Financial Control – Business Analyst – contract recruitment
Financial Control – Business Analyst - contract
Overview:
Nomura is a leading financial services group and the pre-eminent independent investment bank with worldwide reach. Backed by a strong balance sheet, we offer unrivalled asset raising abilities and have a proven record of delivering value for our clients.
We offer a broad range of innovative services tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients. In many cases our pioneering spirit creates new and differentiated solutions, but always with the reassurance that this is underpinned by a global intelligence network, knowledge and depth of experience in the financial markets.
Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in London, Hong Kong and New York, we have offices in over 30 countries and employ more than 25,000 people worldwide. In October 2008 we acquired the Lehman Brothers franchise in Asia as well as its equities and investment banking businesses in Europe and the Middle East. Our combined businesses make us a leader in global investment banking.
Department overview:
Financial Control is a key component of the Finance Department, which has an excellent reputation within the bank and externally. We pride ourselves on our professionalism. A willingness to constantly question established processes, and strive for improvements is actively encouraged, leading to an ever changing and exciting environment. Nomura presents a unique opportunity to learn and gain experience of a broad range of products and business lines within a supportive setting and surrounded by skilled professionals.
Role/principal accountabilities:
Nomura will need to comply with the new FINREP requirements and requires a Financial Control Business Analyst to help identify the data requirements documenting business requirements as well as executing user acceptance testing needed for the new reporting regime which is expected to be effective in 2013.
At the same time Nomura is investing in a new Strategic Regulatory platform and the Financial Control Business Analyst will need to be involved in this project as well as implementing the new FINREP requirements into the strategic platform.
Financial Control Business Analysts are key to the project group working to successfully implement the agreed project scope within budget and timelines.
3 key objectives critical to success of the role:
- Identifying data gaps needed to fulfil FINREP reporting documenting business requirements for sign off.
- Providing regulatory SME support to technical team and reviewing functional specifications.
- Developing and executing test cases generating expected results for Testing
Skills and experience required
- Experience within an Investment Bank. Experience can be either from a line function (i.e. Financial Control/Regulatory Reporting) or from a Control/Operational Risk/Internal Audit function would be an advantage.
- Good understanding of UK banking regulatory reporting requirements and related processes
- Proven track record of process and control design and implementation
• Previous project management experience. Exposure to all phases of a project, from requirements gathering to testing and implementation
- Strong front-to-back trade lifecycle knowledge
- Conversant with investment banking systems and data management techniques
Knowledge required (e.g. product, systems):
- MS Office applications
- FSA Returns - essential
- FINREP and COREP - advantageous
The UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers from outside the EEA coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we are able to consider applications from overseas workers from outside the EEA ( who require a Tier 2 (General) visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that there are no other suitable candidates for this vacancy from inside the EEA.