Liquidity business analyst in treasury

The Business Analysts (BA) in the Treasury COO team are based onshore and offshore. The BA process involves regular project updates (daily/weekly) and monthly change control governance. The BA team are responsible for the gap analysis, requirements gathering, solution design, UAT and documentation of data and calculation system changes and transformation. The role is in the Treasury COO BA team, which forms part of the Treasury department of Nomura's UK Finance Division.

• Lead front-to-back data and systems change and transformation for Treasury from data and calculation as well as from a reporting perspective, including taking necessary operational decisions and integration with other departments
• Ensure changes are standardised and aligned for both internal and regulatory liquidity reporting
• Support end to end testing (Dev, SIT & UAT)
• Prepare, present and recommend items for approval in technical design and data governance forums as well as Global Liquidity SteerCo including supporting artefacts as required
• Engage with Liquidity policy and reporting SMEs, RRP (Recovery Resolution Programme), FiR (Funding in Resolution) team and FLM (Funding & Liquidity Management) team based in numerous locations globally
• Work closely with upstream data providers to identify trusted data, validate and analyse any data changes & resolving data quality issues
• Advancing tactical and strategic data quality remediation & validations holding upstream providers to account
• Perform analysis into data quality issues root causes and new product / business process, ensuring all downstream implications are understood and supporting effective prioritisation
• Monitor data quality controls associated with the inputs and outputs from the risk systems (this will include investigation of issues and reporting against the firm’s KRI framework)
• Supporting product SMEs in identifying the trusted source of data for liquidity reporting purposes, agreeing and checking mitigating controls with manual data providers
• Build strong relationships with various departments including Front Office, Product Control, Risk, Legal, IT and Senior Management across the bank

• Liquidity experience gained in an Investment banking environment performing front-to-back data and system change and transformation
• Knowledge of PRA (UK Basel 3) & EBA (CRRII) Liquidity reporting rules (LCR, NSFR, ALMM, Asset Encumbrance, TWD, RRP, FiR)
• Investment banking product knowledge (specifically Secured/ Unsecured Financing transactions & Derivatives) including front-to-back trade lifecycle knowledge and an understanding of their impact on Liquidity reporting
• Ability to connect data to liquidity risk management
• Ability to understand and challenge the detail
• Strong analytical/numerical/problem solving/investigative skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excellent organisational and planning skills, with proven track record of delivery
• Strong documentation skills (e.g. JIRAs, Confluence, Github), promoting concise and clear written deliverables
• Exceptional drive, motivation and commitment and focus in operational excellence
• Good IT Literacy, with a strong Data Analysis skillset
• Familiar with Investment Banking systems and data management techniques
• Results focused in a pressurised environment with tight project deadlines
• Ability to work to high degree of accuracy with logical and structured approach
• Ability to self-review, identify issues and investigate / escalate appropriately
• Willingness and ability to learn new tools (in-house and external) and deep dive into underlying codes/scripts/data
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and to build relationships within the department and across functions
• Ability to document effectively key processes
• Будет плюсом: Familiarity with JFSA Basel III Liquidity rules would be a distinct advantage; Familiarity with big data analytics/business intelligence tools (e.g. Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx) and data frameworks (e.g. Hadoop, MAPR, MinIO) would be a distinct advantage; Familiarity with coding tools (e.g. Python, SQL) would be a distinct advantage

• Job Type: Temporary (PAYE)
• Contract Duration: 9 Months