We are a leading professional services firm dedicated to supporting Financial Institutions and Large Corporations in improving and excelling data management and business analytics.
Our elite team of functional and technical experts is focused on the convergence of Enterprise Performance Management, Data Management, Risk Analytics, Business Intelligence and CRM.
We believe in the power of connected data. We understand the data supply chain from where it begins to the many ways it can be consumed and flow throughout the organisation, whether it is internal data, external data, digital data, syndicated data, structured and unstructured data.
We see technology as a great enabler for driving business results. We fully embrace cloud computing and the innovation that is occurring in big data so that you can move faster.
Our software partners (Moody’s Analytics, ASG, and IBM) are the category leaders and together we are revolutionising how our clients are using business analytics.
We are creative problem solvers. The more challenging the work the better. The more messy the data the better. We are your partner to turn unruly data into insight for better, faster decision making.
Our Management Team
- Ph.D. in Financial Econometrics and Credit Risk Modelling Techniques at RMIT
- Master of Applied Finance at Melbourne University, and Specialisation School in Banking at Rome University “La Sapienza’.
- Member of the PRMIA – Professional Risk Manager International Association, and GARP – Global Association of Risk Managers
- Speaker at various international conferences on risk management issues, modeling techniques and regulatory compliance.
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Experience and Accomplishments
- Worked for Moody’s Analytics throughout Europe for six years implementing credit risk models and stress testing frameworks in banks in South Africa, Italy, Spain, France and UK.
- Worked at Capitalia Bank Group (now Unicredit) for five years in a variety of roles. These included the designing, developing and validating internal risk rating models; establishing single name, segment, industry and regional limits; and building other econometric models, for provisioning purposes.
- Bachelor of Information Systems at Swinburne University of Technology
- Business Analysis Essentials at PM Partners
- Accredited Practitioner in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
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Experience and Accomplishments
- Worked for Moody’s Analytics for over five years implementing Fermat CAD and project managing the implementation of Risk Authority at ANZ Bank, the largest customisation project in Asia-Pac for RAy.
- Extensive onsite consulting and implementation experience in Australia and the UK in large Tier1 financial institutions including; HSBC Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), American Express , Travelex, FirstRate Exchange Services, ANZ Bank in Melbourne
Education / Certifications
- Masters in Computer Applications (MCA, Computer Science), Osmania University
- Bachelor Degree in Computer Applications (BCA, Computer Science), Nagarjuna University
- Financial Risk Management (Credit, Market, Operational Risks)
- Basel II & III (RWA, CVA, ICAAP, Stress Testing, Simulation )
- Regulatory Capital and Economic Capital optimisation
- Database development and tuning
- Data analysis and systems implementations
- Moody’s Analytics / Moody’s KMV
- Oracle Financial Services
- Sonata Software
- Worked for Moody’s Analytics supporting and implementing the Risk Authority credit risk platform in the largest implementations in the Asia-Pac Region.
- Played a key role in the Next-Gen program at National Australia Bank; Implementing GL Recon, FTP, Credit Risk and Regulatory Reporting modules.
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Education / Certifications
- Graduate Certificate of Computer Engineering at RMIT University
- Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering at Swinburne University
- Bachelor of Science (Physics) at Melbourne University
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Experience and Accomplishments
- Supported large Tier 1 Financial Institutions and large corporations globally with names that include Royal Bank of Scotland, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, HSBC Private Bank, AMEX Australia, Telstra/Qantas, IBM GSA and Holden.
- Has extensive experience in data migration, SQL optimisation, and systems integration in the finance industry.
Education / Certifications
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance, ICFAI Business School, Chennai
- Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics & Instrumentation, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
- NCFM Certification in Commodities Derivatives Module, National Stock Exchange of India, Mumbai
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Experience and Accomplishments
- Experienced Business Analyst with extensive knowledge of Data Analytics and Business Modelling, and ability to translate functional requirements into technical documentation.
- Extensive experience in implemented various regulatory reporting solutions across different geographical region (UK, US and APAC).
- Expertise in Lending and Financial Markets, and in implementing RWA calculation and other KPIs/measures for Credit Risk, Market Risk and Operational Risk.
- Managed successfully the migration of COREP, FINREP & Pillar III projects, and in setting up Change Management Centre of Excellence team in Chennai.
Robin has more than 12 years Information Technology experience, of which 10 years were in the financial services sector specialising in Financial and Regulatory risk management and origination. He has proven experience in software systems architecting, development and deployment as well as conducting user workshops and trainings.
Education / Certifications
- Masters of Science in Applied Finance at Nanyang Business School, NTU (Singapore)
- Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic and Electrical (Computing), Sheffield University (UK)
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Experience and Accomplishments
- Worked at Moody’s Analytics for over ten years developing and implementing Fermat/Moody’s Analytics Risk Foundation suite of products(including Fermat CAD/MA RiskAuthority, RRT). Served as subject matter and product expert to support pre-sales, implementation and customisation to MA clients across Asia Pacific including ANZ, HSBC, Stanchart, BoC, OCBC, TMB etc.
- Pioneered Oracle R&D center in Asia Pacific and provided ad-hoc/premium consultancy to Oracle customers on critical projects that require deep technical troubleshooting skills.
Education / Certifications
- Bachelor of Technology (B.TECH) in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Delhi, India.
- Oracle certified in Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure (OFSAAI.)
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Experience and Accomplishments
- Extensive experience in managing, handling and operating the monthly RWA (CRE) and CP (IFRS9) processes at National Australia Bank.
- Provided technical support for various core banking systems including Funds Transfer Pricing, Credit Risk Engine, and to the implementation of IFRS9 at ANZ Banking Group.
- Participated to the Next-Gen Program at National Australia bank, including Project transition, technical and business support, change management, and co-ordination with multiple teams and stakeholders.
Education / Certifications
- Bachelor of Commerce at Swinburne University
- SAS Certified Data Scientist using SAS 9
- SAS Certified Data Integration Developer for SAS 9
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Experience and Accomplishments
- Worked for ANZ Bank for over three years designing, customising and developing bespoke data warehousing and analytics applications; written in C#, SAS and Oracle PL/SQL.
- Change implementation and performance customisation on the Moody’s Risk Authority product at ANZ Bank for two years; removal of existing manual processes and implementation of automated sourcing workflows from staging through to reporting.
Our Partners
Nixora Group has a wealth of knowledge and experience in large scale enterprise wide system implementations. We understand the value of a cross-skilled workforce and thus provide highly capable consultants to deal with both business and technical aspects of our projects.
Nixora Group operates in partnership with industry-leading technology companies to deliver added value implementation and advisory services to our customers.
By leveraging the latest technology offerings coupled with best practices and industry experience, we deliver business expansion for our partners, and improved performance and efficiencies to our clients.
The keys to our success are tailored strategic advice, predictable and standardised processes, strong relationships, and proven experience in the ever changing business and regulatory environment.
Moody’s Analytics and Nixora Group have partnered for the implementation of Risk Authority® Platform, an award-winning regulatory calculation and reporting platform. Risk Authority is an open, flexible and highly differentiated technology in today’s marketplace.
AxiomSL and Nixora Group partner for the implementation of an Enterprise Data Management Platform for Risk & Regulatory Reporting, Liquidity and Capital Analytics, and together we deliver to Financial Institution the technology and deep industry expertise for addressing critical regulatory and risk requirements.
ASG Technologies and Nixora Group have partnered for the implementation of all of ASG’s Enterprise Data Intelligence Solutions, a suite of systems and platforms that allow Financial Institutions to (1) track Data Lineage through automation, (2) assess and remediate Data Quality Issues, and (3) gain deep insights into Critical Business Data.
Nixora Group works closely with the IBM’s Financial Services division to configure and manage solutions of the IBM Business Analytics suite including Customer Insight Banking, Watson, OpenPages, Cognos, and Algorithmics.
Oracle and Nixora Group partner for the implementation of OFSAA (Oracle Financial Services Analytic Applications) and FSDF (Oracle Financial Services Data Foundation) providing Financial Institutions with a suite of applications and a common staging and integrated results area.
Integris has partnered with Nixora Group to implement a first of a kind 5-S Cognitive and Analytics platform, based on Language Intelligence technologies (ASR, NLP and NLU) and delivers accurate processing of Social, Semantics, Sentiment, Speech and Structured data.