2027 Investment Banking Analyst I - Energy, Infrastructure, & Transition (Houston)

About the role

The Energy, Infrastructure & Transition (EIT) team is the largest investment banking team at CIBC and focuses on clients in the United States, Canada and Europe across broad sector coverage including traditional sectors of power generation, utilities, upstream and midstream energy, transportation, and social infrastructure, plus emerging energy transition sectors including renewable power, carbon capture, hydrogen, renewable fuels, among other emerging low-carbon solutions. CIBC was named North American Financial Advisor of the year in 2023, 2024 and 2025 by Infrastructure Journal Global (IJGlobal). This role is based in Houston and is focused on the Energy sector, with primary focus is on the energy midstream and pipeline, LNG and carbon capture sectors.

Responsibilities

• Working with Managing Directors, Executive Directors, Directors, Associates and Analysts to complete financial modeling and analysis, research, transaction structuring and to generally support the senior professionals with business development and transaction execution activities
• Maintain an awareness of our clients, industry and regulatory trends
• Develop and audit sophisticated financial analyses and financial models
• Prepare industry and financial analysis to determine client opportunities and recommendations
• Lead industry valuation exercises including discounted cash flows, comparable company, and precedent transaction analyses
• Assist in developing proposals to clients and potential clients for equity and debt placements, mergers, asset or company divestitures or acquisitions, and other financial products and advisory services
• Organize presentations to potential clients, assisting in the development of presentation information
• Conduct industry research and analysis to assist in the identification and/or analysis of investment banking business opportunities
• Participate in cross-functional teams and liaising with other units of CIBC Capital Markets in executing mandates or preparing proposals for clients
• Assist in company due diligence investigations
• Prepare offering memoranda and marketing materials
• Participating in external client interaction

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Math, Engineering, Business, Economics, or related discipline
• Previous investment banking or corporate finance experience, combined with other relevant corporate finance training
• Extremely dedicated and motivated individual with high career aspirations. Must be capable of assuming significant levels of responsibility for assignments to be completed within short time frames
• Excellent analytical ability including demonstrated knowledge of valuation techniques and practices, including cash-flow analysis
• Strong technical, computational and quantitative skills
• Strong interest in and knowledge of financial markets and the energy or energy infrastructure sectors
• Excellent understanding of financial statements, credit analysis and accounting principles
• Knowledge of accounting principles relating to financial statement preparation and business combinations
• Proven ability to pay close attention to detail and multi-task under tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
• Well-developed organizational 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 deliverables and timelines
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, oral and written communication skills in order to convey factual and conceptual information to others and promote the interests of CIBC Capital Markets

Who you are

• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork and accountability
• You embrace and champion change. You'll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best
• Your influence makes an impact. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by making yourself heard
• You're digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends
• You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one

Working conditions

• This role operates within a normal office environment with little exposure to adverse working conditions
• Some travel may be required

What CIBC offers

• Competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program
• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients
• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development