Investment Due Diligence Specialist

This regular employee role is assigned to the Research Department of SBI Investment. The main responsibility is to assess prospective investment companies and conduct due diligence from a perspective independent of the investment division. The role also includes managing the performance and ongoing monitoring of existing portfolio companies.

Day-to-day work may include reviewing due diligence materials for startup investment candidates and interviewing their management teams. The assessment covers management, market size and growth potential, industry structure, competitive advantages, financial condition, and management systems. The position also handles execution and administration of contracts with investee companies, payment procedures, and a broad range of middle- and back-office tasks connected with venture-capital fund operations.

The listed required conditions include experience in sales at a bank or securities company, whether serving individual or corporate customers; experience at a consulting company; and experience in finance or investor relations at an operating company. Knowledge of corporate management in general is listed as welcome. English ability is also listed as a welcome condition, rather than as a stated working-language requirement.

The posting explains that reviewing diligence materials and interviewing startup management teams can help people build knowledge even without prior venture-capital experience. The work involves exposure to new technologies and business models through investment candidates and is intended to provide experience across the department’s duties.

The workplace is in Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Remote work is not available, and no change of workplace or transfer is planned. The basic schedule is 9:00 to 17:45 with a 60-minute break. Flextime is not available. Expected annual compensation is JPY 3.8 million to JPY 5.6 million; the stated monthly range is JPY 316,000 to JPY 466,000 and includes overtime pay and a performance-linked bonus. Previous compensation, experience, and skills are considered. A bonus and a salary increase are each listed once per year.

Benefits and programs include reduced-hours work, casual dress, a defined-contribution pension, group term insurance, an employee stock ownership plan, childbirth and childcare support, certification and training support, and meal assistance. The benefits service includes Netflix access, accommodation at approximately 33,000 facilities at employee rates, corporate sports-club contracts, health and mental-health consultation, childcare and care-giving assistance, more than 2,000 online-learning titles, and a communication program usable at more than 26,133 restaurants. Social insurance includes health insurance, employees’ pension insurance, employment insurance, and workers’ compensation insurance. Annual holidays total 120 days, with complete two-day weekends, public holidays, and the year-end and New Year period from December 31 through January 3. Paid annual leave is listed as 13 to 23 days, with 13 days in the first year and variation depending on the joining month. Smoking is prohibited throughout the premises.