We are looking for an Associate Relationship Manager for Mizuho's clients within our Japanese Banking Europe Department.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To develop and enhance business relationship with Japanese Corporate customers and Asian Corporate / FI customers
• To generate profit from Japanese and Asian Corporate / FI customers
• To work closely control office in Japan or other Asian regions, and provide our customers with the best financial solutions
• Customers will include either majority or minority owned Japanese subsidiaries and non-Japanese Asian subsidiaries such as Korean and Singaporean subsidiaries
• Primary responsibility is increasing transactions and profit with existing customers by exploring further business opportunities and creating relationships with potential new customers.
• Candidates will need good communication and credit analysis skills.

Relationship Management:

Act as the primary contact point for any financial products.  Provide the best solutions professionally and timely to meet customers’ business requirements.

Explore business opportunities, structure transaction team, organise and control important mile stones for the goals, and generate maximized profit from transactions

Customer Credit:

Understand the industries and feature of customer’s business including the position of the customer and its strength and weakness.  Monitor periodically customer’s financial conditions and evaluate if the rating is appropriate. Review the business plan with customers and act proactively to manage appropriate credit exposure with customers.

Document Process And Controls:

Understand what document controls exist by all banking process internally and externally. Precisely control legal and any business related documents with customers.  Complete the application process timely and accurately.  Report timely and efficiently any business information related customers.

Customer Satisfaction:

Always act as “customer first”, understand customers’ needs, provide the best solutions and maximize the customer satisfaction.

Education And Self Development:

Develop personal skills and experiences related financial business and any other field which support the result of performance.  Develop professional banking relationship with people in the specific industries or financial institutions. 

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential: 

• Good Sales and Marketing experience in the financial industry
• Good  analysis skills B/S, PL, Cash Flow, Credit Rating, Credit applications
• Good  knowledge of Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Trade Finance, Treasury
• Good skills for Excel, Word, Power point
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong numerical and analytical skills
• Customer-centric career experience

Desirable:

• Knowledge of financial products: Excellent knowledge of M&A, DCM, Acquisition finance, Trust
• Japanese language skills are an asset, but not essential

We champion a flexible work environment, as we understand the need for people to meet other commitments or simply strike a good work-life balance.  As such, we are happy to talk flexible working for this role such as reduced working hours.  The role will also include homeworking. 

At Mizuho we are committed to supporting equality and diversity, and seek to create a workplace that is fully inclusive.  We welcome applications from all sections of the community that we operate in and from all ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, beliefs, gender identities and disabilities. 

If you require more information about our equal opportunities policy or wish to discuss any accessibility requirements or reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team – recruitment@mizuhoemea.com and we will be happy to help. 

Mizuho Bank provides financial and strategic solutions for the increasingly diverse and sophisticated needs of international clients, focusing its efforts on serving major corporations, financial institutions, individuals and public sector entities. A relationship management approach to serving clients enables Mizuho Bank, together with group companies including Mizuho Trust & Banking and Mizuho Securities, to develop customised solutions in areas such as corporate, structured and project finance, transaction banking and risk management. 

With 81 offices outside Japan, Mizuho Bank offers both local experience and the ability to progress careers across its global business network. Mizuho Bank is a subsidiary of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc, one of the largest financial services companies in the world, with total assets of approximately US $1.8 trillion (as of March, 2016). Mizuho London Branch has over 850 employees, Mizuho Bank employs over 27,000 employees and is part of the Mizuho Financial  Any personal data you provide will be processed in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice. Please do not create an account or apply for any vacancy if you do not agree to the terms of our Recruitment Privacy Notice available here