Job Title:  People Analytics - Data Science Analyst

Corporate Title: Analyst

Department: Human Resources

Location: New York

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $75K and $85K/year*

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning over 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Investment Management. 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.

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Department 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 by providing management information and data-enabled insight that supports strategic decisions around managing people performance and risks.

Role Description:

Drive development of people analytics products and support digital transformation across Nomura Group.

Job Responsibilities:

• Exceptional analytics experience & technical skills. Expertise across, data/information preparation, data insight & visualization using BI (or similar tools), and advanced data prediction using AI, ML, DL, etc.
• Be an analytics technical expert. Lead and explain/educate to all levels people across all of Nomura in these areas; Analytics, Coding, Structured & Unstructured Databases, Statistical algorithms and Models, Machine learning and AI, Frameworks and Libraries.
• Contribute to the development of Nomura’s data products. Use your analytics expertise plus FS domain and/or HR functional knowledge, problem solving skills and independent thinking to create Nomura’s data, information & analytics products.
• Be a team player & an individual contributor. Work with HR colleagues from within and outside of the People Analytics team, the wider GDO (Global Data Office) team and other business function colleagues as part of larger deliveries, as well as being able to work independently or in small teams to continuously deliver business value for Nomura.
• Be a trusted partner. Someone that anyone in Nomura can come to for help with creating analytics driven business transformation.

Experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• Preferred MBA or Masters in quantitative fields (Computer Science, Statistics or similar)
• Advanced Python working experience.
• SQL (MySQL, Postgre, Teradata, etc.).
• Regression models, Hidden Markov models, SVM, Dimensionality Reduction, Decision Trees, Clustering, Optimization algorithms.
• Boosted models, Random forest, Ensemble algorithms, Natural language processing, Neural network models.
• (Optional) NoSQL (MongoDB, CouchDB, Cassandra, MemcacheDB), Voice, Image, Video, etc.
• (Optional) TensorFlow, OpenCV, Theano, CNTK, scikit, Caffe, Spark Mlib, etc.
• Understanding FS industry fundamentals and business problems to find new ways to leverage data, and/or experience of working with HR data to solve strategic problems related to the workforce
• Intellectual curiosity to solve data driven problems.
• Independent thoughts and unique ideas on solving business problems.
• Able to collaborate / virtually manage multi-cultural, multi-disciplined, globally dispersed teams.
• Strong communication skills to be able to explain highly technical problems in simple layman form.
• Ability to articulate the impact of decisions and recommend improvements.

Nomura Leadership Behaviors 

Explore Insights & Vision 

• Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future. 

Making Strategic Decisions 

• Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations. 

Inspire Entrepreneurship in People 

• Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity. 

Elevate Organizational Capability 

• Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.  

Inclusion  

• Foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect). 

*base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, corporate and functional title and duties, job-related knowledge and advanced degrees, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors”.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer