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Job Requisition ID: 8523
Language Designation: English Essential
Language Skill Levels (Read/Write/Speak): ZZZ
Base Salary Commensurate Upon Experience: $146,000
Position Status: Permanent Full Time
Travel Requirement: Limited
Office Location: Toronto (ON); Calgary (AB); Halifax (NS); Montreal (QC); Ottawa (ON); Vancouver (BC)
At CMHC, we trust you to get the job done. We empower our employees to be fully autonomous and accountable in achieving their results. Employees focus on how they achieve results rather than when and where they choose to work.
Here are some of the reasons why we were chosen as one of Canada’s top employers:
- Enjoy 5 weeks of vacation;
- An annual individual performance bonus;
- Defined benefit pension plan;
- Comprehensive group insurance to support your well-being from day one;
- Access to a catalogue of courses for individual learning;
- An inclusive workplace culture and environment with multiple Employee Resource Groups and much more!
Help make a difference for Canadians. CMHC’s aspiration is that by 2030, everyone in Canada has a home that they can afford and that meets their needs. All of our programs and activities support this singular goal.
Be part of an inclusive workplace. Diversity and Inclusion guides everything we do at CMHC. We’re taking concrete actions to eradicate racism and advance equity within CMHC and the housing system.
Join the Investment Strategy team where you will play a key role in developing our investment strategy views as well as enhancing our strategic and tactical asset allocation design and process. You will drive the evolution of our investment strategy process, research processes and tools, informing our approach through the provision of data-led insights. The ideal candidate will be intellectually curious and highly self-motivated, but open to challenge and new perspectives. Strong analytical skills, including the ability to combine detail and an understanding of the big picture, centered on exceptional skills working with data and data tools. Given the team’s desire to improve its data-led research process, knowledge and/or the ability to learn new programming languages or tools like Python, R and E-views is an asset.
Responsibilities:
- Oversees the full scope of activities related to asset allocation, strategy development and manager research, including analysis and recommendations to the Director, division, senior management, the various committees, Trustees and the Board.
- Oversees research on asset classes, strategies, asset allocation techniques, investment managers, and risk mitigation techniques that will contribute to the development and implementation of strategic and tactical asset allocation, as well as ways to optimize risk adjusted returns to achieve the desired objectives and within established guidelines.
- Guides and leads the effort to enhance the data-driven research capabilities of the team, including development of our tools and models.
- Supports the investment performance and risk reporting activities to senior management and the various governance committees, including ensuring the committees are successfully run through effective coordination and reporting.
- Supports the Corporation in the development of the Corporate Plan, stress testing and other corporate initiatives by coordinating the provision of divisional inputs.
- Develops Business Plan and ensures the Business Plan initiatives are completed.
- Supports the Director by providing guidance, mentoring and leadership to the team, and mobilizes the team and resources to ensure that deliverables are met in a timely manner.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Legal or in another related field.
- Investment certification (Chartered Financial Analyst), particularly if education or experience requirements are not met.
- Minimum of ten years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience in the development of investment strategy and policies, and/or applied knowledge of asset-liability management in the context of asset allocation and risk management.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences to influence behavior, inform policy direction and persuade others to take a course of action.
- Creative analytical ability and the ability to model investing and risk management strategies.
- Applied knowledge of E-views, PowerBi and/or other statistical or reporting tools.
Posting closing date: Note, the competition may remain active until filled
IMPORTANT NOTICE – COVID-19 MEASURES
On June 14, 2022, the Government of Canada announced that as of June 20, 2022, it will suspend vaccination requirements for federal government employees. This decision followed a review of the current public health situation, including the evolution of the virus and vaccination rates in Canada. As a result, and consistent with the Government of Canada decision, CMHC has suspended its Vaccination Policy, effective June 20, 2022.
As a result, at this time, CMHC does not require employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment. CMHC will continue to monitor the public health situation and may at any time make adjustments and adopt or reintroduce measures, including mandatory vaccination, attestation and verification requirements. Any such vaccination measures, as updated from time to time, shall form a term and condition of your employment at CMHC.
CMHC is an inclusive workplace where diversity of thought – and of people – are recognized, valued, and considered essential to achieving our aspiration.
We are committed to employment equity and actively encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and persons of all races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions. We also welcome applications from non-Canadians who are eligible to work in Canada.
We sincerely thank all candidates for their interest, however, please note that only applicants selected for further consideration will be contacted. If selected for an interview or testing, please advise us if you require an accommodation.