People Analytics - Data Science Analyst

Nomura Holdings, inc. • New York, NY

20d • $75,000 - $85,000

About The Position

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

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• NoSQL (MongoDB, CouchDB, Cassandra, MemcacheDB), Voice, Image, Video, etc.
• TensorFlow, OpenCV, Theano, CNTK, scikit, Caffe, Spark Mlib, etc.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level