Job Description

Company DescriptionMake an impact at a global and dynamic investment organizationWhen you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, S\xc3\xa3o Paulo and Sydney.CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments\xe2\x80\x99 important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here\xe2\x80\x99s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.The Total Fund Management (TFM) department is responsible for the successful implementation of the Fund\xe2\x80\x99s investment framework. TFM articulates CPP Investments\xe2\x80\x99 investment objectives, designs and recommends the Investment Portfolios and systematically deploys the balancing programs to manage the Fund\xe2\x80\x99s exposures, leverage and liquidity over all horizons. Within TFM, the Exposure, Leverage and Liquidity Management (ELLM) group is responsible for delivering Total Fund exposures through the management of the Balancing Portfolios, monitoring and managing the Fund\xe2\x80\x99s liquidity and leverage position, and maintaining the Total Fund positioning against management and board limits.Our team is responsible for the successful delivery of \xe2\x80\x9cTarget Exposures\xe2\x80\x9d across different assets classes like Equity, Fixed Income, Credit, Inflation and Foreign Exchange for the Core and Supplementary Pool Balancing Investment Strategies via a Total Fund rebalancing methodology. We are looking for a high-performing individual at the Analyst or Associate level with interest in capital markets and applying that knowledge to manage balancing portfolios following a systematic approach. The successful applicant will gain unparalleled experience in the Fund\xe2\x80\x99s Total Portfolio Investment Framework (TPIF), the end-to-end management of cross-asset public markets portfolios, and optimization of Total Fund exposures, liquidity, and leverage trade-offs.The key responsibilities of this role will include, but will not be limited to:

• Under the guidance of senior team members, play an active role in the day-to-day management of the Fund\xe2\x80\x99s cross-asset Balancing Portfolios including Equities, Fixed Income, Inflation, and FX.
• Stay in touch with markets and macroeconomic trends to identify opportunities and risks related to Total Fund Exposures.
• Contribute to the design and development of analytic enhancements to the Balancing Portfolios management and attribution.
• Analyze model outputs across different scenarios and market/portfolio inputs to ensure reasonability.
• Collaborate with Research and Technology & Operations teams to help design and implement enhancements to the portfolio management platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in finance, mathematics, economics, or another quantitatively oriented discipline.
• 1-3 years of work experience in finance or a related field. Experience in trading or managing risk considered an asset.
• Strong and demonstrated interest in finance, investment management & capital markets.
• Good understanding of markets and modern asset pricing/portfolio theory.
• Excellent research, analytical, and valuation skills with ability to present analysis clearly and articulately.
• Strong analytical skillset including experience consolidating multiple datasets and data visualization to generate insights.
• Ability to source and utilize data from a wide range of sources and consolidate in different views.
• Programming skills (e.g. Python) for quantitative portfolio management activities considered an asset.
• The team works in a dynamic & interactive environment which requires the candidate to have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Eagerness to embrace and contribute to a culture of intellectual rigor, innovation, and collaboration.
• Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
• Self-motivated, organized, flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and new challenges.
• Exemplifies our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance.

Additional InformationVisit our or Follow us on LinkedIn. #LI-AF1 #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.

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