Job Description

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When 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.



Reporting to the Manager, Compliance Monitoring \xe2\x80\x93 Enterprise Reporting & Controls, the Associate/Team Lead will provide execution leadership/oversight for the preparation of routine and ad hoc compliance checks/tests and reports on a timely, complete, and accurate basis; adapting with agility to deliver high performance results. The position will also assist in evolving compliance monitoring procedures in support of the management and advancement of critical investment surveillance activities necessary to promote conformity with the CPPIB Act, Regulations and Policies as well as other pertinent legislative/regulatory obligations outside the firm. Accordingly, this role will turn requirements into action and work closely with other functions within the immediate Compliance Monitoring team as well as collaborate effectively with other internal teams/departments toward this end.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

Execution Leadership

• Independent leadership/oversight of day-to-day pre- and post-trade compliance operations within the team including, but not limited to, current state Restricted List, Substantial Shareholding Disclosure and Short Position Notification processes.
• Prompt and agile response to any stakeholder, regulator, and auditor queries as they arise.
• Promote robust data control around relied-upon information in order to maintain the integrity of processes in place to support compliance monitoring and reporting.
• Draft written contributions to cross-functional investment implementation documents as well as procedural/desktop/working file documentation for business continuity/training/audit purposes.
• Manage small initiatives and projects end-to-end, integrating stakeholder needs, adapting to changes and resolving issues as they arise. Represent Compliance Monitoring by contributing to cross-functional projects, as required.

Thought Leadership

• Use intellectual curiosity to proactively locate potential gaps in current state processes; engineer and establish corrective action plans to resolve those vulnerabilities; and prevent similar exposures from developing in the future.
• Advisor and resource to the Manager role on potential compliance monitoring obligations triggered by contemplated investment activities including new markets, products and/or programs as well as new external portfolio manager mandates.
• In collaboration with the Compliance team within Legal (and external counsel as applicable), research, design and implement new controls and/or refinements to existing compliance checks/tests to support novel investment activities as well as unfolding business and legislative/regulatory requirements.
• With consideration to upstream/downstream effects, promote innovative continuous improvement in pursuit of lean and innovative solutions by actively identifying opportunities for efficiency and scalability and collaborating with technical resources within the team to ensure Technology & Data understands our business needs.
• In support of the team\xe2\x80\x99s regular internal management reporting, prepare root cause analyses following any operational incidents or \xe2\x80\x9cclose calls\xe2\x80\x9d and recommend control/process enhancements to mitigate, if not eliminate, the risk of recurrence.

People Leadership

• Boost functional excellence within the team by training, mentoring and coaching junior team members.
• Coordinate the review and update of desktop procedures and other documentation of key controls and processes within the team.
• Support the Manager role in regard to general business management/administration, as required (e.g. performance evaluation, operational risk control, etc.)

Culture Carrier

• Maintain and strengthen relationships with external portfolio managers, vendors and auditors.
• Help improve visibility of the Compliance Monitoring team within the group, department and broader organization by generating/coordinating timely and insightful metrics and publishing \xe2\x80\x9cgood news\xe2\x80\x9d stories about value-added work to key stakeholders in various communication forms and forums.
• Act inclusively and collaboratively with all colleagues and set inclusive and collaborative environment within the team.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or above in Business Administration/Management or Commerce with concentration in Accounting, Finance, or another related field.
• Relevant professional designation (CPA, CFA, etc.) or progress toward one is an asset.
• Strong investment product knowledge is a must.
• Minimum 5 years of applicable professional experience; previous experience managing people is an asset.
• Committed to standard work within a robust control environment with a view toward continuous improvement and building scale.
• Exceptional time management and prioritization skills; deadline oriented and able to manage the needs of multiple stakeholders.
• Tenacious, detail-oriented, organized, and a proven problem-solver. Able to work under pressure and capable of multi-tasking in fast-paced settings.
• Proactive self-starter, comfortable taking initiative.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills and adept at fostering business relationships.
• Able to convince others to achieve desired outcomes through influence/inspiration.
• Able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing. Capable of distilling complex information for decision-making purposes (i.e. logically, factually and persuasively).
• Skilled in reporting and value-added analytics (e.g., adept at explaining the \xe2\x80\x9cwhy?\xe2\x80\x9d and \xe2\x80\x9cso what?\xe2\x80\x9d).
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel is a must.
• Experience in one or more programming languages/database technologies (VBA, Python, SQL, etc.) is an asset.
• Experience with one or more investment management systems (Bloomberg, etc) is an asset.
• Knowledge of laws/regulations pertinent to the investment industry is an asset (e.g., shareholding disclosure, etc.). Experience with Aosphere Rulefinder and/or FundApps Rapptr regulatory compliance monitoring software is also considered an asset.
• Experience with Class Action Lawsuit claims processing is an asset.
• Exemplifies CPP Investments\xe2\x80\x99 Guiding Principles of Partnership, Integrity and High Performance.

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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.

Mandatory Vaccine Policy

All employees in the Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Mumbai, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Sao Paulo offices will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations to this policy will be made for medical or other protected grounds. Please contact us to discuss any accommodation needs.

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