Associate, Group Accounting & Reporting

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors. With more than $600 billion in assets under management, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure it is financially sustainable for generations of working and retired Canadians.

CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
• A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
• An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives

If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here. 

Job Description

As an Associate, reporting to the Manager, Group Accounting & Reporting team, you will support investment and fund accounting activities to ensure transactions are accounted for correctly in the investment subledger within SimCorp Dimensions (accounting book of record) and provide support for internal and external reporting. You will lead various projects and strategic initiatives for your department by collaborating with cross functional teams to implement and monitor solutions.

Team Description

The Group Accounting & Reporting team operates within the Financial Policy and Reporting (FP&R) department. This team oversees the accounting book of record for investments (Simcorp Dimensions or, SCD) and responsible for managing the investment accounting period end close, fund accounting activities and the accounting configuration setup within the investment ledger. In addition, the team plays a crucial role in supporting the investment ledger for implementation of new products, investment structures, system enhancements and upgrades to our internal business partners.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

• Effectively collaborate on key initiatives and connect with other teams across Finance, Investment Operations and Technology & Data
• Proactively identify process inefficiencies, recommend, and lead process improvements while considering upstream/downstream impacts. Use technical tools (i.e.: Tableau, SQL, Python, macros, etc.) to analyze large data sets and streamline reporting processes
• Support the Investment Departments’ new products and initiatives by actively participating in key discussions with other stakeholder groups. Work with IF&A team to lead testing efforts and implement SCD accounting configuration changes based on requirements.
• Assist with the period end close process for the investment ledger, including subledger/general ledger reconciliations, adjusting journal entries, exception handling of transactions
• Support external reporting requirements by preparing/reviewing monthly, quarterly and annual investment & financial schedules, reconciliations, and audit requests relating to financial statements and accounting controls
• Support daily fund accounting activities such as reconciliations of the Net Asset Value and cash flows and other month end controls

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or advanced degree – Finance, Accounting, Business, etc.
• 5+ year of relevant experience in investment accounting / investment operations in pension fund or financial services industry
• Proven track record of leading process automation projects; Identifying and recommending efficiencies to processes; Experience working with automation tools; Tableau will be added advantage
• Strong working knowledge of diverse investment products
• Understanding of investment accounting standards, controls, and reporting practices considered an asset
• Working experience with SimCorp Dimensions considered an asset
• Professional designation (CPA, CFA, etc.) considered an asset
• Flexible, adaptable and able to prioritize to deliver results
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
• Solid interpersonal and organizational skills combined with the ability to readily adapt to rapidly changing investment environments
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and leverages strong relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrate good judgment, professionalism, and the ability to work in a high performing culture with time-sensitive deadlines under minimal guidance
• Exemplify CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership, and 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.