Cibc - Senior Associate, Corporate Finance - Commercial Banking - Montreal - Bilingual

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

Operating under a national mandate, the Corporate Finance team provides Leveraged Finance as well as Asset Based Lending solutions to mid-market and corporate clients in a diversified set of Canadian industries. This position will be located in the Montreal office, primarily covering a portfolio of clients and evaluating new opportunities within the province of Quebec and in Atlantic Canada.

CIBC’s Leveraged Finance team provides specialized leveraged finance solutions such as acquisition financing, mezzanine financing, and other structured financings focused on private equity sponsored transactions. The team has a three-pronged mandate: i) providing national coverage of private equity sponsors; ii) concluding highly-structured, event-based transactions, often alongside CIBC Commercial Banking Relationship Managers; and iii) delivering mezzanine debt solutions to our clients nationally.

CIBC’s Asset Based Lending (ABL) team provides clients with specialized loan facilities, in the range of $15 million to $350 million, secured by accounts receivables, inventory and fixed assets where its asset-focused structures provide greater flexibility than traditional credit models for collateral rich companies. ABL is specifically well suited for highly levered, seasonal, cyclical and commodity-based businesses with growing working capital assets, as well as businesses with rapid sales growth, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, restructurings and turnarounds.

As a Senior Associate with the corporate finance team, you will partner with other team members in preparing and assisting in presentations of financing proposals to prospective clients, underwriting new credit transactions, assist with the appropriate documentation for accepted credit proposals, negotiations and closing, and assisting in the portfolio management of the existing loan book.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. You’ll have the flexibility to manage your work activities within a hybrid work arrangement where you’ll spend 1-3 days per week on-site, while other days will be remote.

How You’ll Succeed

• Relationship Building – Develop good relations with internal customers, external customers and general industry contacts to generate new referrals and business opportunities and to maintain a window on the market.
• Business acumen – You have working knowledge of commercial lending, including a focus on specialized senior and subordinated lending products (i.e. ABL, structured/acquisition financings, loan syndication) and other CIBC group core products and services. Knowledge of business, legal, tax, banking and regulatory framework affecting financial requirements of customers is a plus. You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and French, with the ability to present financial information to clients.
• Collaboration – Partner with your team to connect clients with opportunities. Monitor and supervise a portfolio of senior and subordinated debt accounts. Manage relationships with borrowers and Relationship Managers. Monitor account performance and industry trends. Maintain a proactive approach to continuous risk assessment and report observations. Assist in negotiation of terms and conditions of proposals.
• Client First – You will attend discussions with client management (executive, financial and operational) in order to assess client’s financing needs. Perform comprehensive financial/non-financial analysis and risk assessment of credit proposals. Assist in preparation of financing proposals (structuring terms and conditions including security, covenants and pricing) to properly reflect and compensate CIBC for assessed risk. Prepare draft recommendations on credit submissions to present to senior management. Assist with comprehensive due diligence on all transactions. Prepare credit memoranda and other credit correspondence in a well thought out, thorough and efficient manner and in accordance with policies and procedures.

Who You Are

• You're fluent in French and English to serve our clients in the community.
• You can demonstrate experience in. You have 1-2+ years of professional experience in a commercial credit and/or equity investment environment. Excellent financial modeling and accounting skills. You understand lending policies, procedures and practices, credit assessment and structuring, and industry and competitive analysis.
• You have a diploma/degree in. You have your BBA or MBA. Other financial designations considered an asset (i.e. CA, CBV, CMA, CFA etc.).
• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values – trust, teamwork and accountability.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a health benefits program, defined benefit pension plan, an employee share purchase plan 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.

What You Need To Know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact [email protected]
• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.

Job Location

Mont-1155 Rene Levesque, 3rd

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Credit, Credit Analytics, Credit Management