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.



We are recruiting for a Manager to join the Fund Operations team within Investment Operations. Reporting to the Director, Fund Operations, this role will lead the team responsible for the onboarding of new investments, accounting activities for investment transactions, valuations, and reporting for Private Equity Funds, Secondaries and Co-Investments.

The role will partner with the Funds & Secondaries and Private Equity Asia Investment team and Core Services team to ensure Investments are appropriately recorded, reported, and disclosed in the CPP Investments\xe2\x80\x99 Financial Statements and Internal Performance and Management Reporting.

The ideal candidate for this exceptional career opportunity is a self-starter with excellent analytical and organizational skills.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

• Lead the Investment onboarding and system support of new Investments, Exits and Restructuring while ensuring its adherence to Internal approvals and Financial Policies
• Partner with colleagues from the Investment Departments, Structuring and Business Management, Tax, Financial Policy and Reporting, and Treasury to successfully close and fund Private Equity Fund and Co-Investment transactions
• Review capital call and distribution tickets and accounting entries for accuracy; ensure figures agree with transacted amounts, completeness of supporting documentation and appropriate authorizations is in place to facilitate investment closings
• Lead the quarterly valuation process for Private Equity Fund investments; provide insightful valuation analysis to proactively identify material valuation movements
• Ensure timely completion and accuracy of various reports and reconciliations relating to portfolio holdings and P&L
• Ensure process documents are created or updated for any new or changes to existing processes
• Provide intuitive analysis of operational or business issues and provide direction in determining corrective action; promptly escalate irregular activities or issues
• Maintain effective working relationships with Investment Departments and external asset managers to ensure that issues are discussed and resolved while financial controls and reporting requirements are met
• Build a reputation as a subject matter expert in the private investments domain for issues related to investment operations and accounting
• Continually strive for operational excellence, seek ways to streamline processes and create operational efficiencies through automated solutions
• Manage, develop and coach direct reports and team. Perform year-end performance reviews
• Prioritize workload in a timely fashion to meet deadlines
• Partner with Internal CPP Investment partners on cross-functional workstreams and initiatives
• Special projects and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

If you possess the following, we\xe2\x80\x99d like to hear from you:

• Undergraduate or Masters Degree in Finance, Commerce or other related discipline
• Professional designations such as a CPA, CFA
• Minimum of 5-7 years relevant work experience. Investment finance experience at a leading pension fund is preferred
• Knowledge of Investran and/or SimCorp Dimension is considered an asset
• People leadership skills with experience in performance management, development and coaching direct reports and team
• Solid understanding of private assets and banking settlement systems
• Comfortable and flexible with constantly evolving and changing priorities and be open to new challenges
• Strong analytical, financial and management accounting skills will be necessary to perform this role
• Advanced Excel skills and comfortable learning new systems
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with high degree of professionalism
• Solid prioritization and organizations skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Self-motivated, flexible, and adaptable
• Exemplifies our Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership & 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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