Junior Sales Business Manager - London, United Kingdom - Mizuho

Description

Job Description

Who are we?

We are not your typical financial institution. It's our people who make us a cut above. Here, every person is respected because of their differences, not in spite of them.

We pride ourselves on a culture of purpose, passion and compassion. At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and a richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone.

Working for Mizuho opens doors not just to a rewarding career with excellent prospects, but to lasting friendships with colleagues from diverse cultures. It's the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have your same ambition, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world.

What is the opportunity?

• This is an entry level position (Analyst or 1st year Associate) where the individual will grow into becoming the primary sales business manager, also supporting the wider cross-asset Markets team in various aspects from reporting, management presentations, control matters and small projects.
• Whilst the role will report into the Business and Product Development Markets COO, the individual will partner closely with the Supervisory / Control COOs.
• Work attitude is paramount: the individual is expected to be curious and a fast learner with a self-starter mentality: proactive, organised, enthusiast, adaptable and willing to provide support in a variety of areas.

What will you be doing?

Client/Sales Performance Management Information

• Work closely with FIOS to produce meaningful MI using sales credits (Fixed Income) and commissions (Equities)
• Support Sales with performance monitoring and client data enquiries
• Support head of sales and COO team with production of strategy packs, sales budgeting (sales credit and headcount) and financial monitoring

Sales support

• Assist with sales management meeting agendas and coordination
• Work with the Salesforce team to improve the system and encourage use amongst sales
• Help support with KYC / client onboarding issues, liaising with KYC team
• Assist sales with providing requested information for the purpose of client and fund on-boarding
• Liaising with Sales and Ops on settlement queries
• Informing and updating sales on status for all queries and on-boarding
• Ad hoc queries

Sales credit quality assurance

• Learn sales credit workflows and improve where required
• Working with FIOS and Trade Support to fix any issues that arise and improve systems
• Process or ensure manual processes are effective (Primary New Issues sales credits...)
• Understand various sales SLAs in place.
• Account re-mappings to maintain up-to-date data
• Broad range of data uploads, Report monitoring, reviews and updates, including SalesForce data: account owner changes, Account openings & closures , Updating contacts , Data cleaning , Ad-hoc changes
• Help the wider COO team and over time,
• Own some projects, eg on the floor liaison for intern/ grads
• Support the Business and Product Development COO head on wider Markets strategies

What do you need to succeed?

• Experience in Markets desired but not essential
• Understanding of basic investment banking products (bonds, derivatives)
• High-level understanding of a tradeflow and the various functions in the bank
• Solid IT skills (Excel, Powerpoint, Confluence)
• This role will suit an entry level candidate

Soft skills

• Curious, fast learner with a self-starter mentality: proactive, organised, enthusiast.
• Adaptable and willing to provide support in a variety of areas.
• Solid communication skills at all levels: able to interact with interns and heads of sales alike.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with ability to analyse problems and identify and implement practical and cost-effective solutions.
• Able to multitask, to adapt to priority changes and work under high pressure at times
• Willingness to perform detailed or repetitive tasks when required, with fine attention to detail and a focus on data quality.

What Mizuho can offer you

Here at Mizuho, there are fantastic progression opportunities and clear paths to promotion. We will give you ample opportunity to affect change and to help grow our business.

In addition to the great opportunity outlined above we are also currently able to offer:

• Competitive starting salary, plus discretionary bonus
• Non-contributory pension
• 27 days' annual leave
• Core working hours*
• Hybrid working - office and home based*
• Virtual GP
• Wellbeing benefits, including Mental Health Allies and First Aiders

*For applicable roles only

At Mizuho, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

At Mizuho we are committed to supporting equality, diversity and equality, 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 – and we will be happy to help