Job Title:  Team Assistant, Investment Banking, 12-month FTC

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 www.nomura.com

Job Title:                     Team Assistant, Investment Banking, 12-month FTC
Corporate Title:           Assistant
Department:                Investment Banking Division, Greentech Industrials & Infrastructure
Location:                     Zurich, Switzerland    

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 www.nomura.com

Department overview:

Nomura's Investment Banking division provides 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, acquisition finance and solutions businesses. Our global sector teams include Energy Infrastructure and Industrials, Consumer & Retail, FIG, Healthcare, Business Services, Media and Technology, and Financial Sponsors.

Following the acquisition of Greentech Capital Advisors, a leader in low carbon infrastructure M&A, Nomura has further strengthen its capabilities in the sustainable finance space which was recently externally recognised when Nomura was selected as Investment Bank of the Year for Sustainable Corporate Finance in 2020 by “The Banker”.

The Greentech Industrials & Infrastructure (“GII”) team is one of the leading and largest sector teams at Nomura with a strong track record and significant transaction pipeline. We work closely with other teams to deliver the full suite of Nomura's products and services to our clients who primarily include governments, corporates, infrastructure investors and financial sponsors.

Role description:

This is a Team/Executive Assistant role for the Greentech Industrials & Infrastructure Investment Banking team, supporting the group head and the direct reports.

The person serves as key member and works directly with the Zurich team as well as with clients, and will be involved in all the following activities:

• Manage multiple calendars
• Arrange travel and meetings (domestic and international)
• Create, submit and review expense reports
• Receive and distribute mail and packages
• Greet clients and guests / Reception desk
• Assist with IT service partners for ad hoc IT support (Video conference system etc.)
• Order office supplies and liaise with vendors
• Maintain cleanliness of conference rooms and kitchen area
• Assist with internal event planning
• Compile information packages on prospective corporate clients
• Printing and binding of presentation materials
• Ad-hoc tasks and projects

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• Discretion and ability to maintain the individual’s privacy as well as confidentiality of all corporate, personnel and research matters
• Demonstration of initiative, self-motivation and good judgment in resolving issues
• Undertaking tasks and assignments without requiring direction to do so
• Quick thinking, resourceful, articulate, tactful, and flexible
• Enthusiastic, personable, reliable, self-starting, energetic
• Pro-active approach to problem identification/resolution
• Ability to multi-task and handle pressure with grace
• Must be extremely detail oriented, professional and polished
• Proficient with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Must be flexible to work extended hours
• Fluency in English; German and French would be an advantage
• EU citizenship or valid visa to work in Switzerland (Greentech does not sponsor working visa)

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 on boarding 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

Diversity Statement

Nomura is committed to an employment policy of equal opportunities, and is fundamentally opposed to any less favourable treatment accorded to existing or potential members of staff on the grounds of race, creed, colour, nationality, disability, marital status, pregnancy, gender or sexual orientation.

DISCLAIMER:  This Job Description is for reference only, and whilst this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job.  The management reserves the right to revise the job and may, at his or her discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. 

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer