Business Control

Tasks

• Responsibility for cost provision.
• Supporting business operations in identifying the most efficient and cost-effective source of business information and forecasts.
• Creation of a series of standard and ad hoc tables for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as part of the business control process.
• Preparing a reconciliation package to ensure that fees (and applicable discounts) for a specific client are accurate across all of Nomura's global locations.
• Generation of client reports by product, trading desk, and client.
• End-User Training on Business Reporting.
• Design and development of dashboard solutions, reports, and user interaction methods.
• End-User Training and Support.
• Collaborate with Business Control and Financial Operations on performance management matters as needed.
• Provision of dedicated business costing for the North American and U.K. operations, including fixed, variable, and transaction costs related to the Clearing & Settlement Services business.
• Ensuring that the relationship between customer activity, transaction pricing, settlement, revenue allocation, bookkeeping, and billing is understood, appropriately controlled, and accurately reported.
• Maximize profits by proactively identifying margin issues, seeking potential solutions, and creating operational efficiencies to support the goals of the front office and finance.
• Reducing operating costs and increasing productivity.
• Development of business case proposals to determine the costs and efficiencies of business operations.
• Aligning financial models and metrics with business objectives.
• Ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations, as well as internal policies and processes.
• Responsibility for the financial and analyst data that supports the Clearing & Settlement Services Desk.
• Leading the development, maintenance, and governance of liquidity reports and risk metrics.
• Monitoring of financial and transaction data for the Business Control team by Business Operations.
• Surveillance, monitoring, and analysis of relevant NT and FMI data by Business Operations.
• Responsibility for financial models and key EUCs (End User Computations/Controls) operated within Business Operations and IT.
• Assuming responsibility for key financial data, analytical models, reporting, and automation.
• Responsibility for all aspects of business and management information.
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders in business, technology, product, and other relevant functions.

Requirements

• Advanced Excel skills and experience in developing and maintaining complex data models.
• Experience in analyzing revenue, costs, invoices, and operating profit, and/or in managing the quality of forecast data.
• Ability to identify and assess the underlying causes of problems.
• Ability to evaluate all options for solving problems and select the best one.
• Ability to propose measures or recommendations.
• Ability to motivate team members by effectively communicating ideas and goals.
• Ability to motivate team members and actively increase productivity.
• Ability to instill leadership qualities in others and foster innovation.
• Promoting inclusion by respecting individual differences from a business and commercial perspective.