Rotational Analyst, CPA Program

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization that invests in the financial future of Canadians. As a Rotational Analyst in the CPA program, you'll gain invaluable experience through diverse rotations in Finance and Legal, all while pursuing your CPA designation. This role offers a unique opportunity to work alongside industry experts and develop essential skills in a collaborative and high-performance environment. With a commitment to integrity and diversity, you'll be part of a culture that values your contributions and supports your career growth. Embrace this chance to make a meaningful impact while advancing your professional journey.

Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Resource Groups

Inclusive & Diversity Initiatives

Access to Online Training Modules

Qualifications

• Candidates must be pursuing a CPA designation and able to start in Fall 2025.
• Strong academic success combined with extracurricular activities is essential.

Responsibilities

• Participate in rotations within Finance and Legal departments for CPA competency.
• Engage in formal training, mentorship, and performance management.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Relationship Building

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Thought Leadership

Education

Undergraduate or Advanced Degree

Graduate Diploma in Accounting

Job 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 $3.6trillion 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.

Job Description

The CPP Investments’ CPA Rotational Analyst Program is designed to attract, develop and retain top-caliber students seeking to pursue a CPA designation in our Finance and Legal department. CPP Investments is a CPA Ontario approved certificated organization, and Rotational Analysts will experience two rotations within the eligible groups over a three-year period. Placements occur within different teams in Finance and Legal (Assurance & Advisory) Rotations are assigned to help you achieve key competency development areas and business needs and provides sufficient experience and mentorship to gain your CPA designation. Rotational Analysts will acquire functional and leadership competencies and after successfully completing the two rotations, you will be placed full-time within one of the eligible groups.

As a Rotational Analyst you will join a Program that goes beyond technical components to include formal training, apprenticeship, mentoring and meaningful performance management. You will join CPP Investments’ LAUNCH Program as new graduates which is designed to help you learn about different strategies, technical requirements and thought process needed to become successful in the firm. You will be encouraged to ask questions, be engaged and pursue both formal and informal learning opportunities.

You will quickly advance your knowledge and expertise through skills-based training and stimulating on-the-job assignments working in a high performing and collaborative environment with colleagues who are leading experts in their field.

Rotating across two teams will give you great insight into your abilities, interest and passions to grow your career at CPP Investments. You will be supported throughout your journey with Employee Resource Groups, Inclusive & Diversity initiatives, and our Campus Team Advisors. You will have access to our online training modules, tuition reimbursement programs and an employee network across our global office that goes beyond your day-to day work. We encourage you to bring your full self to work and take every opportunity to excel in your role to build your career at CPP Investments.

Overview of Participating Groups

Finance enables the organization to make better business decisions, while ensuring the financial stewardship of the organization is maintained to a high standard. Finance is responsible for the organization’s financial reporting strategy, business and financial planning, valuations, performance measurement and other forms of management analytics, financial controls, and tax governance.

Legal’s (Assurance & Advisory) primary purpose is to provide reasonable independent assurance to Senior Management and the Audit Committee of CPP Investments over the adequacy and effectiveness of CPP Investments’ system of governance, risk management, and internal controls.

Qualifications

• Candidates in an undergraduate or advanced degree program seeking to obtain their CPA designation, who are able to start work in the Fall of 2025, are eligible to apply.
• Candidates with a strong track record of academic success while balancing extracurricular activities.
• Candidates with a strong set ofinterpersonal, thought leadership, relationship building and communication skills.
• Candidates that often combine energy, enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity, with a demonstrated interest in accounting, finance and analytics.
• A completed Graduate Diploma in Accounting, or equivalent CPA modules, is required prior to start date.

Additional Information

If you have an interest in working with talented professionals in the financial industry in an environment of integrity, partnership and high performance, then you should consider a career in at CPP Investments.

To apply, please include a cover letter, resume and transcripts (full unofficial version) byMonday, May 26, 2025, at 8:00am ET.

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.