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Nomura is an Asia-based financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Asset 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.
Nomura seeks to recruit an Associate level professional to work in the firm’s eFX Electronic Trading team. The role’s responsibilities include:
Electronic Market Maker for Spot FX, NDF, Forwards and Swaps to the Nomura global client base and all internal Nomura departments.
Quantitative analytics and development of all aspects of FX market making and FX algorithmic trading
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 of experience in trading FX Products.
Minimum of 2 years of experience in quantitative research or trading
Minimum of 2 years of experience in coding in Python, or Java or relevant quantitative packages such as Pandas or scikit-learn.
Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts in written and verbal formats to internal and external stakeholders
Ability to manipulate and analyze complex, large scale, high-dimensionality data from multiple sources.
Working experience with high-frequency financial time series is preferred.
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
Pays attention to detail, synthesizes accurately
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
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
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
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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.
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