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Top Benefits

Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
Accelerated exposure and responsibility
Global career development opportunities

About the role

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. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability 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 $3.6 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

Reporting to the Managing Director of Listed Real Estate, the analyst is accountable for assisting the Listed Real Estate team in the evaluation and analysis of public real estate investment opportunities.

You will be responsible for analysing the public companies' financial health, market position and investment potential. The role includes building and maintaining financial models, evaluating financial statements, conducting industry and market research, undertaking detailed valuation analysis, and making investment recommendations.

Team Description

Listed Real Estate, which sits within the Real Asset Department, manages a global investment portfolio of around $8 billion across multiple sectors and geographies. The team actively covers over 80 listed REITs or real estate companies worldwide. The primary objective of the Listed Real Estate program is to deliver alpha above its benchmark and enhance the risk-return profile of CPP Investments’ overall real estate portfolio.

Accountabilities:

  • Company Analysis (REITs and Real Estate companies):
    • Evaluation of financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cashflows)
    • Build and maintain detailed financial models
    • Forecast future earnings and profitability
    • Analyse key financial metrics including ROE, margins, NAV, PE etc.
    • Detailed valuation analysis including DCF, NAV, sum of the parts, comparable pricing and intrinsic value
  • Industry and Market Research
    • Monitor trends, competition and regulatory developments
    • Assess macroeconomic factors affecting sectors
  • Investment Recommendations:
    • Assist in the preparation and presentation of Investment Committee memoranda
    • Participate in Investment Committee discussions
    • Discuss views with team members, and be willing to debate and be challenged
  • Monitoring and Updates:
    • Track company performance post-investment
    • Monitor the financial and risk performance of portfolio holdings on an ongoing basis
    • Contribute to the preparation of regular presentations on portfolio performance, investment strategy and investment process
  • Collaboration:
    • Work closely with the Listed Real Assets, Real Assets Strategy, and Private Real Estate teams to ensure alignment and knowledge sharing across public and private markets

    • Engage with other departments to support One Fund initiatives where appropriate

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in relevant field (e.g. business, finance, economics, accounting, real estate) or equivalent

  • Strong foundation in accounting is essential — candidates must demonstrate applied knowledge of accounting principles (e.g., through coursework, certifications, or prior experience).

  • An advanced degree or certification (e.g. CFA, CPA) is an asset

  • Up to 3 years of relevant work experience may include public real estate, asset management, valuation, investment banking, equity research or similar;

  • Proven research, analytical, financial modeling, valuation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and creatively

  • Advanced computer/technical skills – MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Bloomberg, Capital IQ and other financial data portals

  • Solid verbal and written communication skills

  • 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.

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CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization with a vital purpose: to help provide a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement. To help maximize the CPP Fund for generations to come, we invest across all major asset classes: public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments.

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