Business and Asset Succession, Financial Strategy Consultant

This role provides consulting to Mizuho Bank’s mid-sized and listed corporate clients across business succession, asset succession and financial strategy. The consultant works closely with relationship managers to develop and deliver financial solutions.

Responsibilities include advising on succession strategies, including M&A within or outside the family, the use of asset management companies, real estate strategy, wealth allocation measures and organizational restructuring. The role also supports the advancement of family governance for family businesses.

The position also covers financial and capital strategy and shareholder strategy in the capital markets. This includes supporting listed companies seeking to improve corporate value and PBR, preparing measures to address activist investors and vulnerabilities, and helping formulate broad financial capital strategies using solutions across the Mizuho Group, including real estate and pensions.

The department is a head-office strategic organization responsible for client consulting, support for sales representatives and policy planning based on research into current information. Consultants work with attorneys and tax accountants through the consulting process and provide support that extends into practical execution. The department also works closely with specialized Mizuho Group teams in areas such as M&A finance, M&A advisory and real estate brokerage, with potential to expand into consulting-related areas including trust banking and securities.

Applicants must have at least three years of corporate consulting experience. Experience from an audit corporation, tax advisory corporation or consulting firm is welcomed, as is experience at a bank or trust bank involving credit operations or corporate relationship management, or individual and corporate sales experience at a securities company. Preferred qualifications include tax accountant or certified public accountant credentials; subject-pass candidates and those studying toward these qualifications are also included.

The position is full-time and based in Tokyo. The employment contract has no fixed term, with a six-month probationary period and unchanged salary during probation. Standard hours are 8:40 to 17:10, with 7.5 working hours and a 60-minute break; flextime may apply depending on the department. Holidays include Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays and the year-end/New Year period. Annual paid leave is 21 days, subject to an adjustment in the first year based on the hiring month. Overtime and holiday work may be required. Salary is determined under company rules and is not numerically specified. Benefits include social insurance, commuting and lunch subsidies under company rules, an employee shareholding plan, childcare support, housing-related programs, asset-building support and leisure support. The company provides three months of intensive training and one year of one-to-one guidance based on a development guidebook.