Business Analyst - Equities

Job Title: Business Analyst - Equities Department: Group Technology Corporate Title: Vice President Location: New York   The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $160,000 and $190,000 annually. * (see below footnote for additional compensation and benefits information).   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

Aon’s Benefit Index®, Nomura’s benefits  rank #1  amongst our competitors     Division Overview: Global Markets Technology builds and maintains software solutions used by Global Markets Front and Middle office businesses. The business is spread across EMEA, US, Japan, AEJ, and emerging Markets like India, Brazil, and China. It deals in a wide range of products including FX, Rates, Credit, Securitised Products, Equities, Futures & Options, FI/EQ Derivatives, and Prime Services including financing.   GMIT London team is an integral part of the global team - which is spread across US, UK, Tokyo, Singapore, HK, India and China. It works in partnership with the regions to deliver technology solutions to the GM business, which are prioritised in the Global Book of Work. This team serves key business functions such as Pricing, Sales & Research (Pre-Trade), Electronic Trading, Client & Exchange Connectivity (Trading related), Trade Capture & Workflow, Trade Life Cycle Management (Post-Trade), MIS (pre and post trade analysis), Position, Risk Management and P&L (real-time, intraday and EOD), Interfaces to Corporate Settlement, Risk and Finance systems.                 Role Description: Role Summary: Lead the development and delivery of agile trading technology solutions for Prime and Equities desks. Responsible for translating complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions while managing a small development team and maintaining direct stakeholder relationships with trading desks.   Key Responsibilities: This role sits within the  Equities Technology Team , part of Global Markets Technology, supporting the Equities Risk platform—currently undergoing significant modernisation and enhancement program. The team builds and maintains software solutions for Equities Global Markets Front and Middle Office businesses. With developers located across major financial centres (US, UK, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and India) and Business Analysts distributed globally.   This is primarily a Business Analyst role with some project management responsibilities. The successful candidate will lead the analysis, definition, and documentation of business requirements for strategic Equities Risk initiatives, while also providing project oversight and reporting to support programme delivery.   Key Responsibilities:

Business analysis for Global Equities strategic initiatives, translating business needs into detailed, well-structured requirements Partner with stakeholders across Front Office, Middle Office, and Technology to elicit, define, and prioritise requirements Produce comprehensive business requirements documentation, functional specifications, and process flows Analyse existing workflows and identify opportunities for improvement as part of the platform modernisation Partner with development and testing teams to ensure a detailed understanding of requirements and design from analysis through development to testing Manage scope and prioritisation of workstreams driven by