Investment Banker, Consumer & Retail Coverage, Analyst 2 - Associate 1

Job Title: Investment Banker, Consumer & Retail Coverage, Analyst 2 - Associate 1

Job Code: 8159

Country: GB

City: London

Skill Category: Investment Banking

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

Diversity, Equity & 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.

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Department overview:

Nomura's investment banking division provides a vast 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 and solutions businesses. Our global sector teams include Consumer, FIG, Industrials, Natural Resources and Power, and Financial Sponsors.

Consumer and Retail Coverage is one of the leading teams at Nomura with a growing list of high profile clients that have provided us with high profile assignments since 2008. We deliver the full suite of Nomura's products and services to our clients who primarily include well-known corporates and financial sponsors.

To capitalize on its strong momentum and significant deal flow in EMEA, the Consumer and Retail Coverage Group is looking to hire an Analyst who can support the strong growth witnessed across its client franchise.

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 Finance, 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:

• 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 Consumer Retail sector is desired, but by no means a pre-requisite.
• 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.

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 onboarding 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 has 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.