Business Analyst - Cash / Liquidity Management (12-month contract)

Job title: Business Analyst - Cash / Liquidity Management

Role type: Contractor (12 months)

Department: Wholesale Data & Operations Technology

Location: London (Hybrid)

Company overview

Nomura is a financial services group with an integrated global network. By connecting markets East & West, we service the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through our four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Banking

Driven by the insights of some 28,000 people worldwide, we put our clients at the center of everything we do, delivering unparalleled access to, from and within Asia. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

Department overview

Wholesale Data Services and Operations Technology supports two major functions within Nomura -

• It provides foundational architectural solutions for market and reference data that powers Nomura's business. This team is an integral part of Nomura that is responsible for developing and maintaining systems that manage acquisition and distribution of data for the entire organization including front office, middle office, back office, risk, finance and various AI based analytics systems.
• It is responsible for supporting trade settlement and transaction processing technology platform. This team provides day-to-day support for the middle office, operations and regulatory users, and manages vendor and in-house applications. WO IT also owns the applications that provide trade settlement data services to other technology teams from Operations, Finance, Risk, Regulatory and Compliance.

Job Description

The selected person would be a part of the Transaction Services Team - Wholesale Data Services & Operations Technology focusing on the Cash Management and Intraday Liquidity Management platform. The roles and responsibilities are as follows:

• Performing Business Analysis activities working as part of a global team on front to back trade flow lifecycle projects and mandatory deliverables for the Cash Management platform
• Responsibility for delivering strategic changes to implement and optimize Cash and Liquidity management and enable business users to effectively manage funding requirements
• Gathering, agreeing and documenting requirements with Business and Technology stakeholders to produce Business Requirements Documents and Functional Specification Documents
• Conducting functional, technical and data driven analysis to help validate requirements and current/future state process behavior
• Communication, co-ordination, tracking and reporting of key Software Development Lifecycle activities ensuring delivery milestones are met and risks, issues and dependency are proactively managed
• Work with vendors to understand system architecture, liquidity throttling process and plan for implementation.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required

Mandatory Skills

• Strong experience as a Business Analyst with proven delivery track record working on business and technology projects.
• Mandatory knowledge of Financial Products, especially Cash products covering front to back Trade Lifecycle, Operations/Settlements processes, Cash Management and Nostro transfers.
• Experience working with FPML / XML messaging protocols.
• Proven experience in Liquidity management and regulatory mandates.
• Payment throttling experience desirable.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving experience in both business and technical environments.
• Candidate should be a quick learner. Should have demonstrated in the past quick learning capabilities.
• Excellent listening and communication skills (both spoken and written English).
• Must be a team player with prior experience working in a global team.
• Proactive, self-motivated individual who works on their own initiative and is focused on driving process and quality improvements.
• Knowledge and experience to query databases using SQL.
• Working knowledge of Unix.

Desirable Skills

• Project Management and co-ordination skills.
• Working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence.
• SDLC experience in any Continuous Integration and Build environment utilizing JIRA and Confluence.
• Industry exposure to Investment banking.
• Strong background in system upgrades/re-engineering projects.

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

• Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
• Inspire Entrepreneurship in People: Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability: Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
• Inclusion: Respect DEI, foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

Diversity & Inclusion

Nomura is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to ensuring we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve creating an inclusive environment for all our employees.

We welcome all applications and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer