IB Private Debt Capital Markets Associate

Corporate Title

Associate

Department

Investment Banking

Location

New York

Pay Range

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $175K - $200K / year.

Department Overview

The Americas Investment Banking Division (IBD) provides a vast array of advisory and financing solutions capabilities to corporations and institutions around the world. Our global teams consist of experienced professionals who act as advisory, coverage, and product specialists.

• Coverage: Financial Sponsors coverage and Industry coverage in areas including Consumer / Retail, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Technology and Media Services, and Greentech Industrials and Infrastructure
• Client Financing & Solutions: Product specialists in traditional capital markets and financing functions, including Acquisition & Leveraged Finance, Equity Capital Markets, Risk Solutions, and Debt Capital Markets
• M&A: Advisory services pertaining to mergers, acquisitions, strategic assignments, and debt and equity advisory

IB Private Debt Solutions

Opportunity to join the, Americas, Private Debt Solutions (“PDS”) team, within Nomura’s Investment Banking Division. Execute best-efforts debt placements, across the capital structure, as well as underwritten private debt financings. Join an established team leveraging strong execution capabilities and track record working with financial sponsors, corporate clients and founders to support their financing needs. Nomura PDS is a core focus of the bank, representing a substantial growth opportunity for Nomura.

What Role Might You Play?

• Deal Execution: Work closely with clients and senior-level bankers to execute financing transactions related to mergers & acquisitions, recapitalizations, refinancings and growth financings
• Strategic Analysis: Thorough financial, structural, and business risk analysis to support transactions and client presentations
• Team Management and Development: Manage Analysts to execute deliverables for clients and support the training and mentoring of junior professionals
• Client Relationship Management: Generate and present ideas at client meetings as a member of the deal team, alongside senior bankers
• New Business Development: Actively participate in the effort to pitch and win new mandates from clients, leverage proprietary content and ideas

Requirements

• 3+ years of investment banking or credit underwriting experience
• Outstanding academic qualifications
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Strong written and verbal communication & interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Outstanding technical and analytical skills
• SIE and 63 and 79 is required

Nomura Leadership Behaviors

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