Nomura jobs - Global Markets - Equity Research Analyst

Nomura Overview:

Nomura is an Asia-headquartered 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. 

Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.

Divisional overview:

Global Markets Powai team is an extension of regional Global Markets teams supporting Equities, Securitized Products, Rates, FX, and Credit. The division in Powai provides support for a range of activities like research, quantitative modelling, sales and trading support, pricing and balancing, product development and strategy. Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business

Business Unit Overview:

Nomura Research is a World-class provider of intellectual capital. Research covers Company Analysis, Quantitative Research, Corporate Access & Equity Strategy. Nomura delivers Independent research through globally aligned sectors and with a narrow but deep, high-quality strategy leveraging dedicated distribution.

Powai Research division is an integral part of the Global Research Division. It consists of Associates covering various markets and asset classes, who undertake equity research. The Equity Research team is involved in fundamental research of companies as well as equity strategy research spanning geographies across Asia. The team also comprises the Research Operations team, Product Management Group and the Supervisory Analyst, Editorial & Production team

In order to further support the business and Nomura’s market profile across a broad range of clients, the Asia ex Japan Equity research team is looking to hire at the Analyst level to expand the coverage in the Consumer & Healthcare sectors. The team is looking for an analyst who could support the team in its work. The team aims to be a top-3 provider of research to the firm’s focus accounts which are equally spread between institutional investors and hedge funds in all the main financial centers of the world.

Role & Responsibilities:

•  Join as an integral part of Asia ex Japan research team.
• The role will be based out of Nomura’s Powai-Mumbai office and will involve supporting senior analyst based in Thailand.
• Work on building financial models of companies and maintain these earnings and valuation models as well as industry databases on a regular basis.
• Track and report important regional/global news flow/ events which could likely have impact on the stocks under coverage.
• Assist in research production process.
• Build marketing presentations with the direction of senior analyst.
• Initially, the role will be modelling and database heavy. Over the period of time, the candidate is expected to assist in writing full or parts of the research report(s).
• The role will also require travel to the Thailand office.

Mind Set

Mandatory Skill Set :

•  Strong knowledge of accounting, financial statement analysis and security valuation
• Excellent analytical and communication skills (written and oral) with attention to detail.
•  Understanding of equity markets and a passion to analyse financial/stock markets
•  Solid analytical skills, including ability to perform data analysis
•  Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PPT
• Good research writing skills

Desired Skill Set

•  CFA/CFA candidate will be preferred
• Some experience of financial databases such as Bloomberg, Factset, CEIC, Thomson Reuters/ Eikon is good to have
• Distinctive academic record: consistently highly graded within the peer group
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines; multitasking
• Ability to formulate and articulate views logically

Experience -0-3 years

Qualification MBA from Top tier / CA/ CFA will be an added advantage