Associate, Cash, Collateral and Settlement - Toronto, Canada - CPP Investments

CPP Investments

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Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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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:

Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
Stimulating work in a fastpaced, 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.

Job Description:

We are presently recruiting for an Associate (12-month contract) within the Cash, Collateral and Settlement Operations team reporting to the Director, Collateral and Settlement Operations.

The team resides within the Technology and Operations department and ensures that trading activity, security settlement, wire payments and respective aspects of asset servicing for Public Market investments are managed and supported in an effective and efficient manner.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

_ Daily:
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Responsible for supporting and performing daytoday settlement processes and escalations from both internal and external parties for cash settlements.
Ensuring daily reporting and investigations are carried out in a timely and efficient manner; if there are exceptions to manage, confirm that the team and other related parties are following up; be comfortable reporting errors or incidents to related parties and management as necessary
Take on or assist with other reporting requirements including gathering metrics data and other adhoc reporting requests
Confirm that controls and procedures are being followed by the team and review and provide approvals as necessary
Be able to support additional daily settlement functions (i.e., FX, Fixed Income, Equity, FX) as necessary.
Assist various internal business partners with operational issues related to trade settlement and custodial procedures

_ Other:
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Responsible for assisting with and collaborating on internal projects and initiatives as called upon.
May need to represent the team on crossdepartment/firm initiatives
Partner with team members to identify, socialize, develop, and implement opportunities for enhancements that drive straight through processing (STP), automation, and efficiency
Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external business partners

Qualifications:

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

Relevant university degree such as Business, Economics, Finance, Math, Commerce, Engineering, Accounting, or other related disciplines
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; demonstrated experience building and retaining solid working relationships internally and externally
Demonstrated understanding of operational processes and custodial procedures, especially familiarity with trade lifecycle, settlement, and custodial operations
Excellent analytical skills and the ability to think through problems, assess a variety of factors, and recommend solutions
Knowledge of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Bloomberg OMS, Murex, SimCorp, and Visio is an asset
Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
High degree of professionalism combined with the ability to readily adapt to rapidly changing investment business and technology environments
Team player who enjoys high performance culture; comfortable and flexible with constantly evolving priorities and is open to new challenges
Exemplify our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership, and High Performance

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