Job Description

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. With more than $600 billion in assets under management, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure it is financially sustainable 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 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, Sxc3xa3o 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.As an Associate, you will lead independent pieces of work that contributes to key deliverables and initiatives for your department, including supporting operational 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 DescriptionThe 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 and develop effective reporting and trend analysis in regular and/or ad-hoc basis, utilizing various sources of information.
• Assist with project planning and prioritization by collaborating within and outside the department to understand and document the scope, objectives, and resourcing needs of planned projects.
• Track departmental objective progress diligently and systematically, creating summaries as needed for senior audiences.
• Maintain and update existing departmental tools and systems, ensuring the department can efficiently and effectively store and share information.
• Coordinate requirements gathering and provide testing support for new departmental systems and tools.
• Support execution of key routine & ad-hoc initiatives, across investment projects, talent engagement initiatives & annual objective setting.
• Act as key thought partner and execution support to departmental communications, which includes newsletters, events and learning sessions.
• Act as thought partner and drive strategic department priorities around workplace technology, knowledge management practices and underpinnings for GenAI tooling.

Qualifications

• University degree.
• 5+ 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.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and creatively.
• Self-motivated, flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and new challenges.
• Ability to effectively manage toward timelines on multiple concurrent initiatives, keeping managers and colleagues apprised of progress and seek assistance as required.
• Proven ability exercise good judgment in tackling ambiguous problems, with a developed sense of when to work independently and when to seek guidance as initiatives progress.

Additional InformationVisit our or Follow us on LinkedIn. #LI-MT1 #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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