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 an Associate, you will support activities in line with a One Fund approach to strategic advisor relationships for the Fund, including with Banks, Consultants, Risk Advisors, and more. You will be part of a team that acts as a gateway to those key relationships to unlock value for the fund.
Accountabilities:
Contribute to the establishment of relationships with select banks/consultants/advisors, to ensure they see us as a priority, understand our priorities, and grant financial support, deal flow, top quality service, and access to content and people.
Support teams across the Fund by understanding their business needs, being responsive to their requests, and by proactively identifying and activating levers to create value via bank relationships.
Help coordinate team events, including review sessions and thought leadership initiatives.
Build knowledge on select bank/consultant/advisor relationships, gathering input from across the organization and from external sources, to have clarity on strengths, priorities and opportunities for each relationship and support the team in communicating them internally.
Help draft internal reports, briefs, and presentations to effectively share quantitative and qualitative insights with the organization. Collaborate across the organization to gather and synthesize data to generate insights.
Support the resolution of internal requests, working with the team to identify the right response, which may include connecting with bank representatives; escalating the ask to the appropriate internal party, facilitating an introduction, etc.
Contribute to team discussions, efficiency improvements and other initiatives, to deliver greater value to the organization.
Qualifications
University degree in relevant field.
3+ years of relevant experience.
Strong financial acumen, with a good understanding of capital markets and the role banks, consultants and advisors play in the success of an investment organization.
Ability to build rapport with external and internal stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
Strong communication and presentation skills, specifically with internal and external senior executives.
Strong analytical and quantitative skills; proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and new challenges.
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.
