If you are passionate and have strong desire to set and achieve challenging goals, you have found the right team!

As an Associate within the Global Corporate Banking (GCB) team, you will assist the bankers and sales team in relationship management activities by providing consistent, high quality support. You will also play a key role in fulfilling local regulatory and firm-wide requirements. GCB provides a wide range of corporate banking services and products to Japan-headquartered companies as well as Japan-based subsidiaries of global multinational clients. You will be a trusted partner to bankers, sales and various stakeholders to ensure excellent client experience.

Job responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between the client and the firm to help establish, maintain and enhance the relationship
• Participate in client planning activities and client calls
• Assist bankers with ad hoc requests from clients, interacting across internal stakeholders
• Support client onboarding process by working with Wholesale KYC Operations (WKO) for accurate completion of Know Your Client (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) related inquiries
• Play a key role in facilitating internal processes for new transactions, including due diligence and documentation
• Assist in ensuring assigned client portfolio is kept current with all aspects of the firm’s KYC/AML requirements by conducting regular reviews of the client profile and transactions, and escalating to internal stakeholders as necessary
• Monitor credit exposure and partner with Credit Risk on credit related asks
• Play a lead role in Trade/Letter of Credit execution, including credit approval process
• Liaise with Compliance and Business Control Managers in instances of changes in policies or procedures

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field
• Strong Banking/Financial Services background
• Understanding of relevant regulatory requirements and familiarity with compliance and KYC processes
• Proven ability to build and develop relationships. Strong internal network will be critical to success
• Excellent communication skills, with proficiency in both Japanese and English languages
• Superb attention to detail and time management skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and evolving environment
• Outstanding ethics, integrity and judgment
• Strong Microsoft office skills, including Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Japan Securities Dealers Association Class 1 Sales Representative
• Knowledge of corporate finance and treasury services products a plus