Analyst, Trading (Equities), Total Fund Management

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:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• 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 an Analyst 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 to trade equities and equity-linked futures and options 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:

• Oversee day-to-day administrative issues in support of trading activities.
• Manage trade orders in a logical, risk-controlled manner with a high sensitivity to fiduciary responsibilities.
• Develop and maintain relationships with external partners across trading channels and regions.
• Execute trades in public market equities, futures, and options in the Americas and Asia Pacific.
• Support investment teams by sharing market insights, trade ideas, and fulfilling data requests.
• Partner with Trading Analytics to research new ideas and support team initiatives.

Qualifications

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

• Excellent interpersonal skills with a track record of working effectively with others.
• Strong analytic and modelling skills, with great attention to detail.
• Recent graduate with a degree in STEM or business field.
• Experience with some programming languages (such as R, Python, C++/Java, VBA, Matlab, SQL).
• Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
• Embody CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance.
• Self-motivated and driven with a desire to learn more about capital markets and investment management.

Following would be an asset but is not required:

• CFA or other relevant professional designation.
• Work experience in a trading or sales role - experience in equities, futures, or options would be desirable.

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.

Mandatory Vaccine Policy

All employees in the Toronto, New York, San Francisco, Mumbai, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Sao Paulo offices will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Accommodations to this policy will be made for medical or other protected grounds. Please contact us to discuss any accommodation needs.