Associate – Strategy, Risk & Operations, Capital Markets & Factor Investing

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. With more than $600 billion in assets under management, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure it is financially sustainable for generations of working and retired Canadians.

CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
• A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
• An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives

If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here. 

Job Description

This is an opportunity within the Strategy, Risk & Operations (SRO) team within the Capital Markets and Factor Investing department (CMF) primarily to support the Business Strategy function. This function plays a critical role contributing to management of CMF’s capital, cost, governance, technology, strategic and operational planning tasks as well as other initiatives as required within the dynamic SRO team. The role will significantly enhance SRO’s ability to provide insightful recommendations and direction to the SMD, CMF in the allocation of our capital and resources.

Accountabilities

You will support the following:

• CMF’s operating costs and expense budgeting process
• CMF’s capital budget including coordination with key stakeholders
• Annual business planning process for the Department
• Assist in the design and implementation of technology or operational improvements within the department
• Preparation of CMF-Committee level materials and strategic communications
• Representation of CMF in cross-departmental working groups
• Strategic, technology or operational initiatives within SRO as required, including items related to technology & operations, enterprise risk and compliance
• Interaction with various groups within CMF and across the enterprise, principally Finance, Audit, Legal, Risk, Technology & Operations. These discussions will require strong collaboration and communication skills

Qualifications

• CA, CFA or equivalent professional designation
• Knowledge of public market asset classes and alternative strategies
• Experience in the preparation and reconciliation of capital budgeting and financial reporting
• Operational experience, including process design and documentation and some data analytic skills
• Demonstrated ability to craft and drive a strategic narrative, based on the production of insightful analysis that will inform key strategic choices for CMF
• Strategically-oriented, inquisitive and comfortable with ambiguity
• Effective use of visual aids to simplify complex information
• Excellent verbal and written skills, including high proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Tableau and Sharepoint
• Ability to prioritize, organize and multi-task in a flexible, fast paced environment
• Exemplifies our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance  

Additional Information

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process.

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Disclaimer:

CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered.  CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.