HR Compensation & Analytics Associate​/Vice President

Corporate

Title:

Associate / Vice President

Department:
Reward, Human Resources

Location:

New York

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $130K and $150K/year* (see below footnote for additional compensation and benefits information).

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  .

Aon’s Benefit Index ® , Nomura’s benefits rank #1 amongst our competitors

The Reward Advisory team, forms part of the broader Group Reward function within Human Resources supporting Nomura’s businesses with global compensation and people-based analytics. The role will support the Americas reward agenda, delivering compensation based advisory services and analytics to the HR Business Partners and regional leadership.

• Knowledge of financial services compensation practices, including variable and fixed pay structures.
• Partner with HR Business Partners and Division leaders to implement and govern Nomura’s global compensation program.
• Ability to build and maintain complex bonus modelling based on business KPIs and performance metrics.
• Support the Year End Cycle, focussing on bonus allocations and salary modelling, working closely with HR Business Partners and COOs.
• Responsible for pool tree management, compensation statement production, and global bonus pool management.
• Conduct competitive benchmarking, matching, and survey analysis to evaluate the competitiveness of the Nomura’s fixed pay ranges and total compensation levels for new hires and annual review cycles.
• Support the business with HR and Compensation based analytics that drive business decisions.
• Liaise with Finance, HR, Business Managers & Strategy colleagues to support business-based analytics on people data, providing guidance and support as required.
• Provide accurate and timely HR data and analysis to support the budgeting and hiring planning processes, in addition to regular HR metrics monitoring headcount movement throughout the year.
• Work with HR stakeholders in designing and implementing analytics that identify and address business issues.

• 4+ years in compensation within a financial services environment and/or complex multinational organisation.
• Experience of delivering a front to back year-end compensation processes.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Market Data providers, ideally McLagan / Wills Towers Watson.
• Ability to build strong relationships as a trusted compensation advisor to senior management.
• Strong numerical and analytical abilities, including deep technical expertise in Microsoft Excel.
• Preparation of presentations / communications materials for senior executive audiences.
• Comfortable with working under pressure analysing large volumes of data from multiple sources.

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

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

• Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively…