Investment Banking Associate

**Our Firm**

Agentis was originally formed in 2009 as a financial advisory firm. Agentis Capital Partners (“ACP”) now operates as the family office of the founding partners of Agentis, which operates through a number of business segments:

- Advisory. Agentis Capital Advisors, Agentis Capital Markets, and Agentis Capital Mining Partners are focused on financial advisory and capital markets activities in the mining and infrastructure verticals, where the business overall has advised on more than $30bn of transactions over the last 12 years of operations.
- Private Markets and Asset Management Services. Agentis currently completes venture investments through its Cambium series of funds and is in the process of launching an energy transition co-investment fund. Agentis’ Asset Management Services group provides services for more than $10bn of assets.
- Principal and entrepreneurship. ACP has co-founded a wide variety of businesses as entrepreneurs, and currently manages an extensive range of principal investments, ranging from transformational technology businesses (such as 1QBit, Scrawlr, and many others) to industrial and mixed industrial-technology businesses (such as Bevo, Synthesis, and many others).

ACP seeks both active and passive principal investments, and currently has a portfolio of more than 20 principal investments. The firm has consistently made principal investments every year for the past decade and is consistently recycling principal capital through high-value opportunities.

**The Opportunity**

As an integral member of the principal investments team, you will work directly with the founding partners of Agentis on principal activities and will work with members of the advisory team where Agentis is making an investment in or alongside a client. You will work directly with C-suite executives and board members of Agentis portfolio companies and potential investments.

Your role will include:

- Directing, reviewing, and assessing research on target companies, sectors, industries, and geographies
- Evaluating investment opportunities and leading the execution of principal investments

Directing the construction of financial models and auditing the work of junior staff membersManaging multiple due diligence streams, including third-party advisorsProviding mark-ups to contracts and supporting contract negotiations
- Assisting in developing the strategy, business plan, and objectives of portfolio investments
- Leading certain portfolio company management activities

Managing and aggregating asset-level reporting for portfolio investmentsIdentifying opportunities and threats through reporting reviews, and then developing action plans for portfolio companies and Agentis resulting from these reviewsWorking with portfolio companies to action-developed plansAs a member of a high-performing team working in a fast-paced environment, you will be required to work beyond a normal workday or workweek to fulfill your responsibilities.

**Our Differentiators**
- Breadth of experience and level of responsibility_
- Opportunities for accelerated career growth with a highly respected and rapidly growing firm
- Exceptional level of responsibility on complex transactions and assets
- Direct engagement with founding partners, C-suite executives of portfolio investments, and board members of portfolio investments
- Wide breadth of work across industries
- Training_
- Continuous internal training program
- Internal leadership development program
- Culture and approach_
- Entrepreneurial culture with a flat organization structure
- Defined path to achieving Partner, with all individuals entering the organization receiving the opportunity to become a full Partner in the business
- Compensation and employee ownership_
- Above-market base salary versus Canadian competitors
- Uncapped performance-based bonus
- Employee ownership program that commences for all individuals from the end of their first full fiscal-year of employment
- Other benefits_
- Immediate access to principal investment opportunities alongside Partners
- Paid sabbatical every two years of employment
- Access to Agentis' global mobility program
- Comprehensive benefits including extended health care

**Your Skills and Experience**
- Three to five years of experience in a competitive work environment, e.g. investment banking, transaction advisory, valuation, audit services, consulting, etc.
- An undergraduate or graduate degree in accounting, finance, commerce, business, statistics, computer science or other related fields
- Demonstrated leadership experience through past professional roles
- Superior technical financial and analytical abilities
- Ability to concisely communicate complex concepts and ideas verbally and in writing
- Ability to take initiative and work independently with mínimal supervision
- Desire to assume increasing levels of responsibility and seek solutions to complex problems
- Committed to producing accurate and thorough work