Company DescriptionMake an impact at a global and dynamic investment organizationWhen 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 environmentAccelerated exposure and responsibilityGlobal career development opportunitiesDiverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leadersA hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaborationA culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performanceAn organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts livesIf you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here. Job DescriptionAs an Associate, Public Markets, Middle Office, Trade Capture & Support you will support public Investment teams with transaction management, asset servicing, investment accounting, reporting and valuations. You will also oversee the day-to-day evaluation, accounting, and monitoring of relevant investment portfolios, covering all asset classes and security types.Team DescriptionThe Trade Capture & Support Team within Public Markets Middle Office (PMMO) is a global, cross-asset group responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of trade data across internal systems, supporting both Toronto and London offices in a “follow-the-sun” model. Acting as an extension of the trading desk, the team manages non-execution trade functions and works closely with trading desks, counterparties, custodians, and internal operations to verify, enrich, and resolve trade issues across a wide range of products including equities, fixed income, and bilateral OTC trades such as TRS and Stock Loan/Borrow. Their core function is to provide timely, accurate trade support while continuously enhancing processes and controls to ensure operational excellence. The ideal candidate for this exceptional career opportunity is a self-starter who is naturally curious about their work and how it fits into the bigger picture and can turn ambiguity into actionable results and thrives in a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative team.Accountabilities:Collaborate with Toronto & London teams to provide “follow the sun” support and ensure all assigned trades are accurately captured, enriched, and matched by prescribed cut-off times and reflected accurately in internal systems with clear daily hand-offs between regional teamsMaintain an ongoing effective working relationship with internal investment staff and external asset managers to ensure issues are discussed and resolved and financial controls and reporting requirements are met.Build a reputation as a subject matter expert in the asset class you support for issues related to investment operations and accounting.Continually strive for operational excellence; seek ways to streamline processes and create operational efficienciesHelp lead the team in striving for operational excellence, assisting in creating process documents for new processes and/or updates to existing processes.Partner with colleagues from the Investment Departments, Finance, Legal, and Risk to assist in investment closings through documentation review, system setups, transaction entries and settlementsPartner with technology and change teams to drive system enhancements, automation initiatives, and operational resiliency improvements.Own performance metrics and KPIs related to trade settlements, delivering regular technical dashboards and exception reports to senior managementSupport and provide guidance to junior team members with their assigned work and ensuring team deliverables are met within established timelinesQualificationsDemonstratable investment understanding and/or progressive experience within middle office, preferably with a focus on trade lifecycle management across global markets (Americas, Latam, EMEA, APAC) & asset classes (exchange traded and OTC products)Direct experience with trade booking & enrichment, trade matching, and securities settlement across global markets is considered an assetExperience with the following products: Listed equities and fixed income, futures, options, securities lending & borrowing, REPOs, OTC equity derivatives, OTC rates derivatives, OTC credit derivativesProven ability to structure communications, both written & verbal, to raise and resolve issues across all levels of the organisation while ensuring prescribed deadlines are metExperience with any of the following applications: Murex, Simcorp, Traiana, Equilend, Bloomberg AIM, Omgeo, CTM, GTSSAdvanced Excel skills and comfortable learning new systems. Proficiency in coding considered an assetDemonstratable interest in GenAI tools and adoption in daily tasksAdditional InformationVisit our LinkedIn Career Page or Follow us on LinkedIn. #LI-AM1 #LI-OnsiteAt 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.
