Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney. 

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe.  Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

We are presently recruiting for a Senior Associate/Portfolio Manager in Equity Trading within the Trading group in the Total Fund Management (TFM) department based in Toronto. Trading is responsible for the execution of all transactions in public market securities for the Fund (excluding credit).

The primary responsibility of this role will be as an equity trader focused on trading public equities and equity-linked securities for fundamental, quantitative and index strategies. The individual will collaborate with the rest of the Trading team to deliver the groups broader objectives.  

Role Specific Accountabilities:

• Trade equities and equity-linked products for fundamental, quantitative and index portfolio managers in the Americas and Asia Pacific.
• Manage relationships and collaborate with investment teams to provide transaction advice, high quality execution, and ongoing market insights.
• Stay current on equity market trends to distil insights back to the organization.
• Play an active role in the research and development of trading execution enhancements, as well as adding value to upstream investment decision processes.
• Take a leadership role in ad hoc projects and tasks on a timely basis, e.g. process improvements or internal presentations.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with external partners.
• Train and mentor junior members of the Equity Trading team.
• Collaborate closely with the rest of TFM by bringing market experience and insights that are relevant to the broader objectives of the group.

If you possess the following, we would like to hear from you:

• Commensurate experience in equity capital markets and/or equity trading.
• Expertise using electronic/program trading algorithms, block trading and other trading tools/platforms across one or more regions.
• Experience executing primary and secondary placements, blocks, and risk bids.
• Deep understanding of global markets, with specialized expertise in the US market and a passion for sharing insights with others.
• Proven ability to leverage market insights to drive systematic improvements in trade execution.
• Experience managing client and/or portfolio manager relationships.
• Experience using various vendor OMS and EMS solutions.
• University undergraduate degree in relevant field.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a track record of working effectively with others.
• Embody CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance.

Following would be an asset but is not required:

• Buy side equity trading experience.
• Experience with quantitative techniques related to equity t-cost models.
• Experience trading volatility products.
• CFA or other relevant professional designation.

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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.