Job Title:IFO-Infrastructure Others

Nomura 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.

Nomura Services, India supports the group’s global businesses. With world-class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support, the firm plays a key role in facilitating the group’s global operations.

At Nomura, creating an inclusive workplace is a priority. Our approach to inclusion encompasses a variety of initiatives, including sensitization campaigns, implementing conducive policies & programs, providing infrastructure support and engaging in community events. Over time, we have made meaningful progress in these areas, and this commitment has been well-recognized across the industry. We are proud recipients of the prestigious Top 10 Employers award by the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI), IWEI Gold Employer of Choice awards, India CSR Leadership Award 2024 for Holistic Village Development Program and the YUVA Unstoppable Changemaker Awards.

Division Overview:

Chief Transformation Office (CTO) provides project management and business analysis support across Nomura’s wholesale banking functions. It is a cross regional and divisional transformation team delivering ‘initiatives’ related to new regulations, implementing new infrastructure, business expansion, product roll outs and introducing banking controls.

Within CTO, Wholesale Front Office (WSFO) team drives technology and business transformation projects for Front Office functions. Within WSFO, Client Initiatives team works on Front-to-Back Mission Critical programmes and act as Strategic Transformation Partners to Client Account Management (CAM), GM Sales, Marketing, Research functions across the Client Lifecycle. Client Initiatives team delivers client lifecycle and client experience change and its portfolio spans client governance, client strategy & analytics and (AI-enabled) client document management; CRM and sales tooling; and client data integration, delivered by a distributed team across India (Powai), London and New York and working closely with Front Office, Operations, Credit and Legal stakeholders.

Role Overview:

• As a Project Manager within the Client Initiatives team, you are responsible for driving projects under the Wholesale Front Office (WSFO) - Client Transformation & Strategy (CTS) Programme and Fusion Programme
• Within CTS Programme, significant project opportunities have been identified to strategically transform Nomura’s Client Lifecycle, to enhance the client experience, and to deliver material efficiency gains and quantifiable returns for Client Account Management (CAM) function
• Key work streams in CTS programme include Client Governance Analytics (CGA), Client Strategy & Analytics (CSA), Client Document Management (CDM), and Fusion projects
• This role will focus on the Client Governance Analytics (CGA) workstream which aims to provide a holistic set of PowerBI dashboards to CAM function to identify financial / non-financial risks and outlier behavior across areas such as Credit Risk, Margin Disputes, Settlement Fails, and Revenue & Volumes
• Within the Fusion Programme, the role focuses on integrated reporting to provide data-driven decision-making capability to monitor the client lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding, including ongoing monitoring for clients who may expose the firm to reputational risk
• This is a global project with stakeholders in all Nomura regions

What We Offer:

• We support employee wellbeing by ensuring a sense of purpose and belonging.
• We offer a comprehensive range of wellbeing services which allows employees to get access to the assistance they need at any point in their wellbeing journey.
• Our bespoke benefits support employees and their family’s holistic wellbeing and are inclusive of diverse identities and family structures.

Position Specifications:

Role & Responsibilities:

Skills, Experience, Qualifications and Knowledge required:

• Previous experience working within Wholesale Banking
• Knowledge of Global Markets and Investment Banking product sets
• Previous experience leading requirements analysis and documentation
• Previous experience of banking business management or change management
• Keen interest in AI tools and vision to use them for instant insights, intelligent workflows and adoption to business needs keeping in mind the need for secure, governed and permission-aware AI platforms
• Ability to engage with stakeholders and manage cross functional projects with varying levels of experience
• Ability to develop impactful written presentations and participate effectively in meetings with senior client staff
• Ability to work under limited supervision (‘self-starter’) in unstructured environments
• Intellectual strength / flexibility to rapidly understand complex problems and rationalise these into a workable solution which can then be delivered
• Highly literate with Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
• Well versed with Project Management Tools like JIRA, Kanban boards, Confluence, Sharepoint build
• Familiarity with different project management and delivery methodologies (e.g. Agile, Prince 2)
• Familiarity experience articulating requirements in the form of Use Case, User Stories and using UML (or other similar structures)
• Desired: Previous Experience with data visualisation tools such as Power BI and Tableau
• Desired: Previous Experience in finance, operations or credit risk change projects
• Desired: Certifications in technical capability are advantageous
• Desired: Post Graduate degree required

Nomura Leadership Behaviours:

We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.

*Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression "Nomura" refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.

*The benefits are subject to change and will be in accordance with Company’s policies as may be applicable from time to time).