Associate, Financial Management, Technology & Operations Business Management

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global investment organization as an Associate in Financial Management. This role involves supporting financial activities, conducting analyses, and collaborating across departments to enhance efficiency and drive growth. The position offers a hybrid work environment and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Hybrid work environment

Diverse and inspiring colleagues

Accelerated exposure and responsibility

Qualifications

• Lead independent work contributing to departmental deliverables.
• Conduct analyses of processes and financial data for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support operational and financial activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement solutions.
• Prepare reporting and trend analysis for decision-making.

Skills

Collaboration

Analytical Skills

Financial Analysis

Job description

Associate, Financial Management, Technology & Operations Business Management

• Full-time
• Function: Information Technology

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
• 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.

As an Associate, you will lead independent pieces of work that contribute to key deliverables and initiatives for your department, including supporting operational and financial activities. You will also help provide strategic recommendations to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and drive growth, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement and monitor solutions, ensuring long-term success and sustainability.

Team Description

The Strategy & Operating Office within the Technology & Operations (T&O) department plays a pivotal role in the financial management of the department. Our team is accountable for the planning, execution, and oversight of financial activities, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reviews, and cost optimization.

• Effectively collaborate on key initiatives and connect with business management peers across the Fund to share and understand best practices.
• Synthesize information from multiple sources to analyze spending trends and identify key variances.
• Provide timely, accurate, and relevant information/analysis that facilitates better decision-making and brings value-added insight to data received.
• Conduct comprehensive analyses of organizational processes, systems, and financial data to identify areas for improvement and opportunities for growth.
• Strengthen cost discipline by identifying key cost drivers and leading initiatives—such as demand and supply reviews—to uncover and implement cost optimization opportunities.
• Prepare and develop effective reporting and trend analysis on a regular and/or ad-hoc basis, utilizing various sources of information.
• Assist with project planning and prioritization by collaborating within and outside the department to understand and document the scope, objectives, and resourcing needs of planned projects.
• Track departmental objective progress diligently and systematically, creating summaries as needed for senior audiences.
• Maintain and update existing departmental tools and systems, ensuring the department can efficiently and effectively store and share information.
• Coordinate requirements gathering and provide testing support for new departmental systems and tools.

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 website 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.