JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title : Trade NPE - Project Manager/Business Analyst

Corporate Title : Contract

Department : Chief Transformation Office

Company overview :

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Investment Management. 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.

Department overview:

The CTO function oversees group-wide transformation on strategically important, mission critical projects for the firm. We're aligned to our key businesses across the group and operate to global standards and governance across our programs. Our purpose is to support Nomura's business strategy and deliver consistent group-wide transformation based on common operating principles.

Role description:

The Wholesale Front Office Change team leads and drives strategic initiatives and transformation programs across the CTO function to support Nomura's business strategy and deliver consistent group-wide services.

The role is aligned to the Trade NPE initiative which is a strategic priority for the Global Markets Business to reduce and control Trade NPE.

Project Objectives:

- Develop Trade NPE governance framework for Markets which includes representatives from Markets business leadership & key support functions.

- Unlock meaningful savings opportunities through multiprong strategy - including negotiations, demand management & improved controls.

- Implement initiatives that rationalize business activities, create cost management function & deliver meaningful savings / improve business profitability

- Challenge organization through use of business KPIs and rigorous review process/cycle.

- Provide project management structure around enhancing system data and projects to design new controls & increase business management reporting.

Scope:

- Work in conjunction with TNPE Team, Finance and Digital Office to design the strategy for the implementation of a reconciliation and payment control function for TNPE spend, which will also be utilised for accruals at a trading book level

- Communicate strategy to TNPE lead and senior management, adhering to CTO project management standards

- Assist TNPE team with technical assistance such as documenting current workflows, troubleshooting Nomura system inefficiencies and working with vendors to understand their data offering

- Highlight areas of inefficiency through data analysis, and look to drive awareness of these items to senior management

- Create a robust suite of MI that can be accessed by stakeholders together with KPI/KRI indicators and exception reporting

- Design workflows for alerting trading desks when they hit a cost milestone in a trading period that would influence their trading decisions

Requirements:

- 5-10 years' experience of working in a global bank with exposure to order management, execution channels, operational workflows and financial accounting

- BA mindset with experience in documenting change requirements, and driving the changes through to production environments working with multiple stakeholders

- Good understanding of Rates, FX and Equity products across global jurisdictions

- Ability to work independently and integrate into the wider TNPE team dynamic

- Excellent communication skills to be able to dictate the strategy and lead product development

- Ability to challenge the current state, and work collaboratively with other Nomura project teams

- Each day is different, so ability to be able to multi-task essential

- Knowledge of vendor charging mechanisms and rate cards desirable

Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities, and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation.

DISCLAIMER: This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.