Associate, Digital Infrastructure Focus, Global Investment Banking

About this role

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

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What You’ll Be Doing: The Energy, Infrastructure, & Transition (“EIT”) team provides investment banking services to existing and prospective clients in the digital infrastructure, power, utilities, renewables, infrastructure, midstream, and upstream energy. The team has a global coverage strategy across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia. Our client-centric approach incorporates M&A and other financial advisory services with full access to the debt, equity and loan capital markets. The team also delivers complex risk and hedging solutions to clients. The EIT team manages a market leading platform from our offices in New York, Houston, Toronto, Calgary, London, and Bogota. Our New York office is the largest in EIT’s global footprint.

EIT’s coverage universe across the digital infrastructure, power, utilities, infrastructure, and energy sectors provides the opportunity to play an integral role advising on significant and marquee transactions that support the AI build-out and broader re-industrialization of North America. The team’s coverage mandate includes data centers, fiber, towers and wireless infrastructure, conventional and renewable power, regulated utilities and utility infrastructure, infrastructure, midstream, and upstream energy. The EIT team supports our clients through a variety of transactions including M&A, strategic advisory, capital structure advisory, equity and debt capital financings, and tax equity transactions. The EIT team is a leading advisor and financier in the power, utilities, renewables, and digital infrastructure sectors maintaining a top 5 position in the North American M&A league tables.

With guidance from Managing Directors, Executive Directors or Directors, you will complete assignments that help our clients achieve their goals and impact the CIBC's bottom line through transaction and financing execution, client relationship support, industry and company research, and contributing to the overall communication flow across our global offices. The role provides you with steep learning and an ability to observe and influence the strategic direction of our clients’ businesses with exposure to company executives and board of directors. • Assist in executing all facets of the group’s mandates

• Con d u c t i n du s t r y r e s ea rc h and an a l y s i s to a ss i s t i n t he i d e nt i f i c a t i on a n d/or a n a l y s i s of i n v e s t m ent ban k i ng bu s i n e s s oppo r t u n i t i es

• Play a key role in the preparation of client proposals, pitches, and the execution of new and existing client mandates, including overseeing Analyst work:

• De v e l o p a nd a u d i t s o p h i s t i c ated f i n an ci al m ode l s

• Participate in cross functional teams and liaising with other units of CIBC Capital Markets in executing mandates or preparing proposals for clients

• Prepare industry and financial analysis to assist with the development of client recommendations

• Lead industry comparable value and transaction precedent analyses

• Assist in company due diligence processes

• Support senior investment banking colleagues and directing and training analyst teammates

• Take advantage of in depth technical and industry knowledge, as well as the geopolitical environment to generate transaction ideas/opportunities that can be discussed with the relevant relationship manager and deal/coverage teams

• This role will directly support our digital infrastructure coverage efforts (with ancillary support across our other verticals), as such direct digital infrastructure investment banking, investing, or project finance experience will be considered an asset.

Relationship Building –  Grow your internal and external networks by participating in the following activities: • Coordinating client-focused and/or deal-focused “brainstorming” sessions with relevant team members and product specialists

• Liaising with other units of CIBC Capital Markets in preparing proposals for clients

• Developing relationships and actively communicating with various appropriate contacts at our clients

• Developing and maintaining an internal network with product groups and other business groups

• Developing and maintaining an external network with the market (i.e. key stakeholders, clients, prospects, etc.)

• Supporting CIBC’s “Culture of Care” through involvement in community activities

• Actively managing and mentoring the Analysts that work with you and providing regular feedback to them 

How You’ll Succeed: Associates on the EIT team will be expected to provide a broad range of analytical, research and presentation preparation support to all the professionals within their group and play a critical role in mentoring and training Analysts on the team.  Typically, Associates are assigned to a variety of transactions and advisory projects, such as mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, equity and debt financings, and capital structure and strategic advisory projects, and must have strong prioritization and multi-tasking capabilities. You will also be expected to maintain an awareness of our clients, industry, regulatory issues, and relevant economic/political trends.

Applying your strengths in quantitative analysis to create and direct complex financial analysis and models while extracting the “big picture” implications of such analysis will be critical to your success. The role of an Associate is challenging and fast-paced.  It requires dedication, passion for the industry and a very solid work ethic. As part of the EIT deal tea

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