Job Title:  HR-HR Advisory

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 four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant 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

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. 

Division Overview:

The Human Resources team partners with Nomura’s businesses to offer a consistent global approach to people management with local ownership and delivery. Our objective is to support Nomura’s Vision and Values making Nomura a vibrant and exciting place to work for, to attract and retain the best people and be recognized as an employer of choice. We seek to ensure that there is clarity about how the HR team makes a difference to business performance. One of our key requirements is in the management of people risk across our businesses, and to encourage integrity, fairness, transparency and accountability. The Global People Analytics team supports this requirement by using a broad set of data to provide management information that gives insight into people performance and risks. 

Position Specifications:

 Role & Responsibilities:

Role responsibilities will encompass all generalist HR functions. This role is primarily responsible for executing HR initiatives for all employees in order to improve performance and build capability and commitment to the Organization

 Some specific responsibility areas are to

• Partner with Business and be the Strategic Advisor on HR front
• Work closely with business managers, understanding the business, its needs and leveraging the understanding for HR delivery and guide them to resolve HR issues        
• Communicate and reinforce the Nomura value proposition to employees through each connect point
• Help managers to create Career Development opportunities by sharing employee aspirations and needs for respective Business Units
• Drive HR Processes like Compensation, Performance Appraisal (Goal Setting / MYR / YE review), Talent Management and Advancement for respective Business Units
• Help Recruitment team in the hiring Process for respective Business Units
• Provide HR intelligence about competitors through various available sources and help business to act proactively for talent retention initiatives          
• Drive employee engagement initiatives for the business unit.
• Provide claracross the divisionity to all employees by effective cascading of HR policies & practices
• Chip in for Employee Relations cases: Warning, Compliance Breach, Harassment, Grievance, etc., liaison with legal, compliance and Head – Employee Relations to influence closures on such cases
• Drive Training & Development in the Business Unit by understanding and identifying the training needs and leverage the expertise of L&D team for various initiatives and team building exercises.
• Prepare and analyze data to provide key analytics that aid decision making

   Description of Talent Function: 

 Full time MBA/PG in HR preferred, with around 12+ years’ experience in the Human Resource function

• Should have generalist HR experience preferably in MNC organizations (With a good exposure to HR practices) with strong exposure to interaction with senior leadership & stakeholder management 
• The candidate should possess good communication skills, both written and oral and should be proficient in making business presentations. 
• Should be able to articulate and have independent views, High on judgment, EQ and maturity 
• Strong on data analytics and usage of technology 
• Should have excellent knowledge of MS Office (especially MS Excel & Power Point)    
• Flexible and open to change. Should have the maturity to deal with ambiguity. 
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision. 
• Exposure to working in highly matrix organization & ability to connect with the Global stakeholders
• Candidate must demonstrate sound judgment and maturity, with an ability to use discretion to maintain confidentiality of highly sensitive data    

Mandatory Skill Set :

• Consulting and HR Advisory Employee Relations
• Compensation - Direct & Indirect Analytics
• Organizational & Employee Development Diversity and Inclusion

• Talent Management
• Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility

Desired Skill Set :

• MS Excel & MS Power Point People Soft Understanding
• Understanding of HRIS
• HR Tools and Assessment Tests

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