Front Office Tax Advisory(Vice President) in London

The EMEA Tax team is an integral part of both EMEA Finance and Nomura's Global Tax function. Operating within a matrix structure, the team sits in EMEA Finance whilst aligning with both EMEA Finance and Global Tax priorities and governance. The Front Office Tax Advisory function provides critical support to the front office businesses across Global Markets and Investment Banking. The role offers exposure to both regional and global tax initiatives, requiring close coordination with tax teams across Frankfurt, New York, Mumbai, Singapore and Tokyo.

We are seeking an experienced tax professional to join our team in a senior advisory capacity and act as a trusted advisor to our Wholesale Business. This role combines technical expertise with commercial judgment to support our business in navigating complex tax matters while maintaining robust governance and risk management. The role carries responsibility for providing independent tax oversight and challenge across the front office, including participation in new product approval processes and transaction committees. The successful candidate will be expected to exercise sound judgement in assessing tax risk, ensuring that Nomura's tax position is appropriately protected while enabling business to operate effectively. The successful candidate will operate with a high degree of autonomy, proactively identifying opportunities to add value, driving initiatives forward, making a tangible impact across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a tax advisor to trading desks and investment banking teams across EMEA, providing timely, commercially oriented tax guidance.
• Proactively engage with Business and key stakeholders to identify tax risks and opportunities in existing and proposed trading strategies.
• Provide comprehensive cross-border tax analysis on complex multi-jurisdictional transactions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with Business stakeholders, positioning tax as a value-adding partner that balances commercial enablement with appropriate control.
• Provide independent tax review and sign-off as part of new product approval processes and transaction committees.
• Assess and review the tax risk profile of proposed transactions, new products, and business initiatives and exercise independent challenge and control responsibilities, maintaining the balance between business enablement and risk oversight.
• Ensure that tax risks are appropriately identified, documented, and escalated where necessary.
• Represent the tax function on relevant governance committees and forums.
• Ensure that the firm's tax risk appetite is consistently applied across Business.
• Identify and drive forward improvements to the front office tax advisory function — including processes, tools, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Develop frameworks and playbooks that enable more efficient and consistent tax support and oversight.
• Proactively monitor market, regulatory, and legislative developments and communicate their commercial implications to relevant stakeholders before being asked.
• Champion tax technology and data initiatives that enhance the team's capability and responsiveness to tax delivery.
• Lead EMEA tax workstreams for strategic corporate projects, including group reorganisations and restructuring, legal entity rationalisation, acquisitions or disposals.
• Own the end-to-end tax delivery on assigned projects, managing timelines, external advisors, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Manage tax aspects of regulatory change programmes.
• Act as a key point of coordination between EMEA and global tax teams on cross-border matters.
• Ensure consistency of tax approach across regions and contribute to the development of global tax policies.
• Share best practices and drive alignment with colleagues globally.

Skills, Experience, Qualifications Required

• Experience of financial services taxation.
• Strong technical knowledge of UK corporate tax and/or international tax.
• Professional tax, legal or accounting qualification.
• Proven ability to work independently, take ownership, and deliver outcomes with minimal supervision.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a track record of identifying problems and/or opportunities and proactively developing solutions.
• Strong commercial awareness combined with the sound judgement to balance business enablement with appropriate tax risk management.
• Confidence in providing independent challenge and exercising control responsibilities.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to influence and build credibility quickly across all levels.
• Previous front office tax advisory experience.