Intermediate Investment Monitoring & Reporting Analyst

Empire Life Investments Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 78,480 - 125,350; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

Flexible work arrangements

Four weeks annual vacation

Tuition reimbursement / education

Job summary

Empire Life Investments Inc. seeks an Intermediate Investment Monitoring & Reporting Analyst to join the Investment Finance team in a hybrid role in Toronto.

The position focuses on establishing monitoring frameworks, maintaining policy limits, and generating compliance reports while supporting data-driven decision making. You will work with portfolio managers and other stakeholders to analyze monitoring rules, ensure accuracy of reports, and continuously improve processes.

Qualifications

• Understanding of investment monitoring principles, regulatory limits, and reporting requirements.
• Proficiency in reconciliation controls and data integrity best practices.
• Familiarity with investment systems and databases, including programming and reporting functionalities (EZE OMS, Portia a plus).
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant investment experience at a financial institution.
• Experience in developing and maintaining detailed procedural documentation.
• Ability to analyze large, complex datasets and implement process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain monitoring frameworks with procedural documentation and control records.
• Assist in maintaining investment policy limits against regulatory/guideline limits.
• Program and test investment monitoring rules within systems and offline tools.
• Provide analytical insights to portfolio managers on monitoring rules, warnings and breaches.
• Prepare regulatory filings and generate daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
• Assist in development and preparation of investment activity reports for management and board.
• Rationalize programmed reports and test changes to capture portfolio/admin updates.
• Maintain controls to ensure reports are accurate and changes are authorized.
• Support broker relationships and collaborate with third-party providers as needed.
• Contribute to business continuity planning for Investment Monitoring activities.
• Share knowledge with peers and coach team on policies and workflows.
• Identify opportunities to optimize processes and data integrity in reporting.

Skills

Investment monitoring

Regulatory limits

Data integrity

Investment systems

Programming

Portia

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or related quantitative field

Tools

EZE OMS

SS&C Portia

Job description

Intermediate Investment Monitoring & Reporting Analyst

Regular Full-Time Professional North York, ON, CA

Intermediate Investment Monitoring & Reporting Analyst

Location:Hybrid in Toronto (York Mills)

The total target compensation (TTC) range, including salary and target bonus, is $78,480 - $125,350. This TTC range is applicable to permanent roles only. The actual base salary offered within this range will be determined by the successful candidate’s skills and experience, as well as internal equity.

Empire Life is looking to hire an Intermediate Investment Monitoring & Reporting Analyst to join our Investment Finance team! We are actively seeking candidates to fill a current, open position.

Why pursue this opportunity

The environment - we understand the importance of work-life balance and strive to provide a supportive work environment that allows our employees to achieve both personal and professional goals.

Impactful work - get the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that have a positive impact on our customers, our company, and society as a whole.

Deliver excellence - provide a personal, accurate, professional, and courteous service and resolution to our customers.

Have your voice heard - with a fresh perspective, we welcome those that can highlight opportunities for improvement. We encourage creative and innovative thinking and welcome candidates who are not afraid to challenge the status quo.

What you’ll be working on

Develop and Maintain Monitoring Frameworks:

Participate in establishing and maintaining comprehensive procedural documentation, job aids, and internal control documentation to ensure current and accurate investment monitoring and reporting processes.

Regulatory Adherence and System Programming:

Assist in the ongoing maintenance of an inventory of relevant investment policy limits as well as measuring against regulatory and investment guideline limits.

This involves programming, maintaining, and annually testing investment monitoring rules within the trade order management system and investment administration system, as well as within offline monitoring tools outside of the systems, to ensure their ongoing accuracy, completeness, validity and operational integrity.

Stakeholder Consultation and Reporting:

Support stakeholders, including portfolio managers, by providing analytical insights and answers regarding investment monitoring rules, warnings, and violations/breaches.

Participate in preparing and/or supporting required regulatory filings and generating daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly investment restriction monitoring reports, ensuring clear and consistent communication.

Investment Reporting:

Assist in the development, maintenance and preparation of various financial, management and Board reports on investment activity, holdings, attributes and company assets under management.

Execute analytical reviews of investment results and other investment-related quantitative measures to validate accuracy/reasonability of reported figures.

Participate in the ongoing rationalization of the inventory of programmed reports in the investment systems, as well as the programming, maintenance/updates and required testing of system-based reports to ensure they appropriately capture changes to investment portfolios, holdings/security types and/or the business.

Support the maintenance of a system of controls over programmed and other key investment-related reports to ensure only appropriately authorized changes are made to reports and reports are consistently accurate and complete.

Broker Relationships:

Provide support to the portfolio management team, legal and compliance area or other areas within Investment Finance with respect to investment data requirements, establishing/refreshing broker relationships, market openings, etc. and assist in maintaining a document repository of all relevant agreements and correspondence.

Collaborate with third party service providers and vendors as relevant and assigned.

Business Continuity:

Participate in developing and maintaining business continuity plans for Investment Monitoring and Reporting activities.

Coaching:

Responsible for sharing knowledge with and coaching peers and other team members and staff on relevant policies, procedures, workflows and core investment monitoring and reporting concepts and approaches.

Process Optimization and Data Integrity:

Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying and proposing process enhancements to maximize efficiency and ensure appropriate operational controls around investment reporting as well as investment monitoring and compliance-related activities.

What we’re looking for you to have

Required Knowledge:

An understanding of investment monitoring principles, regulatory limits, and reporting requirements.

Proficiency in reconciliation controls and data integrity best practices.

Familiarity with investment systems and databases, including their programming and reporting functionalities. Knowledge of the EZE OMS and SS&C Technologies Portia would be an asset.

Experience:

Minimum of 2 years of relevant investment experience at a financial institution.

Experience working in an investment compliance function or team with related responsibilities is a differentiating asset.

Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining detailed procedural documentation.

Proven ability to work with and analyze large, complex datasets.

Experience in identifying and/or implementing process improvements.

Prior experience in programming and testing investment compliance rules and/or investment-related reports within financial systems is highly advantageous.

Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new systems and team structures, with a focus on becoming a super user for critical applications.

Education:

A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or a related quantitative field.

If you are applying for a position which is open to applicants across Canada, unless otherwise indicated in the position, language proficiency in English is required for communicating with customers, advisors, or employees across Canada.

Our hiring process includes AI screening for keywords and minimum qualifications. Recruiters review all results.

Beyond the salary

For permanent full-time positions, Empire Life offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes:

Competitive salaries with annual pay increases

Annual bonus program, which recognizes both strong company performance and individual contributions, for non sales positions

Access to learning & development programs, and education/tuition reimbursement (role dependent), to support your professional growth and career advancement.

A comprehensive employer-funded benefits package starting from day one of employment, that includes life insurance, health and dental and a generous health account

Flexible work arrangements and an annual allotment of personal health days.

Four weeks annual vacation from hire date

A defined contribution pension plan with generous employer matching

Top up programs for parental leave and compassionate leave

Employer-sponsored wellness and recognition programs

Empire life is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity, are committed to creating an inclusive environment, and welcome everyone to participate in our application process. We encourage those of all backgrounds and experiences to apply, even if you don't believe you meet each unique qualification outlined. A pplicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or age.

Empire Life is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to building an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process. If you require a specific adjustment to help you present your best self, please let us know—we are happy to work with you. If you need this job posting in an alternative format or have any accessibility questions, please contact [e-mail] .