Nomura

Business Analyst, ETF Focused

Nomura

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $100,000 - $120,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Function as a liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, ensuring requirements are accurately captured, processes are streamlined, and deliverables are aligned with business objectives
  • Facilitate communication, drive efficiency, and help mitigate risks throughout the migration and transformation process
  • Analyze and document current-state and future-state business, identifying gaps and opportunities for improvement
  • Convert business objectives and requirements into clear, actionable specifications for technology teams, ensuring mutual understanding
  • Facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT) and sign-off of migrated applications and processes, ensuring solutions align with business goals
  • Assess and communicate the impact of technology changes on business operations, processes, and roles
  • Develop training materials, conduct training sessions, and provide ongoing support to business users during and after migration
  • Work with business and technical teams to map source and target data structures, ensuring data integrity during migration and define and execute business-level data validation processes post-migration, collaborating with technology teams to resolve discrepancies
  • Proactively identify business risks related to migration, integration, and process changes and implement necessary mitigation strategy
  • Gather and analyze feedback from business users to identify areas for process improvement and optimization and document lessons learned and best practices for future migrations and technology transitions

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, IT, or related field
  • 3-5+ years’ experience with system migrations, data transitions, or similar transformation projects with demonstratable leadership responsibilities
  • Advanced knowledge of and substantiated work within business analysis methodologies (Agile) and industry best practices
  • Proficiency in documentation tools (Confluence, DrawIO for process mapping), data analysis tools (Excel, SQL basics, Aladdin? or specific platforms we are targeting), and project management tools (Jira, ServiceNow, etc.)
  • Knowledge of the Investment Management/Asset Management industry is a plus; knowledge of the ETF space is preferred
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Proven stakeholder management experience across multiple business units
  • Ability to work in fast-paced, changing environments
Benefits
  • Aon’s Benefit Index ® , Nomura’s benefits rank #1 amongst our competitors
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) eligibility
  • Various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
business analysissystem migrationsdata transitionsAgiledata analysisdocumentationprocess mappingstakeholder managementdata validationproblem-solving
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipanalytical abilitiescollaborationrisk mitigationtrainingprocess improvementadaptabilityuser acceptance testingfeedback analysis