Department Overview
Global Markets Technology builds and maintains software solutions used by Global Markets Front and Middle office businesses. The business is spread across EMEA, US, Japan, AEJ, and emerging Markets like India, Brazil, and China. It deals in wide range of products including FX, Rates, Credit, Securitized Products, Equities, Futures & Options, FI/EQ Derivatives, and Prime Services including financing.
The Trade Processing Derivatives and Lifecycle Management team encompassing multiple applications across the FIC (Fixed Income and Currencies) supporting the global trading platforms for trade capture and lifecycle management. The candidate will work in a very collaborative global team to deliver strategic change, enhancements, as well as support to maintain these critical Front Office systems. The team is front office focussed but has stakeholders in Sales, Traders, Finance, Risk, Operations, Regulatory, etc. Due to the core nature of the system, is often central to large firmwide initiatives. The candidate will work very closely in the regulatory reporting aspects of these systems.
Department Overview
Role Overview
The successful candidate will join the Trade Processing Derivatives and Lifecycle Management team, which manages multiple applications across Fixed Income and Currencies (FIC) supporting global trading platforms for trade capture and lifecycle management. This front officefocused role involves collaboration with a global team to deliver strategic changes and system enhancements while maintaining critical front office systems. Candidate will be part of the global BA team in the trade processing stream. The position interfaces with diverse stakeholders including regulatory, front office, middle office and various other teach teams.
Role & Responsibilities
- Requirement gathering, documentation, planning, implementation and release management
- Analysis, data mining, data extraction, investigation of production queries and user queries
- QA/UAT testing, working with QA team and regulatory operations team to ensure releases are well tested, seeking sign off from impacted systems
- Owning and improving functional and regression test pack
- Work closely with dev and QA team in putting together automation
- Work closely with global dev, qa and support teams Work closely with regulatory operations, front office, and crossfunctional IT teams
- Participate in firmwide strategic initiatives
- Support and enhance regulatory reporting frameworks
Skill Set
Essential:
- A committed team player who possesses strong analytical and problem solving skills along with good written and verbal communication skills. Able to work with people across different departments, countries and regions.
- Good communication skills (clear and concise).
- On the feet thinker who can quickly investigate and troubleshoot, if required, production related queries from various stakeholders.
- Ability to think logically and systematically to devise solutions that conforms to already existing system framework.
- Ability to exhibit high level of professionalism in team oriented environment.
Technical:
- Good understanding of SQL and relational databases.
- Good understanding of SDLC and testing practices
- MS Excel ability to write and understand excel functions, macros and perform lookups
- Knowledge of basic UNIX commands
- Basic programming knowledge with handson experience in test automation
Domain
- Exposure to finance domain, capital markets, FX, Rates
- FX business experience, comfortable with key business concepts.
- Risk or pricing experience.
Nomura Leadership Behaviours:
LeadershipBehaviours
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
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
We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We 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.
*Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression "Nomura" refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.
