Overseas Business Investment and Partnerships Specialist

This role advances overseas strategy, business investments and partnerships. Responsibilities include developing strategies for priority regions, reviewing and executing investment transactions, managing investments after completion including post-merger integration, and coordinating with overseas offices and overseas business subsidiaries.

The position also covers management administration for overseas bases and subsidiaries, including the collection and consolidation of financial data from businesses such as banking, securities, asset management, insurance and investment. The role prepares materials for executive reporting. The stated scope of possible duty changes is all company duties.

Required qualifications are the ability to communicate to a certain extent in English with overseas investees, business partners and business subsidiaries, together with native-level communication ability in Japanese.

Preferred experience includes examining and executing overseas transactions; conducting required business due diligence and market research in English in accordance with the department’s investment process and summarizing conclusions logically in Japanese; executing buy-side investments; working as an analyst at a professional firm; investment advisory practice or similar experience; work in overseas investment at a bank, securities company, trading company or other operating company; overseas business planning or management at a Japanese company; business development in the financial sector; and language skills other than English and Japanese.

The role involves communication with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders in Japan and overseas. The position is intended for someone able to consider investments from a long-term group perspective while keeping post-investment integration in mind and able to work across multicultural settings. The office is described as a small organization that advances business quickly and operates directly under the SBI Group president. The work may support a future career path that includes overseas assignment. The group operates in 26 countries, including the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia, has more than 4,000 employees at overseas locations, and includes people from various countries within SBI Holdings.

The position is based in Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo. Remote work is not available, and the stated change-of-workplace or transfer scope is none. Employment is indefinite, with a six-month probationary period and no change to working conditions during probation. Standard hours are 9:00 to 17:45 with a 60-minute break; there is no flextime system.

Estimated annual compensation is at least 5 million yen for an assistant manager, at least 7 million yen for a manager, and 9 to 12 million yen for deputy general manager to section manager. Estimated monthly pay is at least 416,000 yen for an assistant manager with overtime paid separately, at least 583,000 yen for a manager who is not eligible for overtime pay, and 750,000 to 1,000,000 yen for deputy general manager to section manager roles, also not eligible for overtime pay. Performance-linked bonuses are available. Compensation considers previous pay, experience and skills. Bonuses and salary reviews are each scheduled once per year.

Benefits include reduced-hours work, casual dress, a defined-contribution pension, group term welfare insurance, an employee shareholding program, childbirth and childcare support, qualification and training support, and meal assistance. Welfare services include Netflix access, accommodation at approximately 33,000 facilities at employee rates, corporate sports-club contracts, health and mental-health consultation, childcare and nursing-care assistance, free e-learning with more than 2,000 titles, and a communication program usable at more than 26,133 restaurants. Social insurance covers health insurance, employees’ pension, employment insurance and workers’ accident compensation insurance.

Annual holidays total 120 days. Holidays include a complete two-day weekend on Saturdays and Sundays, public holidays, year-end and New Year holidays from December 31 through January 3, and condolence leave. Annual paid leave is 13 to 23 days, with 13 days in the first year and the amount varying by the month of joining. The premises are entirely non-smoking.