Alternative Fund and Real Asset Investment and Financing

The role handles front-office work related to investments in alternative funds, mainly domestic and overseas buyout, venture, infrastructure, and real estate funds. Responsibilities include due diligence, contract negotiations, transaction execution, post-investment monitoring, and collaboration with investment targets. The role also covers mezzanine and equity investment and financing for real estate, renewable energy, infrastructure, and REIT-related opportunities.

Additional responsibilities include managing figures related to various reports, preparing reports, and planning activities for the alternative fund business.

Required experience includes involvement in fund-related work, including sales, lending, or intermediation. Experience investing in alternative funds or providing investment and financing for real assets is advantageous. English ability equivalent to a TOEIC score of 800 or higher is required; documentation and negotiation ability in English is preferred. PC skills are required, particularly with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and ChatGPT. Candidates should have a strong interest in alternative investments and real-asset investment and financing.

Preferred qualifications include front-office experience in alternative fund investment, such as due diligence, monitoring, and contract negotiations. Experience with lending or corporate finance at a bank, securities company, or leasing company, or with real-asset businesses such as real estate or infrastructure development, asset management, or property management, is valued. Knowledge of products from mezzanine through equity, planning experience, foundational knowledge of financial asset management, and asset-management experience are also preferred. Accuracy, attention to detail, and a willingness to undertake data-processing work are stated requirements.

This is a full-time, indefinite-term position in Tokyo with Mizuho. The standard schedule is 8:40 to 17:10, with 7.5 working hours and a 60-minute break. Flextime may apply depending on the department. The probationary period is six months with the same salary. Working on overtime or holidays may be required. Holidays include Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, 21 days of annual paid leave subject to the hiring month, and other special leave. Salary is determined according to company rules and is negotiable; commuting expenses and lunch subsidies are available under company rules. Benefits include social insurance, an employee stock ownership plan, babysitter childcare discounts, housing-related programs, financial-formation support, and leisure support.