Company overview

Nomura is an Asia-based financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). 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'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, Technology, Media, and Services (TMS), Healthcare and Financial Sponsors.

The Technology, Media, and Services group exists to capitalise on and support the growing shift towards technology-enabled and service-led businesses across all industries and markets. TMS combines both traditional core sectors of each vertical in addition to augmenting emerging industry subsectors, for example, Digital Media, Consumer internet business or Sportech.

Role Description:

• Typical work includes (i) taking a lead role in execution, including leading and overseeing financial analysis, modelling and valuation, financial due diligence, process management and client deal team interaction as well as (ii) client and sector coverage, including generating transaction ideas and providing deep sector insight both internally and externally
• Required to co-ordinate and work with all other product, geography and industry teams, including: M&A, Leverage Finance, Debt Capital Markets and Equity Advisory
• Opportunity to work on a range of transaction types, including sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, leveraged buyouts, equity advisory mandates, for a broad range of public, private or governmental clients
• Broad engagement across teams / groups, for example: M&A, Leverage Financed, Financial Sponsors, DCM, Equity Advisory, Structured and Risk solutions (e.g. IR, FX swaps)

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 and focus in Media / Digital Media, Consumer Internet, Sport & Entertainment banking group 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

Right to Work
The UK Government have taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we are able to consider applications from overseas workers from outside the UK (who require a Tier 2 Skilled Worker visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that this is a genuine vacancy for a qualified role. 

Diversity & Inclusion

Nomura is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees.

We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments due to a disability or long-term health condition, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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