Banker - Industry/Country Coverage

Goldman Sachs Bank AG; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate for their Investment Banking Services in Toronto. This role offers the chance to work on complex financial transactions including mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs. Associates will develop key analytical and communication skills while managing financial models and coordinating with various teams to ensure successful transaction execution. Join a dynamic team that values diversity and innovation, and be part of a firm that is committed to professional growth and community impact.

Benefits

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

Generous Vacation Policies

Financial Wellness Programs

On-site Fitness Centers

Child Care Services

Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications

• 3.5+ years of experience in investment banking or MBA with relevant experience.
• Strong financial modeling skills and experience in M&A transactions.

Responsibilities

• Create and analyze financial models and manage transaction processes.
• Organize presentations explaining industry trends and client strategies.

Skills

Financial Modeling

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)

Company Valuation

Due Diligence

Transaction Structuring

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

MBA

Job description

Global Banking & Markets – Investment Banking Services - Associate – Toronto location_on Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Our Impact

Our division works on some of the most complex transactions in the market today. Whether advising on a merger, providing financial solutions for an acquisition, or structuring an initial public offering, we handle projects that help clients at major milestones.

We advise clients on various financial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, equity IPOs and follow-ons, debt financings, joint ventures, restructurings and financial investments. These opportunities offer bankers a full suite of product and technical experience that will serve as a strong basis for an ongoing career at Goldman Sachs.

Team Overview

The IBS team in Toronto is a multi-industry investment banking coverage group that provides Canadian corporations, pension funds, financial sponsors, and governments with expertise in cross-border M&A, as well as equity and debt financings.

We deliver high quality strategic advice and creative financing solutions to clients, across a broad range of sectors including Consumer Retail, Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Industrials, Natural Resources, Real Estate, and Technology, Media and Telecommunications.

How you will Fulfill Your Potential

The associates at Goldman Sachs gain exposure to the firms businesses and expanded knowledge of the investment banking industry, as they develop key analytical, communications, marketing and sales skills. Associates develop financial models, perform customized company valuation analyses, and are actively involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions and fixed income and equity issuances. Associates organize and prepare presentations, which explain industry trends, assess clients situations to provide the necessary financial advice, and recommend strategies to meet client goals. Additionally, associates coordinate teams of tax advisors, attorneys, and bankers for various transactions; lead due diligence processes and actively participate in the negotiations of legal documentation. From maintaining client communication to helping Goldman Sachs structure client transactions, our associates are a vital part of Goldman Sachs banking teams.

Responsibilities include

• Creating and analyzing financial models, helping manage transaction processes and assisting in structuring transactions.
• Developing financial models, performing customized company valuation analysis and actively being involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions and fixed income and equity issuances.
• Organizing and preparing presentations, which explain industry trends, assessing clients situations to provide the necessary financial advice and recommending strategies to meet client goals
• Coordinating teams of tax advisors, auditors, attorneys, and bankers for various transactions; leading due diligence processes and actively participating in the negotiations of legal documentation, preparations of internal committee presentations and funding.

Skills and Experiences we are looking for

• Bachelor’s Degree and at least 3.5 years of work experience in the relevant field or MBA degree with relevant experience
• Significant investment banking or equivalent experience
• Experience with buy-side and sell-side M&A, equity and debt financing transactions required
• Experience with due-diligence and transaction execution processes required
• Strong financial modeling skills (including stress testing) and experience of building/maintaining operating models required
• Experience of preparing and maintaining industry/company presentations and benchmarking materials and other process documents required
• Exposure to financing capacity valuations, impact analyses, bid analyses and collateral data analyses required
• Experience of financial valuations with knowledge of DCF, LBO, merger modeling, comparable companies, precedent

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people atGS.com/careers.

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

Benefits at Goldman Sachs

Read more about the full suite of class-leading benefits our firm has to offer.