Experienced hires
ASSOCIATE, FIXED INCOME DEPARTMENT
Job Description:
Responsible for assisting credit portfolio prods desk in trading, modeling, risk management & daily profit & loss analysis. Will monitor trades, make presentations to clients re Investment Grade, High-Yield, & Equity market analyses, & work w/strategists on global trading desk to determinate arbitrage opportunities in both Options & Tranches by building proprietary models, analyzing cross gamma parameters, running multiple VoD & Intrinsic scenarios. Will engage in risk management, trade monitoring, & trade booking processes. Will research & test valuation models, & analyze risk parameters, util. numerical & stochastic methods in finance, times series analysis, probability & linear regression. Will util. expertise in credit prods in CDX & iTraxx markets, tranches & options, & exotic bespoke prods, to investigate impact of market volatility on structures such as equity & super-senior tranches, options, credit Indices & stock markets. Util. expertise in Excel, VBA, & Bloomberg.
Qualifications / Requirements:
Master’s in Finance or Mathematics & 2 yrs in position offered or 2 yrs as an Analyst. Req’d exp must have incl. exp w/numerical & stochastic methods in finance, times series analysis, probability & linear regression, credit prods in CDX & iTraxx markets, tranches & options, exotic bespoke prods, market analyses for arbitrage models, analyzing cross gamma parameters, running multiple VoD scenarios, & risk management & trade monitoring of books, & trade booking processes. Must also have expertise in Excel, VBA, and Bloomberg. Exp. may be pre- or post-Master’s degree.
FINANCIAL CONTROL ASSOCIATE
Job Description:
We are seeking an associate with 3-5 years of audit experience, preferably with Big Four Public Accounting experience working with financial services clients or work experience in financial services institutions. The Associate will be responsible for internal control over financial reporting and other controls including balance sheet attestation reporting.
The Associate will be an integral member of Financial Control team, and will play a key role in developing and analyzing the control functions for the Americas operations. This person is expected to work independently as well as work with different groups within the CFO organization including Product Controllers and Financial Reporting and other groups within the firm including Internal Audit, Operation and Information Technology.
Responsibilities:
- Financial statement account attestation analysis
- Manual journal entries surveillance
- Coordination with external auditor, Sox compliance team and Internal Audit
- Support of CEO/ CFO certification
- Disaster recovery site compliance
- New account / account change approval and maintain account ownership
- A/P vendor review
Qualifications / Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in accounting or relevant discipline such as finance or business required
- 3- 5 years of prior work experience with Big Four accounting firm or financial services institution
- Excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Strong problem solving abilities
- Must be a self-starter, proactive and strong desire to work in the financial services industry.
- Knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
VP, DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS BANKER
Job Description:
- Liaise with all industry groups on situations involving investment grade debt issuance including general corporate and M&A financing activities
- Experience and understanding of capital raising in global markets, with particular emphasis of the Yen Samurai market; but also of the Sterling, Euro and Swiss Franc markets
- Exposure to all stages of M&A financing, starting with execution planning, to bridge and bank loans, and final take-out bond financing
- Analyze corporate structure and financial statements as well as industry specific materials in order to advise clients on efficient financing solutions
- Monitor and analyze global capital market conditions in order to provide frequent market updates to internal and external clients
- Present financial recommendations, analysis and capital market conditions in client meetings
- Perform debt pricing, cash flow, net present value and liability management modeling for corporate clients
- Participate in deal execution, including assisting syndicate and sales force in solicitation of debt offerings as well as assist in sales memoranda and marketing materials such as management presentations and investor calls
- Handle logistical details associated with offering including coordinating with counsel on documentation and syndicate with the distribution
How to apply:
Please email resume to Human Resources at: nomurajobs@us.nomura.com and mention “DCM Banker” in the subject heading of the email.
TAX ACCOUNTANT
Job Description:
Responsibilities include:
- Tax compliance such as preparation of federal and state tax returns (primarily domestic), quarterly estimated tax calculation, tax return extension, etc.
- Tax accounting such as assisting in monthly tax provision calculation, journal entry posting, running general ledger queries, etc.
- Occasional administrative work such as filing, scanning, copying, mailing, etc.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in either Accounting or Tax
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Access
VP, DEBT CAPITAL MARKETS BANKER
Job Description:
- Liaise with all industry groups on situations involving investment grade debt issuance including general corporate and M&A financing activities
- Experience and understanding of capital raising in global markets, with particular emphasis of the Yen Samurai market; but also of the Sterling, Euro and Swiss Franc markets
- Exposure to all stages of M&A financing, starting with execution planning, to bridge and bank loans, and final take-out bond financing
- Analyze corporate structure and financial statements as well as industry specific materials in order to advise clients on efficient financing solutions
- Monitor and analyze global capital market conditions in order to provide frequent market updates to internal and external clients
- Present financial recommendations, analysis and capital market conditions in client meetings
- Perform debt pricing, cash flow, net present value and liability management modeling for corporate clients
- Participate in deal execution, including assisting syndicate and sales force in solicitation of debt offerings as well as assist in sales memoranda and marketing materials such as management presentations and investor calls
- Handle logistical details associated with offering including coordinating with counsel on documentation and syndicate with the distribution
How to apply:
Please email resume to Human Resources at: nomurajobs@us.nomura.com and mention “DCM Banker” in the subject heading of the email.
SENIOR LEVEL JAVA WEB DEVELOPER (US CORPORATE WEB TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION)
We currently are seeking an Intermediate to Senior Level Java Web Developer for the US Corporate Web Technologies Divsion.
This full-time role is seeking someone who is technically sound in their Java Web Development skills and has a fair understanding of the full trade life cycle.
These are the core competencies we need:
- 5 years J2EE development (JSTL, JSP, straight Java)
- 3-5 years financial experience in middle to back office trade processing/reporting applications.
- 3-5 years experience in Oracle and/or SQL Server
- Ajax knowledge good to have
- ExtJS a plus
This is a FTE role, bonus eligible with benefits.
He/She will be joining a very seasoned team of developers each with over 10-15+ years of financial Web experience.
This is a great opportunity to be part of a team that is helping build a very ambitious firm from the ground up as well as gaining direct exposure to the business from front to back office.
PRODUCTION SUPPORT ANALYST
Overview:
Working for Production Management within Infrastructure Services, a Technology department, to provide high quality support for Middle and Back Office business functions, where Production Management provide 24 X 7 support. Global Team Size 24, Local Team – 4.
Role / Principal Accountabilities:
A Middle Office Application Support position providing System Monitoring and Support, User Support, Ensuring systems are fit for purpose especially for Trade flow, Position, Cash, Reporting, Price, Settlement Systems and intraday and batch processing. Typical tasks involve Proactive Monitoring, investigating reconciliation breaks, trade booking Settlement and payment queries, job failures and general queries and Incident ownership through to completion.
3 Key Objectives critical to success of the role (if applicable):
This role requires strong problem solving skills, user support, good interpersonal skills, the ability to work under pressure, the provision of on call support out of hours and good communication skills. The candidate must be highly motivated and have a proven background of supporting in a high pressure and time critical environment.
Skills & Experience Required:
Understanding of Middle Office investment banking systems
Essential – Unix, basic shell scripting. Good understanding of trade lifecycle.
Desirable – SQL, preferably Sybase
Extra Notes (if applicable):
Ideally, the candidate should have good Settlement workflow knowledge.
This role has a wide user community covering front to back office and developers.
This role involves shift work covering the core hours 7am - 8pm:-
7am – 4pm, 8am – 5pm, 12:00pm – 8:00pm.
This role also involves being on-call 1 week in 5.
There will be some weekend work as when it is required.
We offer a very competitive salary; the range for this position is 90 - 110K along with benefit packages. To apply for a position, please send your resume and cover letter to nomurajobs@us.nomura.com. You must include the name of the position you are applying for in the subject heading of the email for your application to be considered.
Please contact us if you are visiting our offices and require any form of personal assistance or physical adaptations to be provided for your appointment. A member of staff will be happy to help.
FINANCE PRODUCTION SUPPORT ANALYST
Overview:
Working for Production Management within Infrastructure Services, a Technology department, to provide high quality support for Back Office business functions, where Production Management provide 24 X 7 support. Global Team Size – 12, Local Team - 2.
Role / Principal Accountabilities:
A Back Office Application Support position providing System Monitoring and Support, User Support, Ensuring systems are fit for purpose especially for Ledger and associated reporting, Regulatory reporting, Product Control, Pricing and intraday and batch processing. Typical tasks involve Proactive Monitoring, investigating reconciliation breaks, job failures and general queries and Incident ownership through to completion.
3 Key Objectives critical to success of the role (if applicable):
This role requires strong problem solving skills, user support, good interpersonal skills, the ability to work under pressure, the provision of on call support out of hours and good communication skills. The candidate must be highly motivated and have a proven background of supporting in a high pressure and time critical environment.
Skills & Experience Required:
Understanding of Finance/Back Office investment banking systems
Essential – Unix, basic shell scripting. Good understanding of basic accounting principles.
Desirable – SQL, preferably Sybase
Extra Notes (if applicable):
Ideally, the candidate would have worked in a back-office environment before.
This role has a wide user community covering front to back office and developers.
This role involves shift work covering the core hours 7:30am - 7pm:-
7:30am – 4:30pm, 10am – 7pm
This role also involves being on-call 1 week in 5.
There will be some weekend work as when it is required.
We offer a very competitive salary; the range for this position is 90 - 110K along with benefit packages. To apply for a position, please send your resume and cover letter to nomurajobs@us.nomura.com. You must include the name of the position you are applying for in the subject heading of the email for your application to be considered.
Please contact us if you are visiting our offices and require any form of personal assistance or physical adaptations to be provided for your appointment. A member of staff will be happy to help.
PEOPLESOFT GENERAL LEDGER SUPPORT ANALYST
Knowledge of PeopleSoft Financials 8.8 with 3 -6 years of functional experience in the following areas:
- Responsible for the investigation and clearing of daily suspense items
- Perform system maintenance for all chartfield values and tree structures
- Define and maintain combo edit rules
- Assist with the Year-End Closing process
- Design and update queries using Reporting Tools/SQL
- Review and analyze System to System reconciliations
Also, experience with AP, AM and PO would be helpful and has worked in a multi-currency environment.
Education: BS/BA in Accounting/Finance
Salary and title is opened based on experience.
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, PRICING ANALYST, FINANCE
The main responsibilities of the position include performing an independent verification of desk prices for various types of Agency and Non-Agency structured securities. This process occurs on a monthly basis, but a review of trading activity and related pricing will be a continuous process. Additional duties to be performed will include the preparation of a monthly summary report for senior management.
Primarily fixed income products:
Agency CMO tranches, including PACS, TACS, floaters, inverse floaters, IOs/POs
Pass-through’s & TBA securities
Non-Agency MBS, CMBS and ABS
The primary job requirement would be to perform an independent review of the positions held by Nomura's Securitized Products Desks. This will include using third party sources for price verification, but “hand-pricing” will occur in many cases utilizing Bloomberg, INTEX, Blackrock AnSer or other models. There will be situations where the pricing analyst will need to review cash flows and assumptions in developing an opinion of the reasonableness of the value of a security. The candidate needs a basic understanding of pricing methodologies, including knowledge of the assumptions for pricing the products listed above.
The person would sit within the Finance group, but will interact with Market Risk and the Trading Desk.
Skills Required
Seeking a motivated individual with working knowledge of securities pricing, Excel, PowerPoint and strong computer skills. Familiarity with Bloomberg and INTEX would be very useful. Experience in analyzing cash flow-based valuation models and the ability to analyze/estimate sensitivity of model parameters to pricing is a plus.
This position requires good interpersonal skills and an ability to work with both trading areas and support functions.
Education and Experience
Candidate should have Bachelor Degree (preferably in a quantitative field or Economics) with up to 3 years of experience in a pricing role.
Leveraged Finance Group / Investment Banking
Location: New York, NY
Job Type: Full time First- and Second-Year Analysts
Description: We are looking for full time First- and Second-Year Analysts to join our Leveraged Finance team. Nomura’s Leveraged Finance Group offers its clients expertise in financing solutions and execution across various industries. Clients include most of the top tier financial sponsors and corporations with ratings below investment grade. Leveraged financings (High Yield bonds and Leveraged Loans) are marketed to a wide range of investors.
Responsibilities:
- Provide day-to-day support for the team’s business including comps, client presentations, weekly commentary, deal execution and transaction analysis
- Work with internal partners (investment banking, global finance, credit, legal, and other internal product areas) to create bespoke solutions
- Generate and present ideas at client meetings alongside senior bankers
Requirements:
- Minimum of 1 year of Investment Banking or Credit Risk (or equivalent)
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Have excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to work hard as part of a team in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with corporate balance sheets and business models
How to apply:
Please email resume to Human Resources at: nomurajobs@us.nomura.com and mention “Leveraged Finance Analyst” in the subject heading of the email.
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