Finance Partner advising University of Alberta leaders on strategic financial planning, budgeting, reporting, and risk management. Supporting faculties and service units through financial analysis and process improvements.
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Senior Manager – Critical Mineral Investments
Posted 5 hours ago
About the role
- Critical minerals investment leader structuring and executing mining, infrastructure, and financing transactions for EDC’s $2 billion Canadian accelerator fund. Mobilizing private capital across Canada’s critical minerals value chain.
Responsibilities
- Originate, structure, and execute strategically important investments across Canada’s critical minerals value chain
- Lead complex mining, metals, critical minerals, and infrastructure transactions from origination through financial close
- Identify investment opportunities aligned with CCMA strategic objectives and develop transaction pipelines
- Structure equity, debt, hybrid, structured-finance, offtake, and price-stabilization solutions
- Assess project economics, financing requirements, capital structures, returns, risk allocation, and transaction considerations
- Lead financial analysis, valuation, scenario analysis, and project cash flow modelling
- Prepare and present investment and credit recommendations to senior management and decision-making committees
- Build relationships with project sponsors, investors, financial institutions, government stakeholders, and industry participants
- Lead multidisciplinary transaction teams and coordinate internal specialists and external advisors
- Negotiate financing, investment, shareholder, intercreditor, offtake, and other transaction agreements
- Lead syndication initiatives to mobilize strategic risk-sharing participation
- Oversee assigned investments and financing exposures after financial close
- Monitor project performance, compliance, risks, and investment or credit reviews
- Lead amendments, waivers, restructurings, follow-on investments, and other portfolio decisions
- Advise senior leaders on transaction strategy, market practices, sector developments, financing alternatives, and opportunities
- Monitor commodity markets, financing conditions, policy developments, and critical minerals trends
- Contribute to the evolution of CCMA’s investment approach and EDC’s capabilities
- Coach and mentor colleagues in transaction analysis, structuring, and execution
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in project finance, infrastructure investing, private equity, investment banking, transaction advisory, corporate finance, or a comparable transaction-focused environment
- Minimum of 5 years leading the execution of complex transactions
- Proven track record leading transactions through origination, structuring, due diligence, negotiation, approval, documentation, closing, and portfolio management
- Experience originating opportunities, cultivating senior-level relationships, and developing transaction pipelines
- Experience structuring and executing transactions across equity, debt, hybrid instruments, and structured-finance solutions
- Relevant experience in mining and metals, critical minerals, natural resources, infrastructure, or an adjacent capital-intensive sector
- Strong understanding of transaction structuring, valuation, financial modelling, project cash flow analysis, investment returns, and risk allocation
- Ability to assess project economics, financing requirements, capital structures, commercial risks, and investment considerations
- Strong negotiation skills and experience with complex financing, investment, shareholder, intercreditor, offtake, and related commercial arrangements
- Experience working with multidisciplinary deal teams and coordinating internal specialists, external advisors, counterparties, and stakeholders
- Post-secondary degree in finance, business, engineering, law, economics, or a related discipline
- Ability to work legally in Canada at the time of application
- Must meet requisite government security screening requirements
Benefits
- Performance-based incentive
- 3 to 4 weeks paid vacation
- Corporate closure period
- Summer early Fridays
- No meeting Fridays
- Continuous learning opportunities
- Training programs and workshops
- Language training
- Wellness initiatives
- Mental health support
- Fitness programs
- Volunteer opportunities
- Social responsibility programs
- Hybrid work options
- Relocation assistance for eligible candidates
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