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Choosing BDC as your employer means working in a healthy, inclusive, and skilled workplace that puts forward the best conditions to bring together unique teams where employees are empowered to act. It also means being at the centre of ambitious economic and financial projects to see further and to do things differently, to fuel the success of Canadian entrepreneurs.

Choosing BDC as your employer also means:

• Flexible and competitive benefits, including an Employee Savings and Investment Plan where BDC matches part of your voluntary contributions, a Defined Benefit Pension Plan, a $750 wellness and health care spending account, to name a few   

• In addition to paid vacation each year, five personal days, sick days as necessary, and our offices are closed from December 25 to January 1

• A hybrid work model that truly balances work and personal life

• Opportunities for learning, training and development, and much more... 

POSITION OVERVIEW

Thrive Lab is an innovation lab and social impact investment vehicle delivered through a co-investment partnership initiative. Its goal is to build a stronger ecosystem to support the creation of a new pipeline of women-led impact-driven businesses with a particular focus on those that contribute to transformative social change.

We’re looking for a passionate, mission-driven individual, excited about investing in early-stage, woman-led, impact-driven businesses. As Portfolio Coordinator, you support the team managing the Lab in all aspects of its operations and investment activities. You are highly organized with a strong attention to detail and excellent communications skills. A team player, you work with the team and support the research and analysis for prospective and current impact investments leveraging our unique co-investment and partnership model.

CHALLENGES TO BE MET 

Platform Building

• Participate in innovation discussions to create new offerings for women founders looking to build and grow impact-driven businesses.

• Assist in the implementation of a strategy to build the impact investing ecosystem.

• Assist in the development and management of relationships with key decision makers in the innovation sector including incubators, accelerators, family offices, angel groups and other ecosystem players to create a pipeline of investments.

Deal Making

• Coordinate and participate in introductory calls with women-led companies, to assess the potential and deliver information about the Thrive Lab and its investment process.

• Participate and support the investment team in conducting due diligence on impact using the five dimension of impact framework (IMP), market research, competition, management, sales, products/technology, cap table, valuation and exit strategies.

• Support in drafting investment memos.

• Participate in managing the pipeline of investment opportunities along with ecosystem proposals from co-investment partners.

Portfolio Management & Support

• Assist in the management of ongoing relationships with executives of investee companies, promptly responding to all inquiries in a courteous and efficient manner, as well as with representatives from the investment, impact and technology communities through active and ongoing marketing efforts.

• Assist investees with introductions to potential suppliers, investors, and employees.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR 

• Bachelor's degree in commerce, STEM or equivalent (concentration in finance, accounting or business administration is preferred)

• One to three years in financial services or a banking institution

• Venture capital or impact investing experience is an asset

• Excellent computer skills for conducting research as well as specific programs such as Outlook/Word/Excel/PowerPoint

• Strong attention to detail

• Able to work in a dynamic and productive team environment

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks

• Supportive and helpful attitude – willingness to proactively identify gaps and jump-in to fill them

• Strong work ethic and ability to perform under limited supervision using initiative and good judgment to assess priorities

• Continuous learning attitude, with maturity to take feedback constructively

• Exercise discretion and professionalism in handling sensitive situations and maintaining an appropriate level of confidentiality

• Excellent interpersonal as well as written and oral communication skills in English; French fluency would be an asset.

Proudly one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers and one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, we are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible environment where all employees can thrive and feel empowered to bring their whole selves to work. If you require an accommodation to complete your application, please do not hesitate to contact us at accessibility@bdc.ca.

While we appreciate all applications, we advise that only the candidates selected to participate in the recruitment process will be contacted.