Investment Banker, DACH Coverage, Vice President

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Job Title: Investment Banker, Frankfurt, Vice President Job Code: 8633

Country: DE

City: Frankfurt

Skill Category: Investment Banking

Description: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

Job Title: Investment Banker, Frankfurt, Vice President

Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Department Overview

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. Our global sector teams include Greentech, Industrials & Infrastructure, Consumer & Retail, FIG, Healthcare, Technology, Media & Services, and Financial Sponsors.

The Frankfurt (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, financials 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. Recent mandates include:

Advisor to Unsere Grüne Glasfaser (UGG), a 50/50 JV between Allianz Capital Partners and Telefónica, on its 100% acquisition of Infrafibre Germany

Advisor to BlackRock on the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Mainova WebHouse

Physical Bookrunner on AutoScout24's c. €4bn-eq. acquisition and refinancing

Advisor to Kyon Energy on its sale to TotalEnergies

Advisor to IFM Investors on the partial tender offer for 10% of Flughafen Wien AG

Advisor to the DFL on their attempted sale of a minority stake in Bundesliga's media rights

Advisor to Grifols on the voluntary public takeover offer for Biotest

The focus of the team is to:

Originate and execute transactions across a broad range of investment banking products (including M&A, acquisition financing, equity advisory, DCM, and solutions businesses) and sectors, with a particular focus on Greentech and the Energy Transition segment

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, etc.

Build and maintain relationships with key regional clients and facilitate relationship building and cross border investment flows.

Role Description

Typical work includes a mix of client coverage and execution, including: valuation, financial analysis, strategic analysis, due diligence, deal financing and process management;

The VP should naturally assume the role of a day-to-day lead on projects while also helping in identifying and pursuing promising mandate origination opportunities;

Internal and external coordination with clients, other advisors and internal project teams across other product, geography and sector teams;

Opportunity to 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;

Exposure to high profile corporate and private equity clients.

Desired Profile, Qualifications and Knowledge Required

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 (all customary valuation and merger models, operating business plan models, capital structure models, sensitivity analyses);

Strong communications skills: ability to interact confidently with banking professionals and clients;

Fluency in German and English.

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

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