Executive Assistant

Job Title: Executive Assistant

Corporate Title: Assistant

Department: Investment Management

Location: New York

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $110,000 and $140,000 / year* (see below footnote for additional compensation and benefits information).

Company Overview

Nomura is a financial services group with an integrated global network. By connecting markets East & West, we service the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through our four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking) and Banking.

Driven by the insights of some 28,000 people worldwide, we put our clients at the center of everything we do, delivering unparalleled access to, from, and within Asia. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com

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Division Overview: NAM International

NAM International brings together a legacy of investing in public and private markets on a global scale. Through active management, we deliver differentiated and innovative solutions across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, and private credit supported by a team of disciplined and tenured investment professionals. Building upon Nomura’s century long heritage, our teams are responsible stewards of clients’ capital. We approach everything we do with accountability, curiosity, and integrity to help clients across wealth and institutional channels navigate an ever-changing market, capture opportunities around the world, and reach long-term investment goals.

Role description

• Managing the Executive’s calendar in an extremely fast-paced environment amid frequent schedule changes, conflicting priorities, and new demands
• Coordinating extensive domestic and international travel arrangements
• Ensuring that the Executive is continually apprised of critical upcoming meetings, deadlines and challenges to ensure that their workday is orderly and manageable
• Coordinating with Executive Assistants of other Senior Managers to ensure critical Business imperatives and deadlines are satisfied
• Organizing meetings (internal and external), ensuring their purpose is clear, and continually prioritizing the most sensitive matters
• Screening and answering calls; making travel arrangements; promptly processing expense reports
• Coordinating with Technology and other support to ensure Executive’s infrastructure is correctly functioning
• Preparing and edit presentations and other Ad-hoc projects assigned

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required

• 10+ years of experience supporting C-Suite executives/ Senior MDs in an administrative capacity
• Very strong work ethic, demonstrating initiative, professionalism, poise and flexibility
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment with a high sense of urgency
• Exemplary organization and time management skills with ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Discretion and confidentiality
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment with all levels of internal management and staff

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

• Explore Insights & Vision: Identify the underlying causes of problems faced by you or your team and define a clear vision and direction for the future.
• Making Strategic Decisions: Evaluate all the options for resolving the problems and effectively prioritize actions or recommendations.
• Inspire Entrepreneurship in People: Inspire team members through effective communication of ideas and motivate them to actively enhance productivity.
• Elevate Organizational Capability: Engage proactively in professional development and enhance team productivity through the promotion of knowledge sharing.
• Inclusion: Foster a culture of inclusion and psychological safety in the workplace and cultivate a "Risk Culture" (Challenge, Escalate and Respect).

*base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, corporate and functional title and duties, job-related knowledge and advanced degrees, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired in the U.S., employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Nomura is an Equal Opportunity Employer