Nomura - Associate - Credit Structuring

Business Overview:

By developing strong relationships with our client base through consistent interaction, independent advice and pre-eminent access to Asia, we have built a powerful global franchise across interest rates, currency and credit products. Our client services cover both high-volume flow products and carefully tailored structured solutions. We have adapted to the changing financial landscape to build a client centric focus differentiated by innovation, electronic, service excellence, and market-leading derivatives capabilities.

Global Markets Powai team is an extension of regional Global Markets teams supporting Rates, Credit, FX, Securitized Products and Equities. The division in Powai provides support for a range of activities like structuring, quantitative modelling, sales and trading support, pricing and balancing, product development, research and strategy.

In order to further support the EMEA Structured Credit business, we are looking to hire at Associate level. The individual will be part of Global Markets Powai Credit Structuring team that works closely with structured credit trading and structuring functions dealing primarily with EMEA and US regions. Founded as a centre of excellence, the group leads the way in price discovery and portfolio analysis/optimization techniques and is integral to the business' aggressive revenue targets. The team focuses on pricing, modelling, position-keeping, market tracking and trade-idea generation.

Role & Responsibilities:

Do you like assessing value and risk? Do you enjoy presenting and defending your view? Do you enjoy a fast-moving work environment? This is a role where you can expect to be stretched professionally but will enjoy broad exposure and learn a great deal. We're looking for someone like that who can:

- Work in close tandem with global trading desks facing dynamic markets and aggressive deadlines.

- Understand and implement state-of-the-art pricing models in variable scenarios.

- Suggest and actualize innovative product designs.

- Perform trade modelling, strategy selection, and performance analysis.

- Build-up on existing infrastructure to implement new models, and optimal portfolio construction.

- Work closely with sales, traders and structurers to assist in execution of new trades, post trade analysis, position keeping

- Convert financial market knowledge into understandable investment opinions and make relative value recommendations.

- Remain current on market and commercial developments to help frame investment strategies

Mind Set:

Mandatory:

- Strong analytical and problem solving skills

- Experienced at analysing economic and market data, industry trends, issuer credit quality and security characteristics to support investment decisions.

- A strong commercial mentality with an entrepreneurial bias, a willingness to learn and an obsession with detail.

- Inquisitive, independent thinking, an ability to constructively challenge others' viewpoints, and accept constructive challenge of their own.

- An ability to collaborate internally across teams within Global Markets and across divisions.

- The highest standards of professional ethics, leading by example to sustain Nomura's culture.

- Proactive, self-motivated and result-focused

- Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to assess information and make timely recommendations.

- Proficiency in MS Excel & MS PowerPoint

- Working knowledge of Bloomberg

Desired:

- Previous experience/education in credit derivatives and financial analysis, preferably a professional industry qualification such as CFA or FRM

- Strong work ethics.

- Programming skills in VBA, Python