Role Description

• Sourcing of potential targets that fit the company’s investment criteria
• Project management: orchestrating all internal and external parties
• Preparing investment proposals for the investment committee
• Financial modelling to calculate possible purchase prices
• Presenting investment opportunities and defending them against challenging questions
• Produce accurate, high-quality research about target companies, including their historic performance, market positioning, strategy, etc…
• Working out the optimal financing structure of transactions
• Post-merger integration
• Regular post-investment reviews to reflect on the success of the transactions

Candidate Profile

• Hands-on M&A experience
• Strong analytical skills; able to consume large amounts of detailed information in order to make informed recommendations about a topic, a set of companies, or a market. Often this information will be detailed financial reports or be deeply technical in nature.
• Familiarity with consulting/services organizations and their operating models; a strong understanding of the growth triggers of a services business is extremely helpful in this role
• In terms of skills, the ideal candidate will possess:
• Excellent written communication skills – a strong ability to present information in a clear and crisp manner + comfort in speaking up and forming/sharing his/her opinion
• Strong financial skills: corporate finance, valuation and/or financial modelling
• Creativity; he/she should be able to “think outside the box” to find information
• A “can-do” attitude; willingness to dig in and develop high-quality research
• Ability to work independently and remotely (leadership will be in Japan mostly)
• Commitment to meeting deadlines
• Fluency in Japanese (read, write, speak) and reasonable fluency in English

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