Business Unit Description

The Energy, Infrastructure, & Transition (7EIT8) Investment Banking 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 EITs global footprint.

We primarily support our clients through a variety of transactions including M&A (buy-side and sell-side) in both public and private markets, capital structure advisory including public and private markets capital raises (both debt and equity, across various product types) construction and term financings, refinancings, and public-private partnerships. The teams coverage mandate includes the following sub-verticals, among others: digital infrastructure and data centers, behind-the-meter power generation, airports, seaports, roads and bridges, light and heavy rail, educational facilities, hospitals, midstream energy, renewables (including solar, onshore wind, and offshore wind), battery storage, thermal power generation, regulated utilities, district energy, and water treatment assets. EIT is committed to supporting CIBCs clients as they navigate the energy transition from carbon-intensive fuels to sustainable solutions, and impacts this transition will have on connected industries.

What Youll Be Doing:

EITs coverage universe across the digital infrastructure, power, utilities, energy and infrastructure 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 teams 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.

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. The Analyst will provide financial modeling, analytical, structuring, research and transaction support and will assist with the execution of transactions and advisory projects such as; mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, equity and debt financings, strategic advisory/alternatives projects and full capital structure solution projects. The Analyst will be expected to maintain an awareness of our clients, industry, regulatory issues and relevant economic/political trends. A team approach to executing coverage and financing assignments is designed to provide progressive on the job training.

How Youll Succeed:

• Assist in executing all facets of the groups mandates
• Conduct industry research and analysis to assist in the identification and/or analysis of investment banking business opportunities
• Play a key role in the preparation of client proposals, pitches, and the execution of new and existing client mandates, including overseeing Analyst work:
• Develop and audit sophisticated financial models
• 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
• 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 CIBCs Culture of Care through involvement in community activities

Who You Are:

• Outstanding academic credentials from a top tier school
• GPA of 3.5 or above is preferred
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Significant level of maturity and the ability to work as part of a team
• Self-starter willing to work in an entrepreneurial, demanding, and fast paced environment
• Excellent analytical ability including demonstrated knowledge of valuation techniques and practices
• Excellent understanding of financial statements, credit analysis and accounting principles
• Superior knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and the ability to quickly and independently learn a variety of industry software platforms
• An interest in the sub-verticals that CIBCs EIT team covers, along with a strong interest in and knowledge of financial markets
• Extremely dedicated and motivated individual with high career aspirations. Must be capable of assuming significantly increased levels of responsibility within short time frames
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, oral and written communication skills in order to convey complex factual and conceptual information to others and promote the interests of CIBC
• Well-developed organizational and time management skills in order to respond to shifting priorities on several simultaneous projects
• Demonstrated job commitment including a willingness to work, as well as personal flexibility and adaptability in order to meet client requirements
• Proven ability to pay close attention to detail and multi-task under tight deadlines

• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values  trust, teamwork, and accountability.

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At CIBC, we offer a competitive total rewards package. This role has an expected salary of $115,000 for the New York, NY market based on experience, qualifications, and location of the position. The successful candidate may be eligible to participate in the relevant business units incentive compensation plan, which also may include a discretionary bonus component. CIBC offers a full range of benefits and programs to meet our employees needs; including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability, and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave, and Vacation), Holidays, and 401(k), in addition to other special perks reserved for our team members.

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location. Additional total compensation and benefits details will be provided during the hiring process.