Analyst, Credit Investment Operations (16-month contract)

CPP Investments; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment organization in Toronto is seeking an Analyst for a 16-month contract in Investment Operations. Responsibilities include managing the Private Credit Investments portfolio, ensuring accurate accounting and reporting. Ideal candidates will have an undergraduate degree in a related field, strong attention to detail, and an interest in using Gen AI tools. This position offers a hybrid-flexible work environment.

Benefits

Accelerated career development opportunities

Diverse and inspiring colleagues

Hybrid-flexible work environment

Qualifications

• Comfort with working EOD hours (11:30am – 7:30pm) and providing holiday coverage.
• Solid prioritization and organization skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable.

Responsibilities

• Support the Director in building out an End-of-day function.
• Act as key EOD control person for accurate holdings and pricing.
• Ensure accuracy of trade tickets and accounting entries.

Skills

Team player

High performance culture

Interest in Gen AI tools

Debt instruments knowledge

Attention to detail

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Finance, Commerce, Economics or related discipline

Job description

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.

Job Description

Investment Operations supports many of the Credit Investment teams with transaction management, asset servicing, investment accounting, reporting and valuations.

We are searching for an Analyst to support the day-to-day accounting and monitoring of the Private Credit Investments portfolio. ***Please note that this is a 16-month contract position with expected working hours of 11:30am -7:30pm***.

Role-Specific Accountabilities

• Support the Director in building out an End-of-day function within Credit Investment Operations.
• Act as key EOD control person to ensure accurate holdings, pricing, cash, and performance for our Credit Investments team. Provide valuable insights and commentary when necessary.
• Ensure accuracy of trade tickets and accounting entries.
• Maintain an ongoing effective working relationship with internal investment staff and external asset managers to ensure issues are discussed and resolved and financial controls and reporting requirements are met.
• Continually strive for operational excellence; seek ways to streamline processes, create operational efficiencies and foster a culture of continuous improvement, enhanced controls and data integrity (with a focus on using Gen AI tools).
• Ensure process documentation is kept up to date.
• Prioritize workload in a timely fashion to meet deadlines.

Qualifications

• Comfort with working EOD hours (11:30am – 7:30pm) and providing holiday coverage.
• Team player who enjoys working in a high performing culture and is open to evolving and changing priorities.
• Interest in in Gen AI tools (including data parsing and scraping) and overall comfort with data. Passion for improving process with technology.
• Solid understanding of debt instruments and investment accounting.
• Solid prioritization and organizations skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable.
• Undergraduate Degree in Finance, Commerce, Economics or other related discipline preferred.
• Exemplifies our Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership & 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:

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