Job Title:  Global Head of Reward Products

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment 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 www.nomura.com

Job title:                 Global Head of Reward Products
Corporate Title:     Executive Director
Department:           Human Resources, Global Reward
Location:                Flexible, Tokyo/London/New York/Singapore    

Department Overview:

The Reward team is a key part of the Human Resources division, with a team of experts across Compensation, Benefits, Global Mobility and People Analytics.  The Reward function is divided into 2 teams, Reward Advisory & Analytics and Reward Products.  The Reward Products group manage our Benefits, Global Mobility and Equity and Deferred Compensation offerings.

Job Description:

Reporting into the Global Head of Reward, the Global Head of Reward Products will have overall responsibility for both driving strategy for all Reward Products and being accountable for the day-to-day responsibilities of the teams.

Key objectives and responsibilities critical to success:

• Act as a subject matter expert across Benefits, Global Mobility and Equity and Deferred Compensation to support the business

• Manage a team of experts and ensuring both global and regional needs are met and in line with overall business objectives

• Focus on driving strategy and solutions to foster employee fairness, consistency and efficiency across Reward Products globally

• Develop and implement strategies, policies, and programs that support the business objectives, vision, and values of the organization

• Use of data to support decision making, define strategy and drive performance

• Delivering commercially focused solutions within defined budgets and timeframes

• Ensuring our offerings support the firm’s objectives for employee retention and engagement

• Overseeing appropriate risk management and controls across our programs, particularly in areas with statutory requirements such as employment taxes and pensions

• Optimizing employee engagement through effective communications and improved user experience

• Maximising and optimising the use and performance of external vendors

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• Proven track record of success and experience overseeing and managing a global Reward function in a complex multinational environment with a focus on Benefits and Global Mobility experience

• Experience working in global teams with global stakeholders

• Excellent market insights to competitor offerings and norms in Reward, particularly in financial services industry 

• Technical and practical knowledge gained from experience managing global Investment Banking equity based awards

• Specific experience in employment / expatriate taxes, ideally in a Big 4 environment

• An appetite to effect meaningful change in order to drive efficiencies and reduce risk around processes and operations

• The ability to concisely explain complex issues and articulate the key aspects of business cases and proposals as well as influence decision making

• Stakeholder engagement skills with an ability to navigate and engage stakeholders across a matrix organisation to ensure they are consulted and informed

• Experience interacting with / presenting to / influencing senior stakeholders and boards

Nomura competencies

Culture & Conduct

• Contributes to desired culture

• Aware of different values / styles

• Maintains own and holds others to high standards of behavior

• Seeks to develop

• Aware of impact of own strengths / weaknesses

• Learns from experience

 Client-Centricity & Business Acumen

• Demonstrates understanding of current market

• Anticipates client needs

• Pays attention to detail, synthesizes accurately

• Sees problems, recommends solutions

 Strategy & Innovation

• 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

• Is able to change direction quickly

 Leadership & Collaboration

• 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

• Balances listening / talking

• 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.

Right to Work

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Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer