Associate, Leveraged Finance

CPP Investments | Investissements RPC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment organization seeks a motivated Associate for its Capital Solutions Group in Toronto. This role involves evaluating and managing credit investment opportunities, participating in due diligence, and preparing recommendations for investment committee meetings. Candidates should have 3-5 years experience in finance, strong analytical skills, and a collaborative mindset.

Benefits

Hybrid-flexible work environment

Global career development opportunities

Approachable leaders and diverse colleagues

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience in credit investing or related fields.
• Ability to build financial models and conduct due diligence.
• Strong interpersonal skills for collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate investment opportunities and conduct due diligence.
• Negotiate deal terms and prepare investment recommendations.
• Build financial models to assist in investment evaluation.

Skills

Critical thinking

Analytical skills

Research skills

Oral communication

Written communication

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.

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

We are seeking a highly motivated and adaptable individual to join our high performing team as an Associate in the Capital Solutions Group in the Credit Investments department in Toronto. This role will be focused on the Americas Leveraged Finance strategy which invests in corporate debt of non-investment grade sponsored and non-sponsored issuers in North and Latin America.

As an Associate/Senior Associate, you will have the opportunity to work in small teams, evaluate investment opportunities, conduct due diligence, develop recommendations, prepare for investment committee meetings, participate in the negotiation and execution of investments, and monitor and manage investments.

Team Summary

Credit Investments currently manages assets in excess of $50 billion; investment deal sizes range from $50M to over $1B. The Credit Investments team has over 120 investment professionals across North America, Europe and Asia.

The Americas Leveraged Finance team specializes in both liquid and illiquid debt across the capital structure in the primary and secondary markets, including first lien loans, second lien loans, unitranche loans, high-yield bonds, convertible bonds, bridges, mezzanine debt, and preferred equity.

Key Accountabilities

• Research, analyze and evaluate credit investment opportunities across the capital structure
• Assist in the negotiation of key deal terms, including legal documentation, and running a full private deal process
• Build financial models to assist in investment evaluation, structuring and financing
• Prepare and present investment recommendations to Investment Committees
• Collaborate and manage relationships with various counterparties both internally and externally (investment banks, private equity sponsors, other lenders, etc.)
• Develop relationships with management teams as part of monitoring portfolio companies
  
  

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience post undergraduate studies in either credit investing, private equity or financial services firm focused on leveraged finance, debt capital markets, corporate banking, or investment banking
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and research skills including experience evaluating and building financial models
• Solid, demonstrated oral and written communication skills
• Experience in conducting complicated due diligence work under a compressed timeline, contributing to deal sourcing activities and working with external stakeholders (e.g., management, sponsors, investment banks, etc.)
• Ability to provide insightful thoughts regarding relative value across the capital structure and between different credits
• Desire to live in Toronto and some travelling
• Strong intellectual curiosity, a fast learner, and a team player
  
  

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Investment Management

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