Nomura India | GM-Strucng

About the team

Nomura AeJ Securitized Products and Private Credit team focuses on arranging, investing and providing funding across Asia ex-Japan through Senior secured, Mezzanine/Junior debt, Share financing, Quasi debt/equity deals. Team structures, underwrites and acts as lead investor/co-investor with financial institutions, banks, funds and asset managers.

Responsibilities

• Founded as a centre of excellence, the group leads the way in price discovery and portfolio optimization techniques and is integral to the business’ aggressive revenue targets.
• The team is playing an integral role in structuring, pricing, risk management and new idea generation.
• This role offers direct exposure to live private credit transactions across a diverse range of sectors and geographies.
• Financial due diligence - Review the historical financials of borrower groups and validate the assumptions underlying financial projections, accounting for industry trends, competitive positioning and management guidance.
• Financial modelling - Build and maintain cash-flow, debt-sizing and returns models to support deal structuring, sensitivity analysis and covenant setting.
• Credit and investment materials - Prepare investment memos, teasers, pitchbooks and credit committee papers to a high standard of accuracy and presentation.
• Reporting - Produce monthly and quarterly reports for deal teams on executed trades, and respond to ad-hoc queries from stakeholders.
• Cross-functional coordination - Liaise with control and support functions including Credit Risk Management (CRM), Legal, Compliance, Tax and Finance to progress transactions and resolve issues.
• Documentation and trade lifecycle - Track transaction documentation, covenant compliance, trigger events and other trade lifecycle milestones for executed deals.
• Portfolio management - Monitor and manage the performance of executed deals, including periodic reviews, covenant monitoring and early identification of credit deterioration.
• Market intelligence - Monitor macroeconomic and industry developments relevant to the portfolio and pipeline, and communicate key insights to the broader team.

Requirements

• Strong financial statement analysis skills spanning financial reporting, accounting and corporate finance; CFA Level I or II candidature/completion is desirable.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise a varied workload and manage time efficiently under deadlines.
• Effective team player able to collaborate across multicultural, cross-border teams.
• Strong work ethic and a high degree of ownership and accountability.
• Ability to multitask and remain composed in a fast-paced, high-performance environment.
• Detail-oriented, with a high bar for accuracy and thoroughness in execution.

Nomura

Nomura is a Japanese financial services group, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Tokyo, with a network spanning around 30 countries and regions. Its business is organised into four divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Banking.

In India, Nomura Services India in Powai, Mumbai supports the group's global businesses with teams in financial control and reporting, risk management, operations, research, trading support, compliance, legal and technology. Roles in financial control, product control, regulatory reporting, risk, audit and operations there suit chartered accountants, ACCA and CFA professionals and MBA (Finance) graduates.

• Industry: Global investment banking and financial services
• Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan (Nomura Holdings, Inc.)
• In India: Nomura Services India in Powai, Mumbai, a large centre supporting the group's businesses worldwide, with further offices in Mumbai and Gurugram