Nomura - Associate - Acquisition & Leveraged Finance - Global Markets

Roles and Responsibilities-

- Conduct fundamental, bottom-up credit analysis and risk assessments of new acquisition financing deals within the European region.

- Partner with stakeholders to review all aspects of transactions including credit analysis, pricing, and legal documentation.

- Ownership and ongoing credit monitoring of existing portfolio companies through building and updating financial models, preparing results summaries, and flagging potential credit red flags.

- Proactively address amendment and waiver requests for portfolio facilities.

- Partner with other desks including CVA / RSG and Fund Financing on transactions where our skill set is required.

- Lead on information gathering, populating historical data, buildings spreadsheets / models, and preparing presentations for various initiatives.

- Oversee production of tracking reports for weekly, monthly and quarterly review periods.

Mind Set-

- A strong commercial mentality with an entrepreneurial bias, a willingness to learn and an obsession with detail.

- Inquisitive, independent thinking, an ability to constructively challenge others' viewpoints, and accept constructive challenge of their own.

- Highly model-literate with an engaging, outgoing personality. An ability to collaborate internally across teams within Global Markets and across divisions.

- The highest standards of professional ethics, leading by example to sustain Nomura's culture.

- Proactive, self-motivated and result-focused

- Excellent communication and presentation skills with an ability to assess information and make timely recommendations.