Vice President - Employee Relations

Job Description

Nomura Overview:

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 supports the group's global businesses. With world-class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support, the firm plays a key role in facilitating the group's global operations across four international regions.

Over time, we have made meaningful progress in these areas, and this commitment has been well-recognized across the industry. We are proud recipients of the prestigious Top 10 Employers award by the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI), IWEI Gold Employer of Choice awards, India CSR Leadership Award 2024 for Holistic Village Development Program and the YUVA Unstoppable Changemaker Awards.

Divisional Overview:

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.

What We Offer:

• We support employee wellbeing by ensuring a sense of purpose and belonging.
• We offer a comprehensive range of wellbeing services which allows employees to get access to the assistance they need at any point in their wellbeing journey.
• Our bespoke benefits support employees and their family's holistic wellbeing and are inclusive of diverse identities and family structures

Position Specifications:

Corporate Title : Vice President

Functional Title :Vice President

Qualification : Postgraduate in HR / Legal / Labour Laws qualification preferred

Role & Responsibilities:

ER framework and policy management:

• Partner with ER Head to execute and embed established Employee Relations frameworks, policies, and procedures to ensure fair, consistent and compliant application across the India market.
• Partner with HR leadership and business stakeholders to implement ER frameworks and coach HR team on best practices
• Ensure all ER activities and policies comply with Indian labour laws, regulations, and company values.
• Continuously review and adapt ER policies and ensure that ER policies are fit for purpose in regulatory environment in India
• Drive annual policy affirmations and governance
• Work closely with internal legal team / external legal consultants to manage employee litigations

• Support HRBPs and Business Divisions in Org. Restructuring, Performance cases and employee grievance handling
• Exercise sound judgment in decision-making, escalating high-risk or sensitive matters appropriately and in alignment with firm's policies and legal requirements.
• In house capability building in partnership with HRBPs
• Dispute resolution and problem solving skills
• Regulatory Changes
• Lead labor codes impact assessment and implementation for India entities
• Review and advise appropriate actions on ad-hoc regulatory changes
• Stakeholder Engagement:
• Partner with Business and HRBPs as a credible ER partner with solid technical advisory ensuring decisions align with company policies, local laws and global standards.
• Influence and coach stakeholders to drive a positive ER culture and compliance with company values.
• Act as a key ER advisor in conduct committee and other internal governance forums.
• Analysis & Reporting:
• Track and maintain records of ER cases, investigations, and outcomes.
• Produce data driven analysis for suitable actions to build effective culture building

Mind Set:

Mandatory

Desired

• HR policy
• ER case management
• Excel & MS Power Point
• Risk and Governance
• Compliance

• Employment Law
• Labour Law

Case Investigations & Management:

• Support ER Head in investigations, grievances and disciplinary actions with all level of complexity and risks, ensuring resolution in line with firm's Code of Conduct.
• Support HRBPs and Business Divisions in Org. Restructuring, Performance cases and employee grievance handling
• Exercise sound judgment in decision-making, escalating high-risk or sensitive matters appropriately and in alignment with firm's policies and legal requirements.
• In house capability building in partnership with HRBPs
• Dispute resolution and problem solving skills

• Lead labor codes impact assessment and implementation for India entities
• Review and advise appropriate actions on ad-hoc regulatory changes

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Partner with Business and HRBPs as a credible ER partner with solid technical advisory ensuring decisions align with company policies, local laws and global standards.
• Influence and coach stakeholders to drive a positive ER culture and compliance with company values.
• Act as a key ER advisor in conduct committee and other internal governance forums

Analysis & Reporting:

• Track and maintain records of ER cases, investigations, and outcomes.
• Produce data driven analysis for suitable actions to build effective culture building

Nomura Leadership Behaviours:

Leadership

Behaviours

Description

Element

Exploring Insights & Vision

Comprehensively analyse the nature

of the problems we face and set our

• Gather Intelligence
• Create a vision
• Identify an issue

Making Strategic Decisions

Analyse options and feasibility to resolve issues, in making

• Identify countermeasures
• Assess feasibility
• Make a judgment

Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People

• Influence
• Inspire
• Commit

Elevating Organizational Capacity

Maximize organizational productivity through leadership development and

• Have an ownership in own development
• Support other's growth
• Encourage organizational growth

Inclusion

Respect diverse perspectives and

promote psychological safety

• Foster psychological
• safety
• Encourage the active
• participation of all talent
• Foster a risk culture

We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer's responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.

• Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression Nomura refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.
• The benefits are subject to change and will be in accordance with Company's policies as may be applicable from time to time).