Nomura - Analyst/Associate - AeJ Macro Business Management - Global Market

Roles and responsibilities:

- We are seeking a dynamic individual to join the GM CAO - Business Management team, based in Powai, partnering with the AEJ (Asia ex-Japan) GM Business Management team (primarily Macro - Rates and FX 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 Macro Trading 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, wallet-share analysis, hit-miss analysis, client onboarding & engagement 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

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

- 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 GM 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 across various desks and products, 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 and Identity and Access Control.

Skills required:

- 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