Description

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment 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

Job Title: Investment Banker, DACH Coverage, Associate
Corporate Level: Associate
Department: Investment Banking
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Department Overview

Nomura's Investment Banking division provides an 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 sector specialists, with a focus on domestic, regional, and cross-border collaboration in M&A, acquisition finance, equity advisory, DCM, and solutions businesses. Our global sector teams include Greentech, Industrials & Infrastructure, Consumer & Retail, FIG, Healthcare, Technology, Media & Services, and Financial Sponsors.

The Frankfurt (DACH coverage) team focuses on delivering the full suite of Nomura's investment banking products and services to the DACH region. This includes maintaining and building relationships and working with key corporates, financial institutions, financials sponsors, and governments in the region as well as facilitating relevant investment needs of Nomura's clients globally.

The team has a longstanding track-record of successfully executed M&A transactions both private and public and the DACH region continues to be a key focus geography for the firm. Recent mandates include:

• Advisor to Unsere Grüne Glasfaser (UGG), a 50/50 JV between Allianz Capital Partners and Telefónica, on its 100% acquisition of Infrafibre Germany
• Advisor to BlackRock on the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Mainova WebHouse
• Physical Bookrunner on AutoScout24's c. €4bn-eq. acquisition and refinancing
• Advisor to Kyon Energy on its sale to TotalEnergies
• Advisor to IFM Investors on the partial tender offer for 10% of Flughafen Wien AG
• Advisor to the DFL on their attempted sale of a minority stake in Bundesliga's media rights
• Advisor to Grifols on the voluntary public takeover offer for Biotest

The focus of the team is to:

• Originate and execute transactions across a broad range of investment banking products (including M&A, acquisition financing, equity advisory, DCM, and solutions businesses) and sectors, with a particular focus on Greentech and the Energy Transition segment
• Advise and work with sector and product teams on all relevant regional aspects of transaction execution such as market dynamics, modelling and valuation, financial and strategic analysis, regulatory issues, acquisition financing, due diligence coordination, negotiation, deal structuring, etc.
• Build and maintain relationships with key regional clients and facilitate relationship building and cross border investment flows.

Role Description

• Work focused on execution and client coverage, including M&A process management, financial modelling, financial analysis, strategic analysis, due diligence coordination, and acquisition financing
• Coordinate and work with Nomura teams across all geographies, products, and sector teams
• Opportunity to work on a range of transaction types, both regional and cross-border, including sell-side and buy-side M&A, capital raising, leveraged buyouts, and risk solutions
• Receive exposure to high profile corporate and private equity clients
• Take ownership as a project leader, engaging with clients on a working group and managerial level

Desired Profile, Qualifications and Knowledge Required

• A proven background in M&A with relevant previous experience within investment banking / advisory including experience in sell-side and buy-side M&A and debt / equity financings
• Ability to manage teams to support senior bankers and deliver on client needs
• Excellent financial modelling and analytical skills
• Ability to take ownership and drive processes forward
• Exceptional communications skills with the ability to interact confidently with banking professionals and clients
• Ability to work independently while collaborating in a team-oriented environment
• Fluency in German and English

Nomura competencies

Explore Insights & Vision

• Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.

Making Strategic Decisions

• Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.

Inspire Entrepreneurship in People

• Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.

Elevate Organizational Capability

• Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.

Inclusion

• Respect DEI, foster a culture of psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities, and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation.

DISCLAIMER : This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer