Transaction Management

This position is part of the Transaction Management Department within the Global Investment Banking Division. The role supports documentation and execution for domestic and international capital-market financings.

Responsibilities include handling the execution of contracts for debt and equity financing, negotiating with clients, coordinating with internal departments, and preparing or advising on disclosure materials such as prospectuses and press releases. The role may extend beyond documentation to the broader execution of financing transactions, taking into account the specific background and conditions of each deal, Japanese and overseas Companies Act and Financial Instruments and Exchange Act requirements, exchange and self-regulatory rules, securities settlement rules, financial regulations, and market practices.

Domestic issuers include business corporations, financial institutions, investment corporations, and government-related financial institutions. Products include domestic and international equity offerings such as IPOs and follow-on offerings, convertible bonds, warrants, corporate bonds, and REITs. Overseas issuers mainly include foreign governments, international organizations, government-related institutions, and international financial institutions, with products including samurai bonds and foreign bonds offered to domestic investors.

The position involves coordinating with related departments across the group, including overseas offices, as well as domestic and international lawyers, accountants, trustee banks, financial bureaus, exchanges, the Japan Securities Dealers Association, and other external parties. The role also involves building relationships of trust with clients.

The department handles an expanding range of products and offering methods, including new products such as stock-type corporate bonds and security token offerings, as well as changes in IPO operations. The posting states that the role requires documentation expertise across a broad product range and balanced knowledge development. Related development opportunities include learning about capital markets, project progress management, problem solving, financial-market and corporate-finance analysis, economic trends, monetary policy, laws, regulations, and market practices. Possible internal career paths include ECM, DCM, corporate finance, public underwriting, M&A, and overseas offices. Training includes group training, web-based training, English training including a short-term Cebu language program, and short-term overseas MBA dispatch.

Required qualifications include motivation and responsibility, logical thinking, the ability to organize information systematically, adaptability to changing conditions, willingness to learn laws and systems, attention to detail, insight, coordination and leadership abilities across numerous stakeholders, and the ability to work collaboratively in a team. English reading and writing skills are particularly required; speaking at a level sufficient for simple communication is acceptable. Japanese ability is also required. Applicants must be able to prepare documents using Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and similar PC applications. First-class Securities Sales Representative qualification is required, although it may be obtained after joining.

Preferred experience includes documentation work, investment banking or corporate business experience at a financial institution, paralegal work at a law firm, knowledge of securities-related laws, regulations, and market practices including the Companies Act and Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, translation experience involving corporate disclosure materials, and stakeholder coordination, negotiation, deal promotion, and communication skills.

The employment type is full-time and the salary is listed as negotiable. The work location is the Grand Tokyo North Tower in Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Working hours are 8:40 to 17:10 with a one-hour break. Holidays include a five-day workweek with Saturdays and Sundays off, public holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays. Annual paid leave is 17 to 23 days, prorated for mid-year hires, with hourly paid leave, nursing leave, and maternity and childcare leave systems. Smoking is prohibited during working hours. The scope of possible work and work locations may be changed to those designated by the company, including locations where telework is performed. A reference check may be requested during the selection process.