VP, Equities Tech: Business Analyst

Nomura; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Nomura is seeking a Business Analyst for Equities in New York to drive agile trading technology solutions. You will translate complex business needs into scalable technical requirements, manage a small development team, and maintain close stakeholder relationships with trading desks.

The role spans Front Office, Middle Office and Technology with responsibilities across requirements, testing, and platform modernisation. A degree and strong equities domain knowledge are required.

Qualifications

• Degree from an accredited university.
• Experience delivering business analysis in equities and owning high-quality requirements docs.
• Exposure to equities models, risk metrics, and lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis for Global Equities strategic initiatives and translate business needs into detailed requirements.
• Collaborate with Front Office, Middle Office and Technology to elicit, define and prioritise requirements.
• Produce BRDs, functional specs, and process flows.
• Analyse existing workflows and identify optimisation opportunities as part of platform modernisation.
• Coordinate with development and testing teams from analysis through testing.
• Manage scope and prioritisation across multiple workstreams.
• Define acceptance criteria and support UAT coordination.
• Build strong relationships with the global Equities business across regions.

Skills

Business Analysis

Equities domain

Requirements docs

Analytical skills

Communication

Project Mgmt

Test strategy

DevOps tools

Target architecture

Global collaboration

Education

University degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Nomura is seeking a Business Analyst for Equities in New York to drive agile trading technology solutions. You will translate complex business needs into scalable technical requirements, manage a small development team, and maintain close stakeholder relationships with trading desks.

The role spans Front Office, Middle Office and Technology with responsibilities across requirements, testing, and platform modernisation. A degree and strong equities domain knowledge are required.