SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST, INVESTMENT FINANCE
Department: (Finance)
Type: Permanent
Location: (Toronto)
Posting Date: April 4, 2023
At OPTrust, paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow is our mission and business.

When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust \xe2\x80\x93 from London, Toronto, and Sydney \xe2\x80\x93 makes a meaningful impact, our environment is fast paced, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community as well. Our strength resides in our team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone.

What OPTrust Offers You

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  Unique culture rooted in our core values \xe2\x80\x93 collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, and excellence and continuous improvement \xe2\x80\x93 reflected across the team.
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  Dedicated business strategy for inclusion, diversity, and equity with multiple, meaningful opportunities to participate.
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  Flexible, hybrid work model being implemented to balance the benefits of working from home and the collaborative teamwork experience in the office.
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  Membership in our world-class defined benefit pension plan.
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  A purpose-driven environment, including the opportunity to contribute to OPTrust\xe2\x80\x99s climate change and responsible investing programs.
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  Professional development opportunities and learning initiatives including access to LinkedIn Learning, in-house speaker series, tuition reimbursement program and professional association memberships.
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  Comprehensive benefits package focused on your health and wellness, including dental, vision and extended health benefits.
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  Opportunity to take parental and adoptions leaves to spend time with family.
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  Competitive vacation package and time away from work such as work-life balance days.

If you strive for excellence and continuous improvement, value a collaborative and flexible team culture, and approach everything with integrity and respect, then we invite you to apply to join our team!

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager, the Senior Financial Analyst, Investment Finance will work as a member of the Public Markets Investments team, within the Investment Finance Business Unit. With strong accounting operations and analytical background, along with investment product knowledge, this position is responsible for the operations, accounting, and reporting of our public market portfolio, along with leading, coaching and providing direction to other team members, as it relates to investment systems and operations, as well as on departmental initiatives and projects.

What You\xe2\x80\x99ll Do

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  Leadership role (team lead) and direct responsibility for the oversight of the accounting operations and to ensure that all investment-related activities are completely and accurately recorded, analyzed, and reported on a timely basis in the accounting book of records.
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  Develop, coordinate, and prepare monthly management reports ensuring completeness and consistency with respect to the various inputs to the process.
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  Perform detailed analysis and validation of investment valuations, fee computations and investment ledger reconciliations.
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  Support external reporting requirements by preparing/reviewing investment and financial schedules, reconciliations, and audit requests.
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  Prepare financial analysis and modeling to support the investment decision-making and portfolio management activities, using technical tools to automate and analyze data and streamline reporting processes.
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  Proactively identifies process inefficiencies, recommends, and execute process improvements, ensuring appropriate controls and procedural documentation are in place.
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  Participate in testing of system implementation/upgrades/enhancements.
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  Provide leadership and guidance to other junior staff in the preparation of assigned tasks and reports, to ensure all reporting deadlines are met, and play a key role in projects and other initiatives to support business requirements.

What You Bring

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  Recognized accounting and/or Finance designation (CPA, CFA, etc) with minimum of 5 years related experience in a financial industry, ideally in the pension fund sector.
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  Solid experience with investment accounting and general ledger systems (ie. EagleStar, Simcorp Dimension and Oracle)
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  Strong working knowledge and experience of investment products and an understanding of investment accounting practices, standards, controls, and reporting requirements.
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  Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to deal internally and externally with all levels.
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  Strong technical, analytical, and quantitative skills, with demonstrated ability to perform complex calculations and analysis.
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  Advanced MS office Excel and Word skills.
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  High level of attention to detail and reporting accuracy along with strong written and verbal communications skills.
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  Works well independently and in a team environment.

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Please submit your application via Workday by April 21 2023
Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion, diversity and equity in everything we do. We know a diversity of backgrounds, cultures and perspectives are critical to creating long-term value. OPTrust is an organization engaged in building on our unique and diverse strengths. If you require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, or have preferred pronouns, please send a message to
careers@optrust.com , or discuss your needs with the Recruitment Consultant during the telephone screen. We will do our best to work with you and provide appropriate accommodation.

We thank all interested applicants, however only those under consideration will be contacted.