Manager, Assurance And Advisory (A&A)

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:

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

As the Manager Assurance and Advisory (A&A), you will be accountable for leading or supporting audit engagements from beginning to end, working collaboratively with our internal partners to help instill risk and control discipline in their core activities. You will have the opportunity to learn from and provide actionable recommendations on all CPP Investments’ most critical initiatives and you will provide experience, technical knowledge, and leadership to drive strategic objectives and evolve the perceived value of A&A across the organization. In addition, you will:

• Develop value adding and actions recommendations as appropriate and agree recommendations with management.
• Provide advisory services as planned, while maintaining credibility, and seek to meet/exceed management expectations while maintaining objectivity and independence.
• Contribute to the setting of objectives/scope of assigned engagements in accordance with the Annual Plan and develop detailed audit schedules with management and our co-source service providers as required.
• Provide coaching and guidance to junior auditors ensuring timeliness and quality of audit engagement deliverables.
• Identify control weaknesses and opportunities for improvement in the current operating environment and recommendations for corrective action, draft related observations, and audit reports for issuance to respective stakeholder.
• Ensure engagements are completed objectively, professionally, and in accordance with corporate and industry audit standards.
• Contribute to A&A’s annual planning activities and help develop the Annual Assurance and Advisory Plan.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships and open lines of communication with management and other key internal & external stakeholders (e.g., external auditors), by working collaboratively and constructively to ensure that they receive optimal value from work delivered.

Qualifications

Education & Professional Certifications:

• Undergraduate degree required, preferably in an accounting / business / finance or technology related discipline; post graduate degree is a plus.
• Relevant professional designations are strongly preferred (e.g., CPA, CFA, CISA, CIA, CBV, etc.).

Professional Experience:

• Knowledge of audit methodologies, project management and risk management practices preferably in the investment management or related financial services areas.
• Progressive experience in Internal/External Audit, Technology / Data Analytics and/or Risk Management experience at large and complex financial institutions or investment companies; Past consulting experience is highly preferred.
• Broad knowledge and experience in investment and/or asset management operations and strong understanding of their risk implications.

Personal Competencies:

• Exemplify our Guiding Principles of integrity, high performance, and partnership.
• Proven ability to build and foster professional relationships and influence others effectively at the management and staff levels.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently and as part of a team having a “hands on” approach as well as appreciate diversity of thought and opinions.
• Superior communication skills (written and oral) with the ability to take concepts or events and present them simply, concisely, and effectively.
• Strong organizational/project management skills, the ability to manage and achieve multiple deadlines, both internal and external.
• Strong judgment and creativity; strong problem-solving and analytical skills; ability to effectively process a large volume of information and draw meaningful/persuasive conclusions.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn and ability to keep abreast of current investment business and professional trends as well as organizational developments which could impact CPP Investments’ operating or risk environment.

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.