Director, Global Investment Banking – Energy, Infrastructure, & Transition

About the role

CIBC’s Energy, Infrastructure, & Transition (“EIT”) team provides investment banking services to clients in the power, utilities, renewables, infrastructure, digital infrastructure, midstream, and upstream energy sectors. The team operates with a global coverage strategy across North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Australia, offering M&A and full access to debt, equity, and loan capital markets. The New York office is the largest in EIT’s global footprint and plays a central role in advising on marquee transactions supporting the AI build-out and re-industrialization of North America.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of EIT M&A and financing mandates.
• Act as the central point of contact between deal teams and client teams throughout transaction execution.
• Conduct client meetings alongside CIBC team members.
• Lead and oversee financial modeling and analyses, providing recommendations to internal and client stakeholders.
• Conduct deal-related due diligence activities and present findings internally and to clients.
• Work with external advisors including legal, tax & accounting, technical, market/demand, insurance, and auditors.
• Maintain responsibility for overall information and communication flow on deal teams.
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of clients’ businesses, investment portfolios, and industry to identify and analyze investment banking opportunities.
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of relevant investors in EIT’s focus sectors and contribute to relationship building.
• Share material developments across the EIT ecosystem with relevant team members.
• Identify and anticipate clients’ needs and provide excellent client service through coverage and transaction execution.
• Coordinate and contribute to client-focused and deal-focused brainstorming sessions.
• Liaise with other CIBC Capital Markets units to prepare proposals ensuring full-bank delivery for clients.
• Actively manage and mentor Associates and Analysts, providing coaching, teaching, and feedback.
• Ensure recommendations and opinions offered to clients comply with legislation.
• Maintain professional standards and policies of CIBC.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of investment banking experience.
• Completion of an MBA and/or CFA is considered an asset.
• Detailed knowledge of capital sources and their respective investor/buyer bases in the EIT ecosystem.
• Well-developed analytical and modeling skills, including the ability to define drivers, surface alternative hypotheses, and test alternatives.
• Proven ability to pay close attention to detail and multi-task under tight deadlines.
• Highly dedicated and motivated individual with strong career aspirations and a proven ability to contribute to high-performance teams.
• Capable of assuming high levels of responsibility for assignments completed within short time frames.
• Well-developed interpersonal and relationship-building skills to develop, manage, and leverage relationships with clients, investors, and internal/external partners.
• Proven ability to manage and develop junior staff through coaching, mentoring, and teaching core technical and soft skills.
• Well-developed presentation skills, including the ability to be a focused, confident, and persuasive presenter.
• Excellent analytical ability, including demonstrated knowledge of valuation techniques, corporate finance theories, and accounting principles.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability, and Other Insurance Plans.
• Paid Time Off (including Sick Leave, Parental Leave, and Vacation), Holidays.
• 401(k) and other special perks.

Pay

Expected salary of $250,000 for the New York, NY market based on experience, qualifications, and location. Eligible to participate in the relevant business unit’s incentive compensation plan, which may include a discretionary bonus component. Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location.