Typical Day

An Associate’s day in Calgary starts between 8 – 8:30 am and lasts as long as the work takes to complete.  Upon arrival, I start the day checking news releases and catching up on general market activity.  After this is complete, I usually have a turn of a pitch book to update with edits from the senior members of each deal team I’m a part of.  These changes can involve anything from word edits to new charts/graphs, financial model tweaks, industry research, etc.  Between pitch books, I also attend a couple client meetings per week and participate in a variety of conference calls.  During the evening hours we find a bit more time to relax, usually enjoying dinner together in the office and even ducking out for a workout if things aren’t too hectic.  Then it’s back to the office again, finishing pitch books and models for the following morning, brainstorming M&A ideas, and then repeating the process all over again!

The Calgary office services the Oil & Gas industry and performs both Investment Banking and M&A advisory services.  This provides great exposure to a broad spectrum of assignments and always keeps things new and interesting from day to day.