VP of Quant Analysis

Company overview
Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit

Department Overview

Nomura's 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 market-leading 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 pre-eminent access to Asia, we have built a powerful global franchise across interest rates, currency and credit products. Our client services cover both high-volume flow products and carefully tailored structured solutions. We have adapted to the changing financial landscape to build a client centric focus differentiated by innovation, electronic and service excellence and market-leading derivatives capabilities.
Nomura provides 24-hour global coverage in the Foreign Exchange (FX) markets. With clients placed at the heart of its strategy, Nomura FX offers the most comprehensive range of FX capabilities through dedicated professionals and market-leading technology in all major currencies and emerging markets. Nomura's main FX trading hubs are in London, Tokyo and Singapore.

Role description:
Nomura seeks to recruit an VP level professional to work in the firm's eFX Electronic Trading team. The role's responsibilities include:

• Quantitative analytics and development of all aspects of FX market making and FX algorithmic trading
• Collaboration with Development Team, working closely to implement ideas into production
• Work with the eSales team to help service their clients' needs whilst building lasting relationships and franchise
• Produce steady revenue stream from market knowledge and responsible idea-driven calibration of pricing and hedging models
• Leverage client flow and market events for the benefit of the client base and Nomura.
• Work to the highest moral code and advancing Nomura's ethics in all areas.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required

• Bachelors' Degree in a quantitative or engineering discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in developing quantitative models for electronic trading of FX Products.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to convey the ideas behind complex research in a clear and precise manner.
• A background in coding with proficiency in Python, Java and relevant quantitative packages (Pandas, scikit-learn, etc).
• Ability to manipulate and analyze complex, large scale, high-dimensionality data from multiple sources. Working experience with high-frequency financial time series is preferred.

Nomura Competencies
Culture & Conduct

• Contributes to desired culture
• Aware of different values / styles
• Maintains own and holds others to high standards of behaviour
• Seeks to develop
• Aware of impact of own strengths / weaknesses
• Learns from experience

Client-Centricity & Business Acumen

• Demonstrates understanding of current market
• Anticipates client needs
• Pays attention to detail, synthesizes accurately
• Sees problems, recommends solutions

Strategy & Innovation

• Articulates own contributions to divisional and firm-wide strategy
• Embraces and balances new / differing ways of thinking / working
• Makes decisions appropriate to their role, knows when and how to escalate
• Knows when / how to compromise
• Responds positively to changing needs and circumstances
• Is able to change direction quickly

Leadership & Collaboration

• Proactively participates in own and others' performance year
• Assists in recruiting and on boarding new team members
• Gives credit to others for positive contributions
• Builds collaborative and productive working relationships
• Provides on-the-job training to colleagues
• Provides and listens to constructive, timely and specific feedback to resolve conflict

Communication & Connectivity

• Adjusts communication style to suit topic / audience
• Balances listening / talking
• Communicates ideas and issues clearly and with consideration
• Questions to understand others' views
• Is a proven and credible resource
• Builds internal network
• Willingly works with others to share information

Execution & Delivery

• Maintains positive commitment to results
• Takes on challenging assignments
• Executes priority actions on-time
• Keeps stakeholders updated, manages expectations
• Persists when confronted with resistance
• Seeks, listens to and accepts feedback

Diversity Statement
Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities, and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation.

DISCLAIMER : This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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