Analyst/Sr Analyst, Middle Office – Trade Capture & Desk Support (12-Month Contract)

  • Contract
  • Function: Finance

Company Description

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.

Job Description

The Middle Office, Trade Capture & Desk Support team is a cross-asset group accountable for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of trade data across internal trade systems as well as working to resolve trade issues with external counterparties. Additionally, the team acts as an extension to the trading desk by providing support for non-trade execution functions. The team works closely with the trading desk, investment departments, as well as teams across middle office and operations to verify, enrich, and resolve trade issues across the various investment products.

The Analyst/Sr Analyst will be expected to provide daily support to the trade capture and enrichment process and addressing and resolving inquiries from the various internal teams, brokers, and trade counterparties while supported by senior members on the team. Furthermore, the individual will contribute to the development of a robust and controlled operating model and provide support to new functions as the team continues to grow.

The position will require you to interact with various investment professionals and global counterparties and will demand superior communication and time-management skills. The ideal candidate for this exceptional career opportunity is a self-starter who can act on ambiguity and thrives in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Team-Specific Accountabilities

 

  • Support daily trade ticketing and enrichment process for various products such as equity swaps and securities financing trades in a timely and accurate manner
  • Review and process internal and external request regarding securities financing trades
  • Investigate and resolve trade-related issues including but not limited to trade discrepancies, errors, and exceptions that may arise during the trade lifecycle, and escalation to appropriate stakeholders
  • Address and resolve inquiries from internal and external partners via various platforms in a timely manner
  • Assess the impact of new/amended transactions on reporting, infrastructure, and downstream consumers (Resets, Profit/Loss, Collateral management, etc.)
  • Contribute to the development of a robust operating model built on industry best practices
  • Identify, implement, and maintain internal controls with a view to mitigate operational and financial risks
  • Support the on-going maintenance of the team’s knowledge sharing library
  • Support the construction and maintenance of operational metrics/KPIs

Qualifications

If you possess any of the following, we’d like to hear from you:

  • Exemplify our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance as well being committed to embracing diversity and working to build an inclusive workplace
  • Demonstrable understanding and/or experience in trade lifecycle management, or trade capture and enrichment within an Operations/Middle Office team.
  • Demonstrable ability to use data analytics tools such as Tableau and/or Excel to transform raw data into metrics or scorecards
  • Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work under strict deadlines and juggle competing priorities
  • Proven ability to structure communications, both written and verbal, clearly and succinctly
  • Demonstratable experience with identifying value-add/process efficiency opportunities
  • Self-motivated, agile, and ability to approach a constantly changing business & environment through innovation and creativity
  • Experience with any of the following would be an asset: Jira, Confluence, Bloomberg, Murex, Simcorp, Traiana, SQL  
  • Basic knowledge across various asset classes such as equities, fixed income, futures, options, FXs, securities financing & repos, and OTC derivatives (equities, rates, credits, etc.)

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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