Analyst, Private Funds Operations

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, São 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’ 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’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description

We are currently recruiting an Analyst to join the Private Funds Operations team in Investment Operations, reporting to the Associate, Private Funds Operations. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic about problem solving, solutions oriented and comfortable dealing with heavy volume, tight deadlines and complex transactions. You must be a self-starter who works well under pressure. You must have strong interpersonal and business relationship skills and enjoy working across Core Services and the Investment Departments.

Role-Specific Accountabilities

Trade Life Cycle Expertise

• Preparing trade tickets and accounting entries by ensuring figures agree with transacted amounts, confirming completeness of supporting documentation and making sure that appropriate authorizations are in place
• Partnering with colleagues from the Investment Departments, Structuring and Business Management, Tax, and Treasury to successfully close and fund Investment transactions by proactively identifying and resolving operational issues
• Assisting in the quarterly valuation preparation and ensure valuation adjustments are accurately recorded
• Help in identifying irregular activities and issues and assist the Associate or Manager determine corrective actions
• Maintain an ongoing effective working relationship with internal investment staff and external Fund Managers to ensure issues are discussed and resolved, financial controls and reporting requirements are met. This will mostly be done through the monitoring of a group inbox

Investment Accounting & Reporting

• Ensuring timely completion and accuracy of daily transactions and holdings reconciliations
• Tracking the receipt of quarterly financial statements, tax statements and other documents as requested
• Assist in providing data for financial statements, note disclosures and management reports while ensuring their accuracy and completeness
• Recording Capital Call and Distribution transactions in the accounting software

Process Improvement

• Ensuring process documentation is kept up to date for existing procedures
• Continually strive for operational excellence by seeking ways to streamline processes and create operational efficiencies
• Prioritizing workload so that all deadlines are met
• Working on special projects and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Qualifications

• University degree in Finance, Commerce, or other relevant discipline
• 1 to 3 years of experience in a related field
• Comfortable with working on ambiguous and/or new tasks independently
• Excellent critical thinking skills
• Able to apply established processes and workflows to new tasks
• Good understanding of private equity funds is an asset
• Advanced Excel skills and comfortable learning new systems
• Team player who enjoys working in a high performing culture and is open to evolving and changing priorities
• Capable of contributing to cross department projects and workstreams
• Willingness to actively contribute to a positive and highly effective team culture
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with high degree of professionalism
• Solid prioritization and organizations skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Self-starter, flexible and adaptable
• Exemplifies our Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership & high performance.

Additional Information

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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.