Director, Real Assets Risk, Investment Risk

CPP Investments; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CPP Investments seeks a professional with extensive investment management experience to provide risk oversight for their Real Assets portfolios. This high-profile role involves assessing risks in Real Estate investments, supporting decision-making processes, and collaborating closely with investment teams. Candidates should have strong analytical skills, a solid educational background, and a dedication to high performance in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Global career development opportunities

Culture of Integrity and High Performance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years in investment management focusing on Real Estate.
• Experience in risk management with strong analytical skills required.
• Knowledge of Real Estate industry and underwriting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of risk assessment for Real Assets.
• Conduct fundamental analysis for risk profile identification.
• Monitor risk profiles of assigned portfolios and identify emerging risks.

Skills

Risk Management

Financial Analysis

Communication

Quantitative Skills

Presentation Skills

Education

Undergraduate or advanced degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Finance

Tools

Financial Modeling

Job description

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization.

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest-growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-caliber individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible / hybrid work environment combining in-office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership, and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description

The incumbent will support the ongoing development and implementation of a risk assessment and management framework for CPP Investments’ Real Assets, Private Equity, and Private Credit portfolio. Reporting to the Managing Director of the Real Assets & Sustainability Risk team, the primary responsibility of the role is to provide risk oversight for the Real Assets portfolios and investments, with a focus on Real Estate investments.

The Real Assets & Sustainability Risk team is responsible for: 1) risk oversight for Real Assets investments; and 2) sustainability-related risk mandates for the Total Fund. The team partners with the Real Assets Department to provide: 1) independent risk oversight and governance, including constructive challenge over risk levels and alignment with performance expectations, as well as key investment and operational processes; and 2) advice and value-add risk analysis to enable better decision-making for improved investment outcomes. The team identifies, quantifies, and monitors risks associated with Real Estate, Infrastructure, Renewable, and Conventional investments; provides independent views on key transactions; supports the Real Assets Investment Committee; and collaborates with Real Assets to enable its investment and risk management processes.

Primary responsibilities for this role include:

• Assist in preparing independent risk assessments on Real Assets, Private Equity, and Private Credit transactions, focusing on Real Estate.
• Conduct fundamental analysis of individual transactions in the Real Assets sectors to assess risk profiles and identify key risks; evaluate financial and business risks and recommend mitigation measures.
• Monitor the risk profile of assigned portfolios throughout the asset-ownership period, proactively identifying emerging risks, impacts, and mitigation strategies.
• Identify macro and mega-trends that may impact investments and quantify their potential impacts.
• Support the development of portfolio-level analytics, analysis, and reporting to communicate risk insights to senior management.
• Analyze the risk/return profile of investments relative to benchmarks.
• Collaborate with the Real Assets Department to support investment and risk management processes.
• Enhance quantitative risk models and develop alternative risk analytics in partnership with the quantitative risk team.
• Support risk leadership and the CRO in their roles within Investment and Management Committees.
• Assist regional risk oversight in Europe and Asia.
• Evolve the risk oversight engagement model with Real Assets and other groups for better information exchange.
• Perform other relevant duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or advanced degree in Engineering, Science, Business, Finance, or relevant discipline.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in investment management or financial services, specializing in fundamental and/or portfolio analysis in Real Estate and Private Asset Investments.
• Deep knowledge of the Real Estate industry, preferably with underwriting or investment assessment experience.
• Extensive risk management experience in Real Estate investments; experience in private assets is a plus.
• Portfolio or fundamentals-based real estate assessment experience or deal team experience with a desire to transition to risk management is considered.
• Strong communication, presentation, and visualization skills.
• High professionalism and ability to manage relationships.
• Proficiency in financial modeling.
• Strong quantitative, financial, and analytical skills.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and challenges.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple demands.
• Self-motivated with initiative.
• Capable of delivering under tight deadlines in a high-performance environment.
• Team-oriented, collaborative, and independent work skills.