Manager, Public Markets Middle Office Transformation

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 a Manager, Public Markets Middle Office Transformation in the the Public Markets Middle Office group, you will collaborate with CPP Investments Investment Management, technology and data teams to create new capabilities and lead process improvement. You will be responsible for project management, designing strategic enhancements through all stages of the project lifecycle from initiation, development and delivery of the product to business clients. You will have a drive for doing things the right way, to enable the delivery of long-term value to the CPP Fund for the benefit of 20 million Canadians.
Role-Specific Accountabilities:

• Owning the project outcome and delivering the agreed business success criteria; monitoring progress against work plan and deliverables;
• Negotiate consensus on target state and document outcomes, including operating models and solution architecture
• By having a strong knowledge of Investment Lifecycle, the skill to perform user interviews to collect requirements and document them clearly.
• Identifying and managing projects/program priorities by successfully mitigating dependencies and competing priorities across related initiatives. Such priority management includes resource estimate assessment and resource forecasting so that bottlenecks are eliminated or minimized;
• Communicating project status and issues as appropriate to the audience;
• Escalating issues and risks, as appropriate, with a particular focus on implications;

Qualifications

Skills/Knowledge/Competencies/Capabilities

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Engineering, or other related discipline
• Knowledge of investment operations, Trading and Investment Management with a strong grasp of the business processes/functions that support these areas
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage projects of different sizes and scopes to completion
• Strong understanding of process improvement methodologies is required, process re-engineering training
• Proven process development skills and solid understanding of project life cycle and the capability to apply best practices knowledge to unique and dynamic situations with PMP / CAPM designations are considered an asset
• Ability to perform quick assessments identify potential risks and issues; ability to assess project risks at a detailed level;
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills – ability to coordinate many tasks simultaneously without losing focus on the priority; ability to work on multiple projects in a fast paced environment and with aggressive timelines
• Excellent communication skills with demonstrated ability to tailor the key messages to various stakeholders including senior executives
• Experience with Business Process Architecture
• Excellent interpersonal / relationship skills – effectively works with colleagues at all levels of the organization and effectively gathers information via interviews or in group settings
• Ability to manage and deliver multiple projects simultaneously in a high performing culture
• Professional team player who can also work effectively independently
• Exemplify our 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.