Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services. They are seeking an Associate to support daily funding operations, manage liquidity, and develop analytical tools related to money market activities.
Responsibilities
- Support the execution of daily funding operations, including UST and MBS Agency repo transactions and short-term funding initiatives such as CD/CP issuance
- Assist in managing the bank’s liquidity and collateral positions through money market transactions, FX swaps, and interoffice dealings
- Process and reconcile intercompany funding transactions under the supervision of senior team members
- Develop dashboards and analytical tools to visualize money market and funding activities, enhancing transparency of transaction flows, positions, and cost metrics
- Conduct cost–return and profitability analyses to support optimization of funding allocation, pricing decisions, and performance assessment
- Support the onboarding of new clients while ensuring full adherence to internal risk management and control policies
- Contribute to the evaluation, preparation, and implementation of new funding tools or funding-related initiatives
- Perform market surveillance and provide analytical support for trade ideas across treasury securities, bills, asset swaps, FX swaps, and rates markets
- Communicate with money market participants—including MMFs, external counterparties, and brokers—to ensure proper execution and timely settlement of money market and treasury transactions
- Collaborate with Treasury Back Office, Risk Management, and Audit teams to address operational matters and support ongoing process enhancements
- Respond to inquiries from business users and assist in routine system and application maintenance as required
- Prepare documentation and analysis for regulatory examinations and support the remediation of findings identified by second and third line control functions
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen risk management practices across daily processes
Skills
- Foundational knowledge or demonstrated interest in money markets, repo products, or short-term funding instruments (direct fixed income market experience not required)
- Proficiency in Bloomberg, Excel, and other trading and analytics platforms
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related discipline preferred
- Exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Clear, concise, and professional written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical capabilities; familiarity with VBA, Python, or SQL is considered advantageous
- Ability to prepare accurate, high-quality reporting and analysis for internal stakeholders and senior management
Benefits
Company Overview
This is not your typical financial institution. It’s our people who make us a cut above. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Tokyo, JPN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.mizuhogroup.com.
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