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By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and 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.\nNomura 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 across four international regions.\nAt 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.\nBusiness Overview:\nJBS, Japan Business Services, supports IT application requirements for multiple business lines like Wealth Management, Investment Banking etc. Wealth Management business specializes in providing personalized services to high-net-worth individuals, while Investment Banking business works with corporate clients on their requirements for M&A. These business cater to the needs of our clients by delivering bespoke solutions that leverage our global markets, investment banking, research, trust service and asset management expertise.\nKey Support activities of Wealth Management include:\n- Middle Office Support\n- Reference Data\n- Settlement\n- Onboarding\n- KYC\n- Regulatory reporting\n- Confirmation preparation and sending\n- Statement processing\n- Customer Relationship Managemen\nWhat We Offer:\nWe support employee wellbeing by ensuring a sense of purpose and belonging. \nWe 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. \nOur bespoke benefits support employees and their family’s holistic wellbeing and are inclusive of diverse identities and family structures\nRole & Responsibilities:\nPrimary communication bridge between Japanese and English-speaking stakeholders, including clients, vendors, development teams, and executive leadership\nDefine project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with bilingual stakeholders and develop comprehensive project plans, timelines, resource allocation, and budget management\nGather and analyse complex business requirements from business and document functional and non-functional requirements which include documents like detailed business requirement documents (BRDs) and functional specification documents (FSDs)\nLead the process of requirement gathering, designing and delivering the technical solutions while ensuring alignment with development and business objectives. Own technical implementation of the end-to-end software development lifecycle, including implementation and release management.\nWell versed in Agile way of working with experience in Sprint Planning, Execution etc.\nLead tech team for the UAT, PROD release processes by collaborating with the QA team and regional operations teams (including Japan) to ensure all releases meet quality standards.\nFoster strong collaboration and communication across global development, QA and support teams. Engage with cross-functional IT teams to ensure cohesive project execution and alignment on goals.\nActively participate in firm-wide strategic initiatives, contributing technical expertise and insights to support organizational objectives.\nEnhance and support the JBS IT frameworks, ensuring they are robust and scalable to meet evolving business demands.\nMandatory Skill Set\nFluency in both Japanese and English (speaking, reading, writing, listening) and ability to interpret and translate technical terminology, business jargon, and nuanced concepts accurately between languages along with strong presentation skills in both languages for diverse audiences (technical teams, executives, clients)\nProficiency in Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, and hybrid project methodologies and experience with project management tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project)\nA committed team player who possesses strong technical skills along with good written and verbal communication skills. Able to work with people across different departments, countries and regions.\nGood communication skills (clear and concise).\nAbility to think logically and systematically to devise solutions along with the team\nAbility to exhibit high level of professionalism in team-oriented environment.\nOwnership of technical deliverables for assigned areas.\nDesired Skill Set\nShould have 15 plus years of experience of business analysis in financial market with ability to drive development by guiding developers about business requirements.\nStrong understanding of various financial products like Rates, Credit, FX and Equity along with front to back lifecycle of trades including front office, middle office and back office.\nAbility to organize requirements and break it into small deliverables by a developer.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills required to understand and articulate requirements accurately.\nExperience in Tools like Jira, Gitlab is expected.\nGood knowledge of Regulatory reporting is optional\nJapanese language and culture exposure is preferred but not mandatory.\n*Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. 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