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 presently hiring a 12-Month contract Senior Accounting Analyst within our Expense Operations team reporting to the Team Lead, Expense Operations. The Senior Analyst will support the oversight of CPP Investments\xe2\x80\x99 centralized expense processing, which includes accurately and timely processing of expenses in a robust control environment and assisting in the monthly financial close process including accruals, reconciliations and reclass journal entries. The ideal candidate will have solid accounting operations experience, a continuous improvement mindset to create standardized and scalable processes with strong controls, and a demonstrated ability to thrive in a high performing team within a fast-paced environment.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

• Support the daily operations of the centralized global expense processing for CPP Investments in accordance with policies and procedures, which includes vendor invoices, employee expenses and general ledger entries.
• Manage general ledger accounting functions, including variance analysis, preparation and/or review of journal entries (accruals, reclass and adjustments), and reconciliations of general ledger balances.
• Responsible for end-to-end processing of invoices from creating new vendors in Oracle with the appropriate supporting documentation and verification through callback procedure, to processing the invoices with accurate general ledger coding, commodity taxes and in accordance with company policy.
• Responsible for review of employee expense reports to ensure compliance with company policy and provide first-line of support to users across the organization.
• Support the annual audit inquiries and data collection processes.
• Update risk control matrices and standard operating procedures as process and controls evolve or change
• Promote the use and understanding of accounts payable policies, systems and procedures to the team and other stakeholders across the organization, including the development of training materials.
• Proactively identi6fies opportunities for streamlining accounts payable processes and recommends solutions.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned or as the role evolves due to new processes, procedures, and implementation of technological tools.
• Partner collaboratively with finance and other internal stakeholders to resolve cross-functional issues and gaps. Propose and implement solutions that reflect an understanding of business needs, organizational impact and governance and controls.

Qualifications

Position Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, business or equivalent, with a professional accounting designation preferred.
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in a related role, preferably in Accounting
• Solid interpersonal skills suited for a professional and thoughtful corporate environment.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and other Microsoft Office applications with an aptitude and interest in learning new software applications.
• Commitment to continuous improvement with view of building scalable and standardized processes within a robust control environment.
• Solid oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills to independently assess factors and recommend solutions.
• Ability to build and foster relationships with key business partners across the organization.
• Exceptional time management and agility to work under sensitive time deadlines and urgent situations.
• Experience with Oracle Financials general ledger is an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a high performing culture, open to and comfortable with evolving changes and new challenges.
• Exemplifies our 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, Sydney and Hong Kong 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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