Nomura India | FIN_Grp Fin Cntrl_AN

About the team

The Corporate finance team performs global and seamless Finance operations including trading and product control, Group financial reporting and disclosure, management information and reporting for Decision support, planning and development of financial strategy including funding policies and financial analysis, funding and cash management, tax planning and reporting, investor relations management, and much more.

Responsibilities

• The Reporting team is based both onshore and offshore in Mumbai.
• The majority of reporting and a significant proportion of monthly reporting are performed by the team in Mumbai
• The role is in the Financial Control department of Nomura's Finance Division, taking responsibility for running processes for India based Service entities and their holding companies.
• It will include working with colleagues in India, AeJ and Japan region.
• The role involves doing monthly processes, projects & annual accounts.
• This will cover both current reporting processes and support automation wherever possible.
• Monthly and year-end close for US GAAP / Local GAAP Financial Statements.
• Ensuring monthly, quarterly & annual financial statements are complete, accurate, prepared in a timely manner, and are in accordance with respective GAAP of the legal entity.
• Good working knowledge on month end closing process for any Legal entity, financial instruments reporting and disclosure as per US GAAP / Ind AS.
• Understanding cross border transactions between Nomura subsidiaries and ensuring all the Inter Company transactions are reconciled, breaks resolved and gets eliminated upon consolidation.
• Liaising with the entity Controllers and Consolidation group to provide an understanding of financial reporting and month end closing process.
• Needs to understand the Business, Structure and Regulatory Reporting requirements of the Legal Entities assigned.
• Wear-end close for Local GAAP Financial Statements. Liaising with Statutory auditors.
• Ability to work to high degree of accuracy with logical and structured approach.
• Ability to self-review, identify issues and investigate / escalate appropriately.
• Flexibility and the ability to keep pace with ever changing India regulatory environment.
• Ability to embrace new technology and adapt to changing business processes.
• Ability communicate effectively with colleagues and build relationships within the department and across functions.
• Should be able to understand business & structure of the Legal entities assigned to produce variance analysis for movements in financial statements.
• Excellent Analytical and Ind AS knowledge.
• Self-starter, problem solver and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and control minded focus.
• Results focused in a pressurized environment with tight reporting deadlines.
• Organized and methodical with attention to detail.
• Well-developed Excel skills & knowledge of data transformation/ visualization tools (e.g. Tableau/Alteryx).

Requirements

• Financial services industry exposure / good working knowledge in Financial reporting function.
• Proficiency in bringing issues to closure by keeping all the relevant stakeholders informed.
• Excel system skills; New age technology including working knowledge of AI and ability to learn Finance specific systems.
• Experience of process, design and implementation
• CA with 3+ years post qualification experience
• Experience: 3 – 4 years

Nomura

Nomura is a Japanese financial services group, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Tokyo, with a network spanning around 30 countries and regions. Its business is organised into four divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Banking.

In India, Nomura Services India in Powai, Mumbai supports the group's global businesses with teams in financial control and reporting, risk management, operations, research, trading support, compliance, legal and technology. Roles in financial control, product control, regulatory reporting, risk, audit and operations there suit chartered accountants, ACCA and CFA professionals and MBA (Finance) graduates.

• Industry: Global investment banking and financial services
• Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan (Nomura Holdings, Inc.)
• In India: Nomura Services India in Powai, Mumbai, a large centre supporting the group's businesses worldwide, with further offices in Mumbai and Gurugram