Business Analyst - Equity Derivatives IT (VP)

Business Analyst - Equity Derivatives IT (VP)

Job Title: Business Analyst - Equity Derivatives IT
Corporate Title: Vice President
Division: GMIT Equities

Department / Group: Wholesale IT
Location: London

Company 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.

Department overview:
The firm is searching for top-level talent to fill the role of business analyst in Equity Derivatives IT. The team is a five people team located globally at multiple locations. The position will cover Global clients with focus on EMEA region. The position involves working closely with the global/regional Business Analysis, Project Management, Development, Testing and Support teams across multiple locations delivering front office solutions. Candidate needs to have strong problem-solving abilities and a keen interest in the equity derivatives business. The successful candidate will be a proactive team player with a drive for success and a discipline to meet tight deadlines under pressure.

Role description:

• Gather business requirements by working closely with various business users - trading, operations, finance, risk & back-office technology.
• Documenting requirements and working with development team for implementation.
• Coordinating System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope and on budget.
• Develop project plans and track progress including updates to management and stakeholders.
• Co-ordinate project meetings and report on status across the work streams.
• Mitigate risks and escalate issues to management and stakeholders.

• Degree holder or above, with several years of relevant working experience.
• Excellent communications skills both verbal and written in English.
• Experience with business analyst functions - gathering requirements and documenting them, coordinating User Acceptance Testing, interacting with different business units.
• Ability to examine project needs, business needs, and provide improvements on them.
• Excellent analytical skills, able to perform detailed gap analysis on multiple systems.
• Experience with financial products across various asset classes.
• Experience within the IT Project Life Cycle as well as expert knowledge of Agile project management principles and practices.
• Strong presentation skills, an excellent understanding of Project Management concepts and an ability to champion and challenge these processes.
• Ability to influence key decision makers, peer groups and functions outside direct control, excel in a structured but complex working environment and possess clear presentation skills to delivery programme status providing transparency to sponsors and stakeholders.

• Knowledge of Derivative products will be an advantage.
• Skilled in using MS-Office tools - Excel, Work, Visio and Project.
• Database knowledge and general SQL ability.
• Understanding of cloud computing and infrastructure.
• Development experience in any programming language will be nice to have.

• Understand clients' needs and issues, and provide solutions utilizing Nomura Group company's resources, earn the clients' trust.
• Acquire a wide range of knowledge as an employee of Nomura, instead of focusing only on one's own area of expertise; play a part in improving the company's services level and corporate value.

• Take on new challenges for improvement and cultivate a corporate culture of challenge by driving change in business operations.

• Ensure views are not biased, accept different opinions and perspectives, and collaborate with other members to create common values.

• Provide appropriate guidance to others and act in a manner that places emphasis on the performance and growth of the organization.

• Improve further the understanding and awareness of corporate philosophy, professional ethics, compliance risk management, and code of conduct, and make decisions and take actions from a management position.