Senior Analyst, Expense Operations (8-month contract)

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

CPP Investments is seeking a Senior Analyst, Expense Operations to oversee centralized global expense processing, ensuring accurate and timely payments within a strong control framework. You’ll support daily expense and cash management, general ledger accounting, and monthly close, collaborating across the organization and with external stakeholders.

This is a contract role through June 30, 2027. You’ll join Corporate Services within Technology & Operations, delivering reliable expense services

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, business or equivalent.
• A professional accounting designation is preferred.
• Minimum three years of relevant experience.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Office skills; aptitude for learning new software.

Responsibilities

• Support centralized global expense processing in accordance with policies and procedures, including vendor master records, vendor invoices and general ledger entries.
• Manage payment and cash management activities for global offices, including payment processing and cash forecasting.
• Support general ledger accounting and financial close activities, including AP subledger close, journal entries, accruals and reconciliations.
• Coordinate with third-party accounting services to ensure accurate records for outsourced offices.
• Contribute to organizational Source-to-Pay initiatives and support audit inquiries.
• Maintain risk and control metrics and SOPs; promote understanding of AP policies and systems.

Skills

Accounting

Finance

Excel

Oracle Financials

Analytical thinking

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Education

Undergraduate degree in accounting/finance/business

Professional accounting designation preferred

Tools

Oracle Financials

Job description

Purpose. Performance. People.

Joining CPP Investments means joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors to drive a single mandate: to deliver strong, sustainable returns for generations of Canadians. With a long-term horizon and global reach, we deploy capital at scale across public and private markets. Our size, stability, and disciplined investment philosophy allow us to pursue complex opportunities and build enduring partnerships worldwide. For our people, this means meaningful work with tangible impact, real opportunity, and collaboration with exceptional colleagues who value partnership and performance. Here, you’ll contribute to outcomes that matter alongside team members committed to excellence and shared success.

The Role As Senior Analyst, Expense Operations, you will support the oversight of CPP Investments’ centralized global expense processing, helping ensure expenses and payments are processed accurately and on time within a robust control environment. You will support daily expense and cash management activities, general ledger accounting and the monthly financial close, while collaborating with Expense Operations colleagues, teams across the organization and external stakeholders. This is a contract role through June 30, 2027. The Team Corporate Services is part of CPP Investments’ Technology and Operations department. Within Corporate Services, the Expense Operations team is responsible for expense processing, cash management and expense-related accounting activities across CPP Investments’ global offices.

Accountabilities

• Support centralized global expense processing in accordance with policies and procedures, including vendor master records, vendor invoices and general ledger entries.
• Manage payment and cash management activities for global offices, including payment processing in accordance with local requirements, bank account and authority updates, cash forecasting and excess cash coordination.
• Support general ledger accounting and financial close activities, including Accounts Payable subledger close, variance analysis, journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, adjustments, general ledger reconciliations and bank reconciliations.
• Coordinate with third-party accounting service providers to help ensure accurate accounting records for outsourced global offices.
• Contribute to the organization-wide Source-to-Pay project and support annual audit inquiries and data collection.
• Maintain risk and control metrics and standard operating procedures, and promote understanding of Accounts Payable policies, systems and procedures, including through training materials.
• Partner with Finance and other stakeholders to resolve cross-functional issues, identify opportunities to streamline processes and recommend solutions that consider business needs, governance and controls.

What You Bring

• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, business or equivalent;
• a professional accounting designation is preferred.
• Minimum three years of relevant experience.
• Strong Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Office skills, with an aptitude and interest in learning new software applications.
• Experience with Oracle Financials and three-way matching invoice processing is an asset.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess multiple factors and recommend practical solutions.
• Effective written and verbal communication and relationship-building skills for collaborating with stakeholders across the organization.
• Strong time management and adaptability, with a commitment to continuous improvement and the ability to deliver in a high-performing, evolving environment.
• You are motivated to contribute to something larger than yourself, approach complex challenges with rigor, and hold yourself to high standards in a collaborative, performance-driven environment.

We provide colleagues with cutting-edge AI tools, dedicated learning time, and practical support to help them deliver with greater impact.

Inclusion & Accessibility

CPP Investments is committed to equitable access to employment and building a workforce that reflects diverse talent and perspectives. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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CPP Investments is committed to a secure and transparent recruitment process. We will never ask candidates for payment or financial information at any stage of hiring. All legitimate opportunities are posted on our careers page, and communications will come from our applicant tracking system, Workday. CPP Investments may use AI tools to help screen and assess applicants by analyzing resumes and applications for relevant skills and experience. These tools support, but do not replace, human decision-making.

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About Us

Why Work With Us

For 25 years, we’ve proudly invested the Canada Pension Plan Fund, helping to secure retirement for more than 22 million Canadians. We invest for the long term - and that includes our people.

Our Guiding Principles

Our guiding principles shape our culture. They define how we work and represent the values that guide our behaviours. They are Integrity, Partnership and High Performance.

Our Impact

We invest globally across public and private markets, managing capital on behalf of millions of contributors and beneficiaries. We focus on long-term value creation and responsible investing, with offices in major financial centres around the world.

What You Can Expect

• Meaningful work with measurable impact
• Exposure to complex, global challenges
• Opportunities for learning and growth
• Competitive total rewards and benefits
• Comprehensive wellness programs
• Inclusive and respectful of diverse perspectives

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