Associate/Senior Associate Investment Research Active Equities

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:

• 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
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility

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 Data Driven Investing Team within Active Equities is responsible for conducting data-driven investment research and implementing discretionary investment strategies leveraging this research. We are currently seeking driven and intellectually curious individuals who want to be part of a growing and passionate team that is developing industry leading approaches to discretionary investment research.

We are recruiting for an Associate/Senior Associate to conduct data-driven investment research as part of an investment team. The goal is to help make better investment decisions by drawing proprietary insights from data.

Role Specific Accountabilities

• Develop company financial models and perform valuation analysis, including DCF models and comparable company analysis; apply statistical analysis to support investment decisions
• Develop and maintain new data sources (proprietary and other)
• Conduct data-driven investment research on industries and companies across sectors
• Participate in meetings with the management of public corporations, industry experts and analyst calls
• Blend non-traditional sources of data with discretionary investment research to generate impactful and actionable investment ideas
• Prepare analytical investment reviews and recommendations in collaboration with the team, including industry overviews, written investment rationales and due diligence reviews

Qualifications

• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Strong research, analytical, financial modeling, valuation, problem solving skills and ability to think creatively
• Detail-oriented with an ability to produce high quality work
• Ability to work in an entrepreneurial environment and be a self-starter
• Advanced university degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Mathematics/Statistics or other quantitative field preferred, combined with an education in business (accounting/finance)
• Interest in applied machine learning
• Proficiency with one or more programming languages such as Python (pandas), R, SQL and very proficient working with datasets/API’s to conduct research
• The ideal candidate will possess 2-5 years of experience working for an investment management, private equity, investment bank or management consulting firm
• Creative and logical thinking

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, Sydney and Hong Kong 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.