Intern Analyst, Data Scouting (Summer 2025)

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. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability 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 $3.6 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 attracts and selects high-potential 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 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

We are looking for an Intern to join the Data Scouting team in CPP Investments’ Technology & Operations (‘T&O’) department. This role will be in the Toronto Office for the Summer 2025 work term, and you will report to the Director, Data Scouting.

The Data Scouting team is responsible for managing the organization's extensive portfolio of market data. This centralized unit supports all asset classes, ensuring the effective utilization and contracting of external data throughout the investment process, from analytics to operations, covering the entire investment lifecycle. The team oversees the entire span of external commercial data contracts and collaborates closely with business groups and the legal department for initial contract revisions before final legal review.

Primary Responsibilities

• Proactively track pipeline for upcoming contract expiry and follow up with Contract Owners to take necessary action.
• Support Contract Owners in contract revision by utilizing the intake forms, directives, playbooks, and other guidance provided by Legal team.
• Work closely with the Legal team to ensure the regulatory and legal contractual terms are drafted appropriately based on the engagement type.
• Liaise with third party risk management counterparts to incorporate risk considerations into the agreement based on the due diligence outcome.
• Support and follow up on the authorizations and approvals for contracts with CPP Investments signatories and vendors.
• Handle day-to-day activities throughout the end-to-end contract lifecycle processes in collaboration with Contract Owners and in line with CPP Investments’ policies and procedures.
• Perform analysis and develop reporting to help identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency and to support decision making (e.g.: contract expiry analysis, variances in standard terms, cycle times etc.).

Summer Program

At CPP Investments, we are committed to helping you grow your skills and gain world-class experience. Working within a strong culture of collaboration, you will discover our rewarding and challenging internships. We have leaders who listen to every member of the team and trust them with meaningful work. This translates into immediate and unparalleled learning.

The summer program begins with an Intern Orientation for you to engage with fellow Interns and learn about the resources and programs available to you. We offer company-wide departmental overviews for you to explore more about what we do at CPP Investments and give you the opportunity to gain exposure to senior leadership across the firm. You will quickly advance your knowledge and expertise through stimulating on-the-job assignments. You will participate in additional summer programming such as our Intern Case Competition and our Speaker Series where each session focuses on a different aspect of our culture including Employee Resource Groups, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion and much more.  We encourage you to bring your full self to work and take every opportunity to excel in your role.

Qualifications

Who We’re Looking For

• Preference will be given to students pursuing a Law degree. However, candidates enrolled in any undergraduate or graduate program, who are returning to school in Fall 2025, are welcome to apply.
• Supporting comprehensive legal research and producing high-quality legal writing.
• Familiarity with commercial law principles and practices is considered an asset.
• The ideal candidate demonstrates excellence in both oral and written communication, along with strong interpersonal and relationship-building abilities.
• A strict commitment to confidentiality and consistent demonstration of professionalism.
• Highly valued soft skills include effective communication, teamwork, and problem-solving. The ability to thrive under pressure and manage time efficiently is essential.
• Candidates must embody CPP Investments’ core values of high performance, integrity, and partnership, with a keen interest in contributing to a dynamic and collaborative environment.

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) by Friday, April 11, 2025, at 8:00am EST.

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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.