Senior Analyst, Expense Operations (6-month contract)

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

We are currently seeking a six-month contract Senior Analyst to join the Expense Operation (EO) team within the Corporate Services group of the Technology and Operations department. This team is responsible for expense processing across all CPPIB global offices and supports the Finance department with general ledger accounting functions.

The Senior Analyst will support the oversight of CPP Investments’ 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 candidate will collaborate with other EO team members, various departments throughout the organization, and external stakeholders.

Accountabilities:

• Support the daily operations of the centralized global expense processing for CPP Investments in accordance with policies and procedures, which includes vendor invoices and general ledger entries. This includes maintaining the master vendor record, and processing of vendor invoices. 
• Actively participate in the organization- wide roll out for the Source-to-Pay project.
• Coordinate with third-party accounting service providers to ensure accounting records are accurately reflected for outsourced CPP Investments’ global offices.
• 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.
• Support the annual audit inquiries and data collection processes.
• Update risk control metrics and standard operating procedures as process and controls evolve
• Promote the use and understanding of AP policies, systems and procedures to the team and other stakeholders across the organization, including the development of training materials.
• 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.
• Proactively identifies opportunities for streamlining processes with recommended solutions.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned or as the role evolves due to new processes, procedures, and implementation of technological tools.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in accounting, finance, business or equivalent, with a professional accounting designation preferred.
• Minimum 2-3 years of relevant experience.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and other Microsoft Office applications with an aptitude and interest in learning new software applications.
• Experience with Oracle Financials and 3-way matching invoice processing is an asset.
• Solid interpersonal skills suited for a professional and thoughtful corporate environment.
• Commitment to continuous improvement with view of building scalable and standardized processes within a robust control environment.
• Solid oral and written communication skills for stakeholder management.
• Analytical skills and the ability to the think through problems, assess a variety of 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 urgency.
• Demonstrated ability to succeed in a high performing culture, open to and comfortable with evolving changes and new challenges.

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.