Investment Banker, DACH Coverage, Vice President

About the position

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. The 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, financial 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.

Responsibilities

• Originate and execute transactions across a broad range of investment banking products including M&A, acquisition financing, equity advisory, DCM, and solutions businesses.
• 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.
• Build and maintain relationships with key regional clients and facilitate relationship building and cross border investment flows.
• Lead day-to-day projects while identifying and pursuing promising mandate origination opportunities.
• Coordinate internally and externally with clients, other advisors, and internal project teams across other product, geography, and sector teams.
• Work on a range of transaction types including financial advisory, sell-side M&A, buy-side M&A, capital raising, leveraged buyouts, and structured and risk solutions.

Requirements

• A proven background in M&A / Corporate Finance with experience obtained within investment banking or an advisory boutique environment.
• Significant experience in sell-side and buy-side M&A transactions and debt/equity financings.
• Experience of working in a project based, international environment with tight deadlines and as part of a broader team.
• Organisational and project management skills, ability to manage teams effectively towards desired outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills and extensive financial modelling experience.
• Strong communications skills: ability to interact confidently with banking professionals and clients.
• Fluency in German and English.