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. With more than $600 billion in assets under management, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure it is financially sustainable 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 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.
Job Description
The Investment & Fund Accounting (I&FA) team oversees of the accounting book of record for investments (Simcorp Dimensions). The team is responsible for the managing the investment accounting period end close, fund accounting activities and the accounting configuration setup within the investment ledger. In addition, the team is responsible for providing transaction booking and support within the investment ledger for new products, investment structures and system enhancements and upgrades to our internal business partners.
Reporting to the Manager, Group Accounting & Reporting, the person in this role will provide support for I&FA’s mandate and ensure investment transactions are accounted for correctly in SimCorp Dimensions to support internal and external reporting purposes. This person will also assist with the daily, monthly, and quarterly I&FA operations and various projects/initiatives as required. This person will work collaboratively within the I&FA team and other groups including Financial Policy & Reporting, Investment Operations, Treasury and Technology & Data.
Role-Specific Accountabilities:
- Assist with the period end close process for the investment ledger, including subledger/general ledger reconciliations, adjusting journal entries, exception handling of transactions
- Support external reporting requirements by preparing/reviewing monthly, quarterly and annual investment & financial schedules, reconciliations, and audit requests relating to financial statements and accounting controls
- Support daily fund accounting activities such as reconciliations of the Net Asset Value and cash flows and other month end controls
- Work with Financial Policy & Reporting and Investment Operations teams to ensure investment activities are recorded in the accounting book of record appropriately to meet downstream accounting and reporting requirements
- Support the department automation objectives and automate reports through Tableau, VBA, Python etc. As a subject matter expert provide guidance to other team members to help them automate their reports
- Proactively identify process inefficiencies, recommend, and execute process improvements while considering upstream/downstream impacts. Use technical tools (i.e.: Tableau, SQL, Python, macros, etc.) to analyze large data sets and streamline reporting processes
- Support testing for initiatives as required
Qualifications
- Undergraduate or advanced degree – Finance, Commerce, Accounting, Economics or another related discipline
- Professional designation (CPA, CFA, etc.) required
- 4-7 years relevant experience in investment accounting in the financial services industry
- Strong working knowledge of various investment products and an understanding of investment accounting standards, controls, and reporting practices
- Practical experience with accounts/portfolio structures and multi-asset portfolios (i.e., equities, fixed income, real estate, derivatives)
- Solid experience with investment portfolio accounting systems; SimCorp Dimensions considered an asset
- Proven track record of working on process automation projects and introducing efficiency to reporting and other processes Experience working with automation tools; Tableau will be added advantage
- Flexible, adaptable and able to prioritize to deliver results
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
- Intellectually curious, with strong business judgment
- Solid interpersonal and organizational skills combined with the ability to readily adapt to rapidly changing investment environments
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and develop strong relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organization
- Demonstrate good judgment, professionalism, and the ability to work in a high performing culture with time-sensitive deadlines
- Exemplify CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
Additional Information
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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.
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What We Do
CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization with a vital purpose: to help provide a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement. To help maximize the CPP Fund for generations to come, we invest across all major asset classes: public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments.
With an international reputation as a leading institutional investor, our governance structure is recognized worldwide as a best practice for pension fund investment management. Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney, we leverage our global reach and on-the-ground knowledge to continually diversify, build and grow the CPP Fund.
Our investment professionals partner with top core services specialists in finance, human resources, information technology, legal, public affairs and communications, investment operations, data management, treasury services and investment risk.
