Senior Manager, Leveraged Finance

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  team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.comWhat You’ll Be DoingCIBC Leveraged Finance is a team of professionals and support staff with expertise in senior and subordinated cash-flow lending to Canadian middle-market businesses across diversified industries. The team has a three-pronged mandate: i) providing national coverage of private equity sponsors; ii) leading financing of highly-structured, event-based transactions; and iii) providing ongoing support to our existing client base.

Our focus is on providing our clients creative financing solutions, value-added ideas and industry leading quality service, by delivering the full suite of CIBC’s product offerings to clients.

As a Senior Manager, Leveraged Finance you will prepare and lead in presentations of financing proposals to clients and prospective clients. For accepted credit proposals; prepare credit memos, lead negotiations, review legal documents and lead the closing of transactions. You will also serve as the primary relationship manager on a portfolio of existing borrowing clients where you will be their first point of contact at CIBC, giving you the opportunity to build relationships with the management teams and owners.

This position will be located in the Vancouver office, primarily covering a portfolio of clients and evaluating new opportunities within Western Canada while also interacting with the wider team members in the Toronto and Montreal offices.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How You’ll Succeed Client First – Together with the team, you will lead discussions with Private Equity Sponsors and client management (executive, financial and operational) in order to assess financing needs and deliver specialized lending solutions including acquisition financing, mezzanine financing, and enterprise value-based lending. You will apply your understanding of capital structure to provide value-added financing advice to clients.

Relationship Building – Together with senior leadership, take a lead role in Western Canada private equity sponsor relationships and proactively develop new coverage opportunities within Western Canada. Develop strong relationships with internal teams, external clients and general industry contacts to generate new referrals and business opportunities.

Due Diligence
- Perform comprehensive financial/non-financial analysis and risk assessment of companies. Prepare financing proposals, structuring terms and conditions including security, covenants and pricing, to properly reflect and compensate CIBC for assessed risk. Prepare recommendations on credit opportunities to senior management. Prepare and negotiate security documentation for transactions. Negotiate the terms and conditions with both clients and internal CIBC stakeholders.

Portfolio Management
- Serve as the primary relationship manager for a portfolio of existing borrowing clients. Monitor account performance and industry trends. Maintain a proactive approach to continuous risk assessment.

Collaboration – All of this is done through partnership with and support from the direct team in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal working together to execute on these areas noted. You will play a key role in providing coaching and mentoring the junior members of the team, contributing to a high performance team culture. Demonstrate a long term commitment to learning and continuous improvement.

Partner with the wider CIBC team to connect clients with opportunities and solutions throughout the bank.

Who You Are You have a BBA or similar undergraduate degree . Other financial education is considered an asset (i.e. MBA, CA, CBV, CMA, CFA etc.)…