Analyst, Infrastructure & Project Finance

Analyst, Infrastructure & Project Finance – New York City, New York

Global Banking and Markets

Global Banking and Markets (GBM) is a leading Capital Markets and Investment Banking platform with a competitive presence across the Americas, operating globally over 100 years. Scotiabank's strong US presence provides our clients an important bridge to this key global market for trade and investment flows across the Americas and the world.

Global Banking & Markets provides a full range of investment banking, credit and risk management products and services relevant to the financing and strategic development needs of our clients. Our products include debt and equity financing, mergers & acquisitions, corporate banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, fixed income products, derivatives, energy, foreign exchange and precious metals. We also cross-sell the full range of wholesale products and services offered by the Scotiabank Group including transaction banking and trade finance solutions.

Be part of an innovative Global Capital Markets and Investment Banking business with a unique geographic footprint that puts capital to work for our clients across industries! We work together to drive ambition to every future!

Purpose:

Analysts are responsible for executing on a broad range of transactions as well as preparing client presentations and financial analysis. They work closely with the Associates and Associate Directors to support the Directors and Managing Directors in deals' origination and execution in the Infrastructure sectors across Canada, the US, Latin America and the Caribbean. Analysts contribute to the overall success of the team ensuring specific individual goals, plans, and initiatives are delivered in support of the team's business strategies and objectives. In addition, analysts also ensure all activities conducted follow governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

What You'll Do

• Participate in all aspects of the transaction process, including pitch phase, business analysis, financial modeling and analysis, due diligence, coordination between working groups, and execution for deals across Canada, the US, Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Help the team on various aspects of debt financing origination, structuring, project finance, acquisition finance, debt advisory, syndication, and debt capital structure solutions.
• With guidance, build financial models either from scratch or based on existing internally developed templates, or review and manipulate financial models developed externally.
• Accountability for portfolio management of select accounts, responsible for annual reviews, extensions/upsizes, amendments, and ad-hoc requests.
• Assist in the assessment of new opportunities by conducting industry specific research, performing individual company qualitative and quantitative analysis, and creating client proposal presentations and marketing materials.
• Aid in the due diligence process and preparation of Information Memorandum & other diligence documentation.
• Perform the group's pipeline management, the development of business with prospective companies and the relationship management with existing client accounts.
• Assist senior team members in any internal initiative or requirement.
• Aid the relevant local teams in the marketing, origination, and execution of deals.
• Actively contribute to a high performance and inclusive work environment.

What You'll Bring

• Undergraduate degree within Business, Finance, Science Technology, Engineering, Economics, or Math disciplines.
• You have a displayed interest in Corporate and Investment Banking through internships or extracurricular activity.
• Native or bilingual proficiency in Spanish and/or Portuguese is a plus, but not required.
• You have high professional standards including a strong sense of personal integrity.
• You have strong quantitative skills focused on financial analysis, accounting and financial theory.
• You thrive in an environment where you manage multiple projects simultaneously with competing deadlines while maintaining a high standard of work.
• You work effectively in a team environment and support other junior analysts.
• You pride yourself on having strong written communication, verbal, and attention to detail.
• Your command of Microsoft Suite is superb, with an emphasis on Excel, Macro Programming and PowerPoint