* For new opportunities and transactions, review due diligence materials and legal documentation including the preparation and co-ordination of questions / comments and interface with external independent advisers (e.g., technical, commercial, financial, insurance and legal).* •Assist more senior colleagues in preparing detailed documents including business proposals, memoranda, credit and business approval requests, loan recommendations, and company information documents and reports for various purposes.* Assist in the preparation of pitchbooks for structuring co-ordinator roles.* Assist the more senior colleagues on the execution of structuring co-ordinator mandates including liaising with banks, external legal counsels, DD advisors, preparing marketing materials, desktop ratings analysis etc.* Responsible for reviewing and developing models required for analysing lending / underwriting opportunities or executing / pitching for structuring co-ordinator roles.* Responsible for both quantitative and qualitative client analysis and industry research.* Assist with preparation of presentations. Liaising with colleagues from across the Bank (e.g., Investment Banking, Debt Capital Markets and Trading Floor) to co-ordinate and prepare pitch books and to position CIBC to secure future ancillary roles.* Attend investor presentation days and client meetings supporting more senior colleagues.* Assist in executing all facets of the group’s objectives, including the portfolio management of the existing European Infrastructure book. This typically includes preparing amendment and waiver requests and undertaking annual reviews for existing Borrowers.* Help maintain group databases including electronic records and other reports.* Must be able to accept flexibility in required personal time commitments to complete daily and weekly work assignments.* The role of an Associate is challenging, fast-paced and rewarding. It requires dedication and enthusiasm to learn more about the industries covered which are multi-faceted in the Infrastructure sector), a sincere interest in the clients covered, and a strong work ethic* Undergraduate degree in finance, economics, science, engineering or any other complementary discipline, or the candidate should have evidenced the required experiences and skills in their career to date* Strong financial modelling skills to facilitate a keen understanding of the business and financial proposition from a client as well as being able to run downside sensitivities as part of the credit analysis process.* Good understanding of the external rating (SandP / Moodys / Fitch) methodologies in order to do desktop ratings analysis.* Good knowledge of business, accounting, economics and finance acquired through either education and/or experience and prior credit analysis experience is required.* Strong technical and MS Office skills (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint).* Service oriented approach when dealing with colleagues and product partners internally and clients and advisers externally.* Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, including the ability to explain loan recommendations and results of detailed analyses. As experience grows, defend recommendations to internal business and credit committees.* The ability to work within a demanding / dynamic environment, results oriented team, with a client centric approach.* Good ability to multi-task between diverse types of work from written to financial modelling as well as across different clients and sectors/ businesses.* Demonstrated proficiency in the assessment of unstructured problems.* Superior analytical and quantitative skills.* Proven academic track record with unquestioned professionalism, ethics and reputation.At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values: Trust, Teamwork and Accountability.

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