Investment Banking, Associate

Barclays•Calgary, AB

18h•CA$220,000 - CA$270,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join Barclays as an Investment Banking, Associate. In this role, you will build and maintain trusted relationships with corporate clients, developing a deep understanding of their strategic targets, financial priorities, and capital needs. You will partner with senior bankers to deliver tailored investment banking solutions, supporting clients across mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and strategic advisory engagements. Leveraging advanced financial evaluation, market insights, and industry knowledge, you will contribute to transaction execution, identify new business opportunities, and help deliver remarkable client outcomes while maintaining the highest standards of excellence and collaboration.

Requirements

Investment Banking at a bulge bracket investment bank or a top Canadian bank
Supporting the execution of large-scale corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and strategic advisory engagements
Advanced knowledge in financial modelling, valuation methodologies, financial evaluation, and the preparation of confidential investor presentations and other transaction materials
Covering the Oil & Gas sector, with a preference in Upstream, Midstream, or Power & Utilities

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated experience executing live, high-value investment banking transactions, with the ability to guide multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Organizational skills, attention to detail, and data-driven approach to solving multi-layered financial and strategic tasks
Outstanding communication and presentation skills, with the ability to distill strategic financial concepts into clear, compelling recommendations for clients, senior stakeholders, and internal teams

Responsibilities

Build and maintain relationships with clients, understand their needs, expectations and financial goals to develop and propose appropriate investment banking solutions for clients and their companies.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with corporate clients by understanding their business, financial goals, and industry trends.
Generate ideas and identify opportunities that expand the bank's client base and generate new business opportunities.
Perform in-depth financial analysis and due diligence on client companies to assess their financial health and valuation.
Collaborate with legal and compliance teams to review, draft, and maintain legal documentation required for transactions, including contracts and agreements.
Collaborate with other teams, such as Capital Markets, Sales and Trading, Research, and Risk Management, to provide comprehensive solutions to clients.
Champion Energy Transition and Sustainability by engaging with clients on their climate, transition strategies and sustainable finance opportunities where applicable.
Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information, which could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
Demonstrate Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Support the execution of large-scale corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and strategic advisory engagements.
Contribute to transaction execution.
Identify new business opportunities.
Help deliver remarkable client outcomes.