Jobs at NRI Singapore (Now Hiring) — 8 open

About Us

• Nomura Research Institute (NRI) is Japan's largest management consulting and think tank, providing strategic consulting services to multinational corporations, government agencies, and public institutions across Asia and globally.
  
• Our Manila office supports clients across Southeast Asia in solving complex business and people-related challenges. While Total Rewards is one of our core consulting offerings, our consultants also work on broader human capital transformation projects, partnering with senior executives to redesign organisations, strengthen leadership capabilities, and improve organisational performance.
  

Position Summary

• We are looking for an experienced HR consulting professional with a strong background in Total Rewards to join our growing consulting team.
  
• This role is suitable for experienced Consultants who can independently deliver high-quality project work, as well as Senior Consultants who are capable of leading project work-streams, managing clients relationships, facilitating workshops, supervising junior consultants, and ensuring high-quality project delivery.
  
• Although Total Rewards is our core consulting offering, this role also provides opportunities to participate in broader Human Capital and Organisation Transformation consulting projects across Southeast Asia.
  

What You Will Do:

Total Rewards Consulting

• Design and review Total Rewards strategies aligned with clients' business objectives.
  
• Conduct job analysis, job evaluation, and job architecture projects.
  
• Design grading structures, career frameworks, and salary structures.
  
• Conduct market benchmarking and compensation competitiveness assessments.
  
• Review incentive, performance management, and promotion frameworks.
  
• Support workforce planning through organisation and role analysis.
  

Human Capital & Organisation Consulting

• Depending on project requirements, you will also participate in consulting engagements involving but not limited to:
  

• Organisation Design and Organisation Development
  
• Leadership Development
  
• Talent Management
  
• Workforce Transformation
  
• HR Operating Model review
  
• HR Policy and Governance
  
• Change Management
  
• People Analytics
  
• HR Digital Transformation
  
• HR Strategy development
  

Project Delivery

• As a Consultant / Senior Consultant, you will:
  

• Analyse client challenges and develop practical, evidence-based recommendations.
  
• Structure hypotheses and perform qualitative and quantitative analysis.
  
• Prepare high-quality reports and executive presentations.
  
• Conduct interviews, workshops, and client discussions.
  
• Present recommendations to senior client stakeholders.
  
• Ensure consulting deliverables meet quality standards and project timelines.
  

• Senior Consultants will additionally:
  

• Build project storylines.
  
• Lead project work-streams.
  
• Manage day-to-day client communications.
  
• Allocate tasks and coordinate project team members.
  
• Review deliverables prepared by junior consultants.
  
• Ensure overall project quality and consistency.
  
• Support Project Managers and Partners in delivering successful engagements.
  

Business Development Support

• Support proposal development and client presentations.
  
• Contribute to thought leadership and HR solution development.
  
• Participate in client relationship development and business development activities where appropriate.
  

What We Are Looking For:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business, Psychology, Economics, Management, or a related discipline.
  
• Approximately 5–8 years of relevant experience in either:
  

• HR Consulting within a consulting firm, or
  
• HR Centre of Excellence (CoE), Total Rewards, Organisation Development, or HR Business Partner roles within multinational organisations.
  

• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following:
  

• Total Rewards
  
• Job Analysis
  
• Job Evaluation
  
• Job Architecture
  
• Organisation Design
  
• Organisation Development
  
• Leadership Development
  
• Compensation & Benefits
  
• Performance Management
  
• Career Framework Design
  

• Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities.
  
• Excellent PowerPoint presentation and Microsoft Excel skills.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  
• Strong client-facing and stakeholder management skills.
  

• Successful candidates are intellectually curious, highly analytical, and passionate about solving complex organisational challenges.
  
• They are capable of translating business issues into structured consulting approaches, building trusted relationships with clients, and delivering practical recommendations that create measurable business impact.
  
• They are equally comfortable working independently on complex analysis and collaborating with cross-functional consulting teams to deliver high-quality outcomes.