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

The Associate will be expected to independently lead themselves & assist the team in providing quality support for the event life-cycle management of both voluntary & mandatory market events as well as provide ad hoc asset servicing expertise in areas such as: withholding tax reclaims, off-market & pre-IPO deal closings, class actions and proxy voting. In addition, the Associate will be expected to assist in the team’s pursuit of a best-in-class operating model.

The role will require interaction with various investment professionals and custodians and superior time-management skills. The ideal candidate for this exceptional career opportunity is a self-starter who can turn ambiguity into actionable results and that thrives in a diverse and inclusive team.

Team Summary:

The Middle Office, Asset Servicing & Corporate Actions team is accountable for ensuring all corporate action events and entitlements are reported, analyzed, and executed according to established strategies and policies. Additionally, the team supports off-market (i.e. private to public, lock-ups, etc.) transactions & provides annual proxy season support. The group is cross-asset and provides support for a range of products including various listed & OTC derivative products, cash equities, and fixed income.

Accountabilities:

• Ensure corporate action & other off-market events are accurately reflected within all impacted systems & portfolios within prescribed timelines

• Assesses the impact of new/amended transactions on reporting, infrastructure, and downstream data consumers and raise issues to impacted stakeholders in a timely manner

• Training & review/sign-off of junior team members work

• Act as team lead on specific initiatives, as directed by management

• Contribute to the development of a robust operating model, built on best practices, for corporate actions and asset servicing processes

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience, preferably with a focus on derivative products and/or experience with corporate actions for equities, fixed income across international markets

• Demonstrable experience with motivating, apprenticing, or supervising junior teammates while ensuring your own deliverables are met

• Proven ability to structure communications, both written & verbal, to raise and resolve issues across all levels of the organization

• Self-motivated, agile, and the ability to approach a constantly changing business environment through innovation and creativity

• Experience with any of the following: Murex, Simcorp, CApTAIN, Bloomberg AIM, S&P Global MCA (formerly IHSMarkit MCA), MS Excel (intermediate to advanced knowledge)

• Exemplify our Guiding Principles - Integrity, Partnership and High Performance as well being committed to embracing diversity and working to build an inclusive workplace

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.