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.

The Total Fund Management (TFM) department is responsible for the successful implementation of the Fund’s investment framework. TFM articulates CPP Investments’ investment objectives, designs and recommends the Investment Portfolios and systematically deploys the balancing programs in order to manage the Fund’s exposures, leverage and liquidity over all horizons. Within TFM, the Portfolio Design and Construction (PD&C) group is responsible for recommending the fund's risk appetite and allocation at all relevant horizons.

We are currently seeking a high-performing individual at the Analyst or Associate level to join the Strategic Portfolio Design (SPD) team in PD&C. SPD focuses on the fund’s risk appetite and long-term strategic allocation. We are looking for a quantitative professional to support our strategic allocation process and help operate and refine our framework and models.

Key responsibilities of the role will include, but are not limited to:

• Working with experienced investors to design the Fund’s strategic allocation and risk target.
• Operating our portfolio design and construction models.
• Conducting asset-liability and simulation modeling.
• Updating and refining our existing models and tools.
• Constructing scenarios to inform the Fund’s allocation and decision-making.
• Developing new quantitative models and alternative portfolio construction techniques.
• Keeping abreast of new developments in markets and the portfolio construction literature.
• Summarizing analysis and presenting findings to key stakeholders.
• Collaborating across teams to align strategic allocation, tactical allocation, and portfolio implementation processes.

• Degree in finance, mathematics, economics, or another quantitatively-oriented discipline, with a Master’s degree or CFA designation preferred.
• 1-5 years of work experience in finance or a related field. Experience with quantitative portfolio construction techniques considered an asset.
• Strong analytical skill set: working with data, conducting statistical analysis, performing optimizations, developing large-scale quantitative models.
• Strong coding skills, with proficiency in quantitative modeling and data manipulation using Python preferred.
• Deep interest in modern portfolio theory, macroeconomics or quantitative portfolio techniques.
• Creative problem-solving skills and approaches challenging assignments with enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good judgment and focused on delivering practical solutions.

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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.