Daiwa Securities Group

Securities Brokerage · Investment Banking · Asset Management · Japan

Daiwa Securities Group is a financial group centered on securities and investment services. It serves individuals, wealthy clients, companies and institutional investors through brokerage and trading, wealth management, securities underwriting, M&A advice, banking, and the management of securities, real estate and alternative assets.

The group earns commissions and fees from brokerage, underwriting, advisory and asset management, as well as trading income and banking-related revenue. Its operations span Wealth Management, Asset Management, and Global Markets & Investment Banking, while group companies also provide research and other support services.

Can be worked in English
3%
Remote or hybrid
29%
Most requested
Common areas
  • Finance & accounting 81
  • Business development 23
  • Consulting & strategy 19
  • Sales 16

Measured from the 104 listings Ranked has live for Daiwa Securities Group. Japanese level, visa signal and skills are AI-graded from each posting and can be wrong — confirm against the employer's original posting before applying.

104

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Compliance

Finance

Support and strengthen global compliance operations from the Tokyo headquarters, guiding overseas offices, reviewing reports, investigating violations, and coordinating with internal and regulatory stakeholders.

Full-time

English OK

Remote

Finance

Flexible

Prepare contracts, prospectuses and statutory disclosure documents for overseas and domestic bond issuers, coordinating with issuers, lawyers, auditors, partner securities firms and internal teams.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Remote

Finance

Project Mgr

Provides M&A advisory support for listed-company and private-equity-fund transactions, covering project management, valuation, structuring and negotiation. Requires deal-management experience.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Remote

Finance

Flextime

Support domestic and international M&A operations through market analysis, business planning, performance management, and oversight of overseas subsidiaries, working with global offices.

Full-time

JP Native

Visa maybe

Finance

Strategy

Operations

Plan and support international business across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, while managing overseas affiliates, monitoring strategic investments, and coordinating governance, risk, and partnership initiatives.

Full-time

JP Native

Visa maybe

Remote

Finance

Biz Dev

Plan overseas business initiatives and strategic investments, monitor partner companies and funds, and support collaboration with domestic departments and international offices. The role also covers governance and management of overseas subsidiaries.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Relocation

ESG

Energy

Manage renewable energy investment projects from sourcing through sale, covering solar, wind and biomass assets. Responsibilities include due diligence, investment analysis, financing, asset management and project performance tracking.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Biz Dev

Client Rel

Advise unlisted companies, mainly startups, on IPO and M&A origination and execution. Build relationships, win lead-manager mandates, and support listing projects through IPO.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Manage investments in Asian growth companies, including minority and venture investments, convertible-rights financing and LP fund commitments, while coordinating with Singapore and supporting GP operations.

Full-time

Japanese?

Consulting

Finance

Handle business succession and M&A work, coordinating with internal and partner companies. Source M&A clients through closing and prepare materials using Excel and PowerPoint.

Full-time

Japanese?

Compliance

Python

SQL

Plan compliance rules for domestic sales offices and headquarters, assess internal controls, investigate irregular cases, create preventive measures, and respond to regulators.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Fin Analyst

Compliance

Measure and analyze market risk, support regulatory responses, and improve internal controls within the Risk Management Department. Relevant experience and a related degree are required.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Energy

Lead infrastructure investment deals from sourcing and due diligence through analysis, structuring, financing, and post-investment asset management, while controlling schedules, costs, and risks.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Energy

Accounting

Manage risk for private equity, venture, debt, real estate, renewable energy and infrastructure investments, covering deal screening, ongoing monitoring, exit management and portfolio-wide oversight.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

The Bond Department role handles dealing in Japanese government bond cash products. It is a full-time position requiring a Class 1 Securities Sales Representative license and Japanese; English is welcome.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Compliance

Conduct risk-based internal audits across securities operations, including headquarters divisions, overseas offices, group companies and branches, while developing expertise across audit areas.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Finance

Strategy

ESG

Supports research bankers with data collection and processing, charts, graphs and presentation materials for corporate strategy advice, with drafting added as experience grows.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Client Rel

Translation

Flexible

Support domestic and international capital-market financings through contract documentation, disclosure materials, client negotiation, execution, and coordination with internal and external stakeholders.

Full-time

Japanese?

Accounting

Compliance

Finance

Supports fund formation, prepares IFRS and US-GAAP fund statements, handles overseas settlements and administrator procedures, and performs FATCA, CRS, and compliance work.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Client Rel

Supports issuing companies' IR through investor-data management, proposal preparation, domestic and international arrangements, accompanying visits, and client coordination.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Finance

Fin Analyst

Research Analyst supporting a venture capital fund investing in mid- and late-stage startups through investment research, due diligence, valuation, monitoring, exit planning, and portfolio-company IR support.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Sales

Advise business owners and affluent clients nationwide on inheritance, business succession, asset management, and related financial solutions. The role requires practical advisory experience and strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Operations

Compliance

Finance

Manage middle- and back-office operations for investment advisory services, including contract inquiries, regulatory changes, new service procedures, contract templates, and workflow improvements.

Full-time

Japanese?

Sales

Account Mgr

Finance

Identify real estate transaction needs among corporate and fund clients, analyze finances and property holdings, develop sale and purchase proposals, and prepare client materials.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Conduct buyout investment work for domestic companies, including deal sourcing, due diligence, financial modeling, negotiations, post-investment hands-on support, monitoring, and exits.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Operations

Finance

Management

Manage collateral operations for OTC and listed derivatives, securities lending and repo transactions, while helping build systems and workflows for new products and regulatory changes. The role also supports operational efficiency initiatives.

Full-time

Japanese?

Project Mgr

Energy

ESG

Mechanical

Manage an invested domestic biomass co-firing power generation project, including fuel procurement, electricity sales operations, site management, value creation initiatives, and exit planning. The role is based in Tokyo.

Full-time

Japanese?

Energy

ESG

Finance

Manage renewable energy investment projects from sourcing through sale, including site negotiations, due diligence, financial analysis, financing, execution, asset management, numerical oversight and divestment.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Consulting

Project Mgr

Sales

Lead consulting projects for clients in the agriculture and food industries, from business development and proposal preparation through strategy planning and execution support. The role may also involve M&A support, external reports, presentations, and lectures.

Full-time

Japanese?

Biz Dev

Blockchain

Fintech

PM

Lead Web3 business development through client-focused solution proposals, alliances, use-case creation, product planning, requirements definition, system integration, and UI/UX improvements in the NFT and wallet domain.

Full-time

JP Native

Remote

ESG

Strategy

Finance

Plan and execute group-wide sustainability strategies covering climate disclosure, carbon neutrality, biodiversity, environmental and social risk, human rights due diligence, and social impact assessment. Business-level English is required.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Finance

ESG

Support bond syndication for institutional and individual investors in Japan, presenting terms, negotiating with issuers and investors, and helping execute domestic bond offerings. The role is primarily office-based, with limited home working possible.

Full-time

Japanese?

Digital Mkt

Marketing

Fintech

UI/UX

Plan and execute data-driven, multichannel digital marketing for existing customers, including CRM, web engagement, site improvement, analytics, web direction, and UX design.

Full-time

Japanese?

Compliance

Finance

Evaluate system and operational risks, assess business effectiveness during regulatory inspections, develop improvement plans, and support system development and administrative controls for regulatory requirements.

Full-time

Japanese?

Sales

Biz Dev

Finance

ESG

Work with listed companies in the Tokyo metropolitan area to propose equity and debt financing, M&A, activist response, and IR solutions. Build proposals, present to decision-makers, win engagements, and coordinate execution through completion.

Full-time

JP Native

Strategy

Finance

Biz Dev

Operations

Plan and manage strategy for securities, real estate, alternative asset management and fund businesses, while supporting group-company management and business initiatives across investment domains.

Full-time

Japanese?

Strategy

Fintech

Finance

Consulting

Develop medium-term management plans, set and monitor business KPIs, manage budgets and results, and support key executive meetings. Analyze markets, competitors and regulations while researching growth, fintech initiatives, partnerships and M&A.

Full-time

Japanese?

Management

Finance

Accounting

Manage tax operations for Daiwa Securities Group and Daiwa Securities, including corporate tax filings, international tax and transfer pricing, tax audits, tax accounting, and tax planning. Requires a university degree and at least five years of tax experience.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

SQL

Energy

ESG

Manage investment risk for renewable energy and infrastructure investments, including screening, monitoring, valuation and exit control. Analyze portfolio data with VBA and SQL, prepare reports, and monitor portfolio KPIs.

Full-time

JP Native

Strategy

Web3

Fintech

Flexible

Plan digital-asset strategies covering security tokens and crypto assets, coordinate business development across the group, engage regulators and industry bodies, and support investments and partnerships.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Sales

Biz Dev

Develops and presents financing, M&A, investor relations, and activist-response proposals for listed real estate companies, REITs, and real estate funds. The role leads client coverage from hypothesis building and proposal creation through winning and executing transactions.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Finance

Sales

Biz Dev

Cover listed non-manufacturing companies in the Tokyo metropolitan area, proposing equity and debt financing, M&A, and IR services while developing client relationships and winning and managing transactions.

Full-time

Japanese?

Sales

Finance

Biz Dev

Design and propose corporate financial solutions using interest-rate and foreign-exchange derivatives, bonds, and related products. Work with relationship managers from client meetings and proposal materials through negotiations and execution.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Finance

Consulting

Flextime

Advise listed companies and private equity funds on domestic and international M&A transactions, including project management, valuation, structuring and negotiation. The role offers telework and flextime.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Energy

Handle infrastructure investment activities, including sourcing, due diligence, investment analysis, structuring, documentation, financing procedures, asset management, monitoring, and project cost, schedule, and risk control in Tokyo.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Python

C++

R

Validate fair-value and risk-measurement models, prepare reports, and present findings. The role works with overseas offices and quants and requires about three years of model validation or development experience.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Compliance

Sales

Manage debt capital markets transactions from origination through execution, advising corporate clients on issuance terms and timing, coordinating bond sales, and preparing related documentation and disclosures.

Full-time

Japanese?

Sales

Finance

Manage relationships with financial institutions in Tokyo, including banks, life and general insurers, and cooperative financial institutions. The role requires corporate sales experience in financial institutions.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Manage origination and execution for equity-oriented asset finance, providing information to clients, proposing funding solutions, and executing transactions involving REITs, private funds, and security tokens.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

ESG

Work in structured finance, originating and executing securitization and project finance transactions for corporate and public-sector clients, while coordinating experts and negotiating with investors.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Finance

Biz Dev

Flextime

Develop bond issuance proposals for Japanese and overseas issuers, covering foreign-currency and yen-denominated bonds. Coordinate marketing, pricing, investor relations, execution and English presentations with global teams and investors.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Accounting

Management

Manage corporate administration and finance for Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure, including tax filings, investment accounting, consolidated reporting, audits, budgeting, and management accounting.

Full-time

Japanese?

Strategy

GenAI

Web3

Project Mgr

Plan and coordinate company-wide digital initiatives, quantify digital investment outcomes, manage strategy-meeting operations, prepare external communications, and allocate digital budgets and talent across the organization.

Full-time

JP Native

Remote

ESG

Fin Analyst

Finance

Analyze economic and financial market conditions, select risk and stress factors, and create scenarios and calculations for integrated risk management and stress testing, including sustainability-related risks.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Biz Dev

Source and execute opportunities for domestic and global private equity fund clients, providing M&A advisory services for acquisitions, business succession, take-private, carve-out, IPO and exit transactions.

Full-time

Japanese?

Compliance

Finance

Python

Lead AML/CFT planning, execution, monitoring, training and group coordination across a securities group, while developing measures to prevent investment fraud and phishing 피해.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

ESG

Finance

Biz Dev

Develop and execute ESG and SDGs-linked financing solutions for corporate and public-sector clients, including sustainable bonds, IPOs and equity offerings, while coordinating experts and reporting.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Finance

Invest in mid- and late-stage startups through a new crossover fund, covering company selection, due diligence, valuation, post-investment monitoring, exits, and capital policy and IR support.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

Biz Dev

Support equity capital markets origination and syndication, advising listed and unlisted clients, coordinating transactions, conducting due diligence, preparing documents, and negotiating financing terms with stakeholders.

Full-time

Japanese?

Finance

ESG

Support public-sector bond issuers seeking funding by developing proposals with coverage teams and executing awarded lead-manager deals with syndicate teams. Work includes DCM origination and execution, including ESG bond transactions.

Full-time

Japanese?

Sales

Provide consulting-based sales services to ultra-high-net-worth clients, primarily owners and founding families of listed companies. The role involves client-focused advisory work and coordination with internal departments.

Full-time

Japanese?

Sales

Biz Dev

Finance

Support fundraising for new funds, propose investments to institutional and corporate investors, build partnerships, and develop tailored solutions for investor needs.

Full-time

Japanese?

Legal

Finance

Provide legal support for new businesses, investments, partnerships, regulatory matters and contract reviews, while advising management and coordinating with group and overseas legal teams.

Full-time

Japanese?

Compliance

Python

Plan financial crime prevention and measures to exclude antisocial forces, and establish or review related rules and procedures. The role requires compliance experience, a university degree, basic PC skills, and strong research, reasoning, communication, and coordination abilities.

Full-time

JP Native

Finance

Python

VB.NET

Trade Japanese-listed individual stocks, index futures and options using the firm's capital, building strategic positions within appropriate risk limits and generating returns through proprietary trading.

Full-time

Japanese?

Training

Curriculum

Data Science

Plans and runs internal DX talent-development programs, organizes digital skills and knowledge into learning content, designs training and workshops, and advises DX projects while assessing participants’ skills.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Project Mgr

Management

Cloud

Handles technical verification, requirements-definition support, design, development, and operations for product systems; manages development teams and projects while improving internal systems.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Security

AWS

Cloud

Manage internal IT and security across the system lifecycle, including vulnerability assessment, incident preparedness, cloud operations, SaaS administration, and AI-tool support for business teams.

Full-time

Japanese?

Project Mgr

Fintech

Web3

Management

Lead projects applying AI, Web3 and quantum computing to financial services, support company-wide DX initiatives, advise business leaders, and coordinate internal and external technology experts.

Full-time

Japanese?

Project Mgr

Strategy

Consulting

Fintech

Plan and govern IT and digital strategy across domestic and overseas operations, manage IT investment effectiveness, strengthen system risk controls, and oversee architecture and major project resources.

Full-time

JP Native

Cybersec

Security

Cloud

Network

Lead cybersecurity planning across domestic and international group companies, coordinate incident response, assess network and cloud security measures, develop governance roadmaps, and monitor security controls. Requires at least three years of relevant cybersecurity experience and native Japanese with advanced English.