Approval (NPA) process, ensuring all corporate functions (Risk, Ops, Legal, Compliance) is setup for a new product
• Platform Enhancement: Identify gaps in current infrastructure, drive technology teams to build better tools., including the rollout of new / upgrade platform
• Business Analysis: Independently lead data-driven analysis to monitor business performance and track key initiatives
• Performance Monitoring: Tracking P&L, resource consumption (RWAs, Balance Sheet), and budget vs. actuals
• Policy Governance: Review and update internal policies specifically affecting the India SPPC business
• Stakeholder Liaison: Act as the central point of contact between Front Office (trader, Sales) and Corporate functions (Middle Office, Finance, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Technology, etc.)
• Management reporting: responsible for managing the senior management reporting

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.

• 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

• Partnering withTechnology, Operations, Finance, other Corporatefunctions

• 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:

• 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 strongrelationships 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

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