Intern Analyst, Quantitative Models, Research

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 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. 

The Total Fund Management Department 

In Total Fund Management ("TFM"), we are building the capabilities to enable a consistent framework for the long-term management of the firm's investment strategy.  TFM consists of five groups:, Beta, Collateral, and Liquidity Management, Portfolio Design and Construction, Research, Portfolio Management, Trading and TFM Strategy and Business Management. 

In partnership with a diverse team of professionals, the Research group seeks to ensure TFM’s research capabilities into one centralized team to produce focused and impactful research, develop robust and consistent tools, and operate as efficiently as possible.  

As a member of the team, you will collaborate with colleagues across the department to understand the research results and business insights that are driving the investment decisions executed by the portfolio managers. With that in hand you will support the research and implementation of these leading-edge investment strategies by delivering robust portfolio research and portfolio management solutions in a timely manner. When tricky problems arise, you will work together with your colleagues to discuss ideas and test many options in order to find the right long-term resolution. 

We are currently recruiting an Intern Analyst to join the Quantitative Models, Research team within the Total Fund Management department for a four-month period from September to December 2025.  

What you’ll do:

• Contribute to the design of components of the portfolio management platform with an emphasis on ensuring flexibility and maintainability as the application goes into production 
• Engage with quant researchers and portfolio managers to clarify specifications written in their respective business languages ensuring completeness and correct interpretation 
• Assess and communicate the impact of impending modeling changes on portfolio metrics that drive trades 
• Apply programming expertise, optimization, linear algebra or numerical analysis techniques during the implementation to ensure robustness of algorithms and code 
• Collaborate with portfolio managers and quant researchers to prototype and develop portfolio analytics and quantitative models used in top-down portfolio management 
• Be mentored by experienced team members who will aid you to tap into your expertise and blend it with new skills learned on job 

To apply, please include a cover letter, resume, and transcripts (full unofficial version) by May 25, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST. 

• You are passionate about computing, engineering, finance, mathematics, physics or related fields (2nd year or above of undergraduate degree or working towards a graduate degree and returning to school in summer 2026) 
• You have programming experience in large-scale projects. Experience in software design and Python are considered assets. 
• You have an interest in modern portfolio theory, economics or quantitative portfolio techniques 
• You excel at problem solving, attention to detail and ability to think critically and creatively  
• You demonstrate strong interpersonal skills with solid verbal and written communication skills  

Along the way you will gain insights into the portfolio design fundamentals and the underlying investment beliefs and business realities that drive our total portfolio management decisions.  In return, we will invest the time, energy, and appropriate training, whereby our dedication to your success becomes a priority.

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.

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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.