Research Professional

Nomura Overview:

Nomura Services, India supports the group s global businesses. With worldclass 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.

Division Overview:

Nomuras Global Markets Division handles client transactions for financial institutions, corporates, governments and investment funds around the world. We act as market makers, trading in fixed income and equity securities, including currencies, interest rates and credit in cash, derivatives and structured products. We have taken marketleading positions across the globe by leveraging the strength of our talent, client relationships and technology.

By developing strong relationships with our client base through consistent interaction, independent advice and preeminent access to Asia, we have built a powerful global franchise.

Business Unit Overview:

Nomura Research is a Worldclass provider of intellectual capital. Research covers Company Analysis, Quantitative Research, Corporate Access Equity Strategy. Nomura delivers Independent research through globally aligned sectors and with a narrow but deep, highquality strategy leveraging dedicated distribution.

Powai (Mumbai) Research division is an integral part of the Global Research Division. It consists of Associates covering various markets, who undertake equity research. The Equity Research team is involved in fundamental research of companies as well as equity strategy research spanning geographies across Asia. The team also comprises, Product Management Group, Supervisory Analysts and the Editorial Production team

In order to further support the business and Nomura s market profile across a broad range of clients, the Asia ex Japan Equity research team is looking to hire an associate to provide Equity Strategy research coverage. The team is looking for an associate who could support the analyst in his work. The team aims to be a top3 provider of research to the firm s focus accounts which are equally spread between institutional investors and hedge funds in all the main financial centers of the world.

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:

Corporate Title

Analyst/Associate

Functional Title

Analyst/Associate

Experience

1 to 3 years

Qualification

Degree in Finance/Economics/CA/MBA or Engineering / Statistics / Mathematics from a premier institute. CFA will be an added advantage

R

• Join as an integral part of Asia ex Japan Equity Strategy research team.
• The role will involve supporting senior analyst based in Singapore.
• The successful candidate will be part of a highlyregarded team with a mandate for research on Asia Pacific equity strategy. The team produces regular written reports on a variety of discretionary subjects with a substantial amount of underlying analysis, and the candidate would be expected to contribute to the reports in terms of idea generation and analysis.
• Work on building financial/quantitative models and strategies for the team, which use company and/or macroeconomic data; maintain these databases on a regular basis.
• Assist in writing full or parts of research reports; Build marketing presentations with the direction of senior analyst.
• Keep an eye on important regional/global news flow, which could likely have impact on equities in the region.
• The candidate should be able to work under pressure and amid tight deadlines and be able to respond to requests from internal and external clients (both fundamental and quantitative) in a flexible manner.
• The role offers the right candidate a potential to develop and grow knowledge of the workings of a financial market.

Mind Set:

Mandatory

Desired

Domain

• Ideally some experience in equity/credit/quantitative research experience which demonstrates superior analytical ability; or demonstrated interest in pursuing financial markets research
• Degree in Finance/Economics/CA/MBA or Engineering/Statistics /Mathematics from a premier institute is mandatory
• Passion in analysing financial/stock markets or understanding
• Tenacity and perseverance to be able to work in fast paced environment
• Should be able to formulate a problem, undertake the required analysis and interpret the results
• Be able to think through complex issues and be comfortable dealing, sometimes, with ambiguity in an effort to find solutions
• Be highly numerate, with exceptional quantitative financial analysis and modelling skills
• Knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PPT
• Should be highly comfortable organising and analysing large amounts of data to find meaningful conclusions

• CFA/CFA candidate/ Master s degree/CA will be preferred
• Some basic programming/ econometrics skills and background (VBA, R, Python) etc. are preferred. The candidate should be open to spend some of his/her time using programming skills to develop and maintain databases to enhance productivity.
• Some experience of financial databases such as Bloomberg, Factset, Thomson Reuters/ Eikon is good to have
• Excellent analytical and communication skills (written and oral) with attention to detail.
• Basic familiarity with reportwriting for a business audience and ability to formulate and articulate views logically
• Be a good team player
• A passion for financial markets. The ability to transfer theory to practice, demonstrated through work experience or financerelated projects/ internships/ modules during course work would be an added advantage
• Have an appetite for topdown research/macroresearch to identify investment themes; and passionate about developing knowledge of Global Markets not only limited to equities, but also potentially rates, FX, commodities, etc

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).