Associate, Investment Structure 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:

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

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 Investment Structure Management (“ISM”) team is accountable for the operational deal structuring and end-to-end management of the investment life cycle. The team also manages the operating risks of CPP Investments’ group entities working with internal and external partners across Legal, Operations and Finance. It is a dynamic role that provides a great deal of insight and exposure to all aspects of our organization and comes with many project management responsibilities.

Reporting to Manager, ISM, the person in this role will provide investment structuring support for onboarding, closing and post-close matters related to investment opportunities, including new investments, and restructuring or dispositions of existing investments. This person will also assist with various projects/initiatives, and in setting up and managing CPP Investments group companies.

You will work collaboratively with internal teams, external service providers and advisors, and will play a key role in a number of areas including, but not limited to:

• Build trusted relationships with investing departments and understand nuances between asset classes to enable establishment of new or improved processes. Work with internal and external partners to document and implement such processes to effectively manage and mitigate operational risk between departments.
• Assist in the planning and execution of the roll-out of the various processes, tools, and resources
• Assist with the preparation and maintenance of department policies and procedures; identify potential gaps or risks in execution and propose effective solutions
• Provide support for structuring and transaction closing process for various investment products (e.g., track deal timelines, develop a detailed plan including steps and timelines, maintain meeting minutes and project-manage completion of pre-close activities amongst internal partners)
• Assist in collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to define roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders throughout the investment lifecycle
• Assist with the ongoing operational activities of wholly owned CPP Investment entities to ensure compliance with local legal and regulatory requirements
• Support the Manager in establishing processes and controls for the pre-close/structuring and ongoing maintenance of new investments, exits and restructurings, which includes:
• Support the Manager in the pre-close/structuring and ongoing maintenance of new investments, exits and restructurings, which includes:
• Assist with the ongoing support to maintain and manage CPP Investments’ structures post-closing, which includes:
• Assist with the quarterly reporting materials to provide visibility on operational and risk metrics
• Assist in developing tools and resources to support and streamline the implementation of the newly established processes and controls
• Assist with workstreams relating to CPP Investments’ legal entity management system functionalities
• Assist with, and in some instances be accountable for ensuring external and internal compliance deliverables are completed timely
• Work with internal and external partners to identify and address structuring and operational complexities of CPP Investments legal entity structures
• Coordinate the establishment of new legal entities and address legal and governance requirements in support of CPP Investments’ structures in partnership with investing departments and enabling functions

Qualifications

• M&A operational experience is an asset
• Excellent attention to detail and consistently high levels of accuracy
• Minimum 5-7 years of related work experience (e.g. finance, consulting, private equity, accounting firm etc.)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - ability to identify issues and determine course of action in situations with little or no precedent, analytical and holistic thinking is required
• A self-starter who works well independently and under pressure with excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Exemplification of our Guiding Principles of partnership, integrity and high performance
• A professional designation such as CFA, CA, CMA, CBV is considered an asset
• Strong interpersonal and business relationship skills and enjoys cross-functional collaboration with other internal teams and departments.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• A track record of academic achievement and professional advancement
• The ideal candidate is enthusiastic about problem solving, solution oriented, and comfortable dealing with complex and fast-moving tasks with varying timelines.
• Experience working with low code / no code workflow tools (e.g. Mendix), knowledge of programming languages such as Python and using tools like Tableau are an asset
• A continuous learning mindset with a track record of gaining a thorough comprehension of processes with the ability to contribute to the development of new, innovative procedures, controls, and tools to enhance those processes.
• Willingness to actively contribute to a positive, highly effective, and collaborative team culture

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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