Senior Business Partner, Investment Services – Alberta Innovates

Title of the Job: Senior Business Partner, Investment Services

Location: Edmonton, AB

Job Description: Senior Business Partner – Investment ServicesAlberta Innovates is seeking a Senior Business Partner, Investment Services who will provide investment and market intelligence support for Alberta Innovates (AI) programs. This includes business due diligence for investments into AI-aligned technology companies across stages and sectors, and providing analyses to inform evidence-based operational, capital and investment decisions. The Senior Business Partner provides advice, builds stakeholder relationships and ensures activities are compliant with corporate policies and applicable regulatory requirements.This role will be based either in Edmonton or Calgary and will require travel between 10-25% of the time.Are you our next Senior Business Partner, Investment Services? You would be a good fit for this position if you:

• Can confidently interpret business cases and financial statements to predict the viability and growth potential of investments
• Are a strategic thinker with market and IP (Intellectual Property) landscape assessment skills. Comfortable in making intelligent assumptions to produce high level market estimates
• Have the ability to multitask between assessments, work under tight deadlines, with a passion for accuracy and quality
• Comfortable with new and emerging technologies and (or) markets
• Have the ability to manage stakeholder relationships and generate respect and trust from a diverse group of stakeholders
• Have exceptional verbal, written, listening and interpersonal skills to convey information and concepts
• Have a persistent ability to seek out illegal or fraudulent activities with very little information in a timely manner

We are game changersAlberta Innovates is a provincially funded corporation with a mandate to deliver 21st-century solutions for the most compelling challenges facing Albertans. We do this by building on our province’s research and technology development strengths in the core sectors of health, environment, energy, food and fibre, and platforms such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and omics. We are working with our partners to diversify Alberta’s economy, improve our environmental performance and enhance the well-being of Albertans through research and innovation.Our subsidiary, InnoTech Alberta, offers a diversified range of scientific engineering and technological research and testing capabilities, and the facilities to support technology scale-up. Our multidisciplinary team has the depth of experience to work across all sectors, from energy to health to food and fibre. InnoTech Alberta offers you access to research talent, technical expertise, and unique facilities that can help accelerate technology development that serves both the private and public sector.Intrigued? Here’s some more information about the position:Job DetailsResponsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Conducts due diligence on potential investments, assessing factors such as market potential, technology differentiation, management team, competitive landscape, and financial viability across a spectrum of early to late-stage opportunities (includes analyzing business plans, financial statements, proforma and contractual obligations; and conducting primary and secondary market and technology landscape research) to provide funding recommendations to the investment committee.

• Generates insights for key analytical decisions; develops and improves tools, system and processes; develops and maintains relationships with internal stakeholders, peers and colleagues to understand program priorities to manage new requests, processes and delivery expectations; remains current on industry best practices and emerging trends in line with Alberta Innovates program initiatives.

• Liaises with internal and external stakeholders including working collaboratively with AI’s client-facing Technology Development Advisors and Program Managers to bring value to clients; develops and maintains networks outside of AI including with other small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) funders to ensure strong due diligence; and maintains confidentiality of client information.

Qualifications / Experience we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in commerce, business administration, economics, science or engineering; preference will be given to those with MBA or CPA designation
• Minimum 8 years in management consulting, private equity or venture capital, commercial/investment banking or working with (or for) a technology based small to medium enterprise (SME)
• Demonstrated business sense in a diversified set of industries.
• Experience with SMEs in the technology commercialization space.
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and their applications.
• Knowledge of financial frauds in businesses
• Preference will also be given to those with exposure to mergers and acquisitions in a consulting, corporate development, financial planning and analysis, venture capital, or private equity environment, and those with financial / accounting experience.

Why Alberta Innovates?We offer our employees opportunities to work on projects that will expand their skill sets while witnessing the visible impacts of their efforts. We value the development of our employees and create opportunities for working in capacities that allow new skills to be learned. We know that the wellness of our team is the most important part of our business, so we offer a strong benefits package and generous vacation and paid time off programs to promote work-life balance.At Alberta Innovates, we respect diversity and embrace an inclusive culture. We value uniqueness and different perspectives as they play a critical role in our success. To achieve this, individuals are selected based on qualifications, merit, and abilities and we encourage applications from all backgrounds to apply.The final candidate will be required to undergo a security clearance. All interviewees must be able to meet the requirement specified in the Physical Demand Analysis. This document will be supplied during the interview process to the successful candidate.If you think you are the person we are looking for, we encourage you to apply immediately. This competition closes as soon as a successful candidate is found.ALBERTA INNOVATES IS COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUITY IN EMPLOYMENT AND ENCOURAGES APPLICATIONS FROM ALL QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS. WE WISH TO THANK ALL APPLICANTS FOR THEIR INTEREST. HOWEVER, ONLY THOSE INVITED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED.

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