Analyst, Strategy, Risk & Operations (12-Month Contract)

Company Description

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 $600 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, 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.

Job Description

The Capital Markets and Factor Investing Department (CMF) invests assets globally in public equities, fixed income securities, currencies, commodities, and derivatives, and manages the engagement of investment managers and co-investments in public market securities.

We are recruiting an Analyst in the Strategy, Risk & Operations (SRO) group of CMF for a 12-month contract. The SRO team oversees CMF’s portfolio strategy, operational and business strategy and portfolio construction and risk. This includes responsibilities related to the department's strategy, developing both annual and long-term investment plans, portfolio construction, program execution approach, and managing CMF's overall operations.

What You’ll Do 

• Maintain and enhance a robust portfolio construction and risk analytics platform used to monitor and manage a complex investment portfolio.
• Model investment programs using a variety of portfolio construction and risk models.
• Maintain and update position and exposure information, market data, and P&L results.
• Prepare portfolio review and risk reporting packages for the Investment Committee and Senior Management.
• Support operational, technology and data initiatives to enable scaling of CMF’s investment programs. 
• Special projects and other duties as assigned - must be comfortable pivoting as priorities shift in a complex and dynamic environment. 

Qualifications

Who We’re Looking For  

We look for candidates that have a track record of academic success while balancing extracurricular activities, a strong interest in the financial markets and portfolio management as well as effective communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills. In addition, the most successful candidates combine energy, enthusiasm, and intellectual curiosity, with a demonstrated interest in investing. 

• A recently completed undergraduate/graduate degree in a quantitative finance discipline: Economics, Finance, Mathematical Finance, Financial Engineering
• Passion for Investment Management, Economics and Financial Markets
• Strong quantitative, problem solving and critical thinking skills 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Programming/scripting experience using Python (and associated stats libraries)
• Demonstrates our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance 

Additional Information

If you have an interest in working with talented professionals in the financial industry in an environment of integrity, partnership and high performance, then you should consider a career in at CPP Investments.

To apply, please include a cover letter, resume, and transcripts (full unofficial version).

Deadline: January 12, 2025, at 11:59 PM

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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.