2027 Investment Banking Analyst I - Energy, Infrastructure, & Transition (Houston)
About The Position
The Energy, Infrastructure & Transition (EIT) team is the largest investment banking team at CIBC, focusing on clients in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The team covers traditional sectors like power generation, utilities, upstream and midstream energy, transportation, and social infrastructure, as well as emerging energy transition sectors such as renewable power, carbon capture, hydrogen, and renewable fuels. CIBC was recognized as North American Financial Advisor of the year by Infrastructure Journal Global (IJGlobal) in 2023, 2024, and 2025. This role is based in Houston and specifically targets the Energy sector, with a primary focus on the energy midstream and pipeline, LNG, and carbon capture sectors. The Analyst will work with senior professionals to complete financial modeling and analysis, conduct research, assist in transaction structuring, and support business development and transaction execution activities. The role includes training to maintain an awareness of client, industry, and regulatory trends.
Requirements
- 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
- Analytical Thinking
- Capital Markets
- Financial Markets Analysis
- Investment Banking
- Investment Valuation
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
- Research Analysis
- Wealth Management
- Work Collaboratively
Nice To Haves
- Some travel may be required
Responsibilities
- Complete financial modeling and analysis
- Conduct research
- Support transaction structuring
- Support business development and transaction execution activities
- Maintain an awareness of 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 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 liaise 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
- Participate in external client interaction
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Incentive pay
- Banking benefits
- A benefits program
- A vacation offering
- Wellbeing support
- MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
