CPP Investments Looking for Associate, Management Insights & Analytics, Public Markets at Toronto, ON Full Time

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney.

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

We are presently recruiting for an Associate to join the Management Insights & Analytics (MI&A) team in the Performance, Reporting and Analysis (PRA) group within the Finance department. MI&A delivers actionable insights and flexible analytical solutions to support management and departmental decision-making, as well as Board oversight.

The Associate will perform a key supporting role to the Finance Business Partners for the Active Equities, and Capital Markets & Factor Investing departments, providing input to analytics on performance, exposure, cost, risk, attribution and value-add for Senior Management across the Fund. The Associate will also coordinate and contribute to multiple projects. Additionally, the Associate will be responsible for conducting exploratory analysis and research related to total Fund activities as well as creating reports that deliver meaningful insights on departmental activities.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

• Work in a team to produce exploratory total Fund and investment department analysis to communicate the “story” behind the numbers to Senior Management
• Develop compelling materials to facilitate discussions, including creatively conveying data and analysis with charts, tables and other visuals in pre-read and presentation material
• Support and work on new analytics initiatives to provide insightful recommendations to internal business partners and Senior Management
• Develop and foster effective working relationships within the team and across groups at CPP Investments, including investing departments and Total Fund Management
• Address ad-hoc business requests to facilitate Board discussions, support evaluations of investment programs and strategies, and identify drivers of value-add
• Develop into a subject matter expert on the Fund’s public market programs and public markets in general, to support information and analytics needs across Finance and the Fund
• Enhance data gathering procedures to automate data collection from disparate databases and improve processes as well as building effective analytics systems

If you possess the following, we’d like to hear from you:

• Minimum 5+ years of professional experience in financial analysis within financial services or consulting
• Undergraduate or graduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline; professional designations (CFA, CA, CIPM) are considered assets
• Proven experience in SQL, Python, Tableau and/or Power BI is considered an asset
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, experience building compelling presentation decks
• Highly organized, attention to detail and the ability to produce high-quality work under pressure and with time-sensitive deadlines
• Ability to coordinate between multiple stakeholders and effectively project manage deliverables
• Self-motivated, able to think critically and creatively, adaptable to changing priorities and new challenges
• Proven ability to work independently as well as to perform effectively in a team-oriented environment
• Candidates must exemplify CPP Investment’s guiding principles of high performance, integrity, and partnership

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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.

Mandatory Vaccine Policy

All employees in the Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Mumbai, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Sao Paulo offices will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations to this policy will be made for medical or other protected grounds. Please contact us to discuss any accommodation needs.