Senior Investment Advisor

Trace your career path within the Venture Capital team

We contribute to the realization of transformative projects and help fill the main gaps in the capital chain to drive the growth of companies operating in the key sectors of our economy: aerospace, natural resources, aluminum, new technologies (including artificial intelligence and digital), life sciences, food, and clean technologies (including renewable energy and carbon capture).

We also promote the retention of headquarters in Quebec and facilitate access to capital for women entrepreneurs.

Your team:

Within the Growth Capital team of Investment Quebec (IQ), the Senior Management, Growth Capital team makes subordinated debt and quasi-equity and equity investments in growing companies based in Quebec. The team acts as the primary partner or co-investor in Growth Capital investment transactions (M&A, growth, and entrepreneurship) for medium and large Quebec companies. The subordinated debt team is a new specialized team currently managing a portfolio of about fifteen interventions in private and public companies, leaders in various manufacturing and diversified sectors.

Your role:

The Senior Investment Advisor acts as a strategic expert advisor, supporting investment directors in the evaluation, structuring, and monitoring of subordinated debt or quasi-equity investments. They intervene at all stages of the investment process, significantly contributing to informed decision-making and the overall performance of the portfolio. They are passionate about investment, strategic analysis, and creating sustainable value and play a key role in financing the most promising Quebec companies.

Your responsibilities:

Financial analysis and project evaluation

• Perform financial analysis of transactions in compliance with internal norms and practices for company evaluation, risk rating, pricing, and financial information presentation.
• Validate business plan and financial model assumptions, making necessary adjustments.
• Evaluate project issues, risks, and expected returns.
• Actively participate in financial structuring and financial instrument design.

Investment dossier preparation and reporting

• Significantly contribute to the preparation of investment or follow-up dossiers for various decision-making bodies.
• Participate in internal portfolio performance reporting through the preparation, review, and presentation of management reports and follow-up sheets for committees or boards of directors.

Proactive portfolio management

• Perform annual and quarterly follow-ups of portfolio companies, including compliance certificate validation.
• Support rigorous and proactive dossier management to ensure portfolio quality and sustainability.

Business relationships and internal collaboration

• Maintain strong business relationships with fund managers, partners, external intervenors, and various internal departments of the Company.
• Collaborate closely with team members to facilitate knowledge transfer and act as a coach to colleagues.

Strategic watch and investment vision contribution

• Stay informed about sectoral trends, best business practices, ethical rules, and governance.
• Participate in the elaboration of the subordinated debt investment strategy and contribute to special mandates related to this strategy.

Your qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, or any other relevant discipline related to investment.
• Professional designation (CFA, CPA, CAIA) or advanced studies (M.Sc, Ph.D), an asset.
• Possess a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience as an equity, subordinated debt, and quasi-equity investment professional.
• Experience in performing analysis work to support professionals in complex investment transactions.
• Sharp business sense, ability to evaluate project success conditions and various risks.
• Knowledge of financial instruments available to private companies.
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and MS Office suite, including business intelligence tools.
• Openness to sometimes working outside normal business hours, i.e., evenings and weekends.
• Hold a valid driver's license and availability to travel to various regions of Quebec are required.
• Proficiency in both French and English, both spoken and written.
• Investment Quebec offers several benefits

Connect with your colleagues: Hybrid work mode. Enjoy the energy of the office to create, inspire, collaborate, and have fun! Several flexible scheduling options allow you to better balance your personal and professional life while respecting your job profile.

• Avoid traffic by working according to a flexible schedule.
• Enjoy paid Friday afternoons off twice during the summer.
• Benefit from 3 full weeks of remote work per year.

Develop yourself: Several options are offered to enhance your knowledge, improve your professional skills or management abilities. In addition, there are study leave, reimbursement of professional certification fees, course material reimbursement, and more.

Take care of your health: We offer free telemedicine services. Our health and well-being program, TonIQ, also allows you to benefit from conferences and activity suggestions promoting a good balance of life.

Stay active: We reimburse part of your physical health program registration fees.

Feel supported in all circumstances: Our employee and family assistance program provides free, immediate, and confidential support.

Achieve now and prepare your future at the same time! Our employees automatically enroll in our defined benefit pension plan, one of the most generous in our industry.

Be reassured, you will be insured: We offer flexible collective insurance plans that can be tailored to your needs (subject to eligibility).

See life in green: Several sustainable development initiatives are added to our balance sheet each year: reimbursement of part of your transit passes, free bicycle parking, water dispensers to avoid plastic waste.