Senior Analyst, Strategy & Business Management

CPP Investments | Investissements RPC; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a globally respected investment organization that values integrity and collaboration. As a Senior Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing operational efficiency and supporting strategic initiatives. This position offers stimulating work in a fast-paced environment, where you will collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to impactful financial decisions. With a focus on professional growth and a commitment to diversity, this role provides an excellent opportunity to advance your career while making a meaningful impact on the sustainability of the Canada Pension Plan. Embrace the challenge and invest in your future with a team dedicated to excellence.

Benefits

Global career development opportunities

Hybrid-flexible work environment

Diverse and inspiring colleagues

Access to stimulating work

Collaborative culture

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in investment analysis or business management.
• Strong communication skills to effectively engage with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on key initiatives and share best practices across the Fund.
• Conduct analyses to identify areas for improvement and growth opportunities.

Skills

Verbal Communication

Written Communication

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

SQL

Python

Excel VBA

Education

University Degree

College Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

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.

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

As a Senior Analyst, you will contribute to key deliverables and initiatives for your department, including supporting operational, administrative, and financial activities. You will also help provide strategic recommendations to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and drive growth, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement and monitor solutions, ensuring long-term success and sustainability

Team Description

The Business Management (BM) team within the Total Fund Management department supports the department on key operational focuses including talent and culture, business & financial planning, governance, compliance, and project management. BM acts in support of the department’s focus of managing total fund activities across all investment horizons where we have a dynamic and direct impact on the Fund’s overall performance.

Accountabilities

• Effectively collaborate on key initiatives and connect with business management peers across the Fund to share and understand best practices.
• Provide timely, accurate and relevant information/analysis that facilitates better decision making and brings value-added insight to data received.
• Conduct comprehensive analyses of organizational processes, systems, and financial data to identify areas for improvement and opportunities for growth.
• Prepare detailed reports and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Drive effective cross-departmental knowledge sharing through authorship and execution of regular newsletters, information hubs and SharePoint document repositories and event planning..
• Help coordinate requirements gathering and provide testing support for new departmental systems and tools.
• Support broad suite of departmental compliance activities, facilitating effective communication, tracking and execution against rules & regulations
• Provide analytical and coordination support for financial analysis and investment performance reporting activities
• Assist with operational duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• University degree or College diploma
• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build relationships effectively with people at all levels.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), programming skills (e.g. SQL, Python and Excel VBA) would be an asset.
• Ability to effectively manage toward timelines on multiple concurrent initiatives, keeping managers and colleagues apprised of progress and seeking assistance as required.
• Experience with tackling problems with elements of ambiguity, with a developing sense of when to work independently, and when to seek guidance.
• Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and new challenges
• Developing analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and creatively
  
  

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.