Analyst/Associate, Greentech Industrials & Infrastructure

Job description:

Department overview:

Nomura’s Investment Banking division provides array of advisory and capital-raising solutions to corporations, financial institutions, governments and public-sector organizations around the world. Our global teams act as geographic, product and industry specialists, with a focus on domestic, regional and cross-border collaboration in M&A, DCM, acquisition finance and solutions businesses. Our global sector teams include Energy Infrastructure and Industrials, Consumer & Retail, FIG, Healthcare, Business Services, Media and Technology, and Financial Sponsors.

Following the acquisition of Greentech Capital Advisors, a leader in low carbon infrastructure M&A, Nomura has further strengthen its capabilities in the sustainable finance space which was recently externally recognised when Nomura was selected as Investment Bank of the Year for Sustainable Corporate Finance in 2020 by “The Banker”.

The Greentech Industrials & Infrastructure (“GII”) team is one of the leading and largest sector teams at Nomura with a strong track record and significant transaction pipeline. We work closely with other teams to deliver the full suite of Nomura’s products and services to our clients who primarily include governments, corporates, infrastructure investors and financial sponsors.

 

Key objectives critical to success:

·       Typical work includes a mix of execution and client coverage including: financial analysis, financial due diligence, process management and client deal team interaction

·       Required to co-ordinate and work with all other product, geography and industry teams, including: M&A, Leverage Finance and Debt Capital Markets

·       Opportunity to work on a range of transaction types including: sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, equity raising and leveraged buyouts

·       Broad engagement across teams / groups, for example:  M&A, Leverage Financed, Financial Sponsors, DCM, Structured and Risk Solutions (e.g., IR or FX derivatives).

·       Involvement in broad range of deals, for example: sell-side, buy-side, financings, PE funds and SWFs.

 

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

Essential:

·       A proven background in Corporate Finance from either a bank/ boutique advisory firm or the Corporate Finance, Modelling and Valuation, Transaction Services groups of a large accounting firm.

·       Previous experience in related sector

·       Excellent financial modelling experience (e.g. operating models, merger models, LBO)

·       Experience in buy-side and sell-side M&A

·       Project management: ability to manage teams to deliver to client needs

·       Strong communications skills: ability to interact confidently with banking professionals and clients

·       Outstanding analytical skills, including ability to perform data analysis

·       Team work: experience of working in a project based environment with tight deadlines

·       Strong academic record

 

Desirable:

·       Fluency in a European language

 

 

Nomura competencies

Culture & Conduct

·       Contributes to desired culture

·       Aware of different values / styles

·       Maintains own and holds others to high standards of behavior

·       Seeks to develop

·       Aware of impact of own strengths / weaknesses

·       Learns from experience

 Client-Centricity & Business Acumen

·       Demonstrates understanding of current market

·       Anticipates client needs

·       Pays attention to detail, synthesizes accurately

·       Sees problems, recommends solutions

 Strategy & Innovation

·       Articulates own contributions to divisional and firm-wide strategy

·       Embraces and balances new / differing ways of thinking / working

·       Makes decisions appropriate to their role, knows when and how to escalate

·       Knows when / how to compromise

·       Responds positively to changing needs and circumstances

·       Is able to change direction quickly

 Leadership & Collaboration

·       Proactively participates in own and others’ performance year

·       Assists in recruiting and on boarding new team members

·       Gives credit to others for positive contributions

·       Builds collaborative and productive working relationships

·       Provides on-the-job training to colleagues

·       Provides and listens to constructive, timely and specific feedback to resolve conflict

 Communication & Connectivity

·       Adjusts communication style to suit topic / audience

·       Balances listening / talking

·       Communicates ideas and issues clearly and with consideration

·       Questions to understand others’ views

·       Is a proven and credible resource

·       Builds internal network

·       Willingly works with others to share information

 Execution & Delivery

·       Maintains positive commitment to results

·       Takes on challenging assignments

·       Executes priority actions on-time

·       Keeps stakeholders updated, manages expectations

·       Persists when confronted with resistance

·       Seeks, listens to and accepts feedback