Responsible Investment Analyst - Toronto, Canada - CAAT Pension Plan

CAAT Pension Plan

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Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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We believe that everyone has the right to a rewarding career with an organization that values and invests in your growth.
Are you looking for an energetic, high-performance culture that's truly one of a kind?

How would you like to work in a fun, high-performance culture that's truly one of a kind - on a team that appreciates your ideas, helps our members retire with confidence and makes Canada better, all at the same time?

If that sounds like your thing - and you're an outstanding
Responsible Investment Analyst let's talk

We're CAAT Pension Plan, and we're growing. We innovate defined benefit (DB) pension plans. What are they?Unlike other pension plans, they specifically define the lifetime benefits our members will receive in retirement.
This means that once they retire, our members know exactly what they're getting every month
- for life As a socially conscious company, we're passionate about helping more Canadians retire with greater financial security and peace of mind.

This position is integral to the success of the
Investments team, and to CAAT's guiding mission and growth strategy.

The Analyst, Responsible Investing will work with the Director, Responsible Investing, and the Investment Team to implement and evolve the Plan's Responsible Investing (RI) activities.

The Analyst will support the team to ensure that environmental, social and governance ("ESG") risks and opportunities are incorporated into investment decision making across the Plan.

The Analyst will contribute to research on portfolio companies as well as broader sustainably themes. They will also work on stewardship activities including proxy voting, corporate engagement.

We are looking for someone with:

1 to 3 years of relevant experience in an investment management or investment advisory organization or consulting / professional services firm.
Relevant university degree complemented by research/industry experience.
Significant work or academic experience related to ESG matters, or otherwise clearly demonstrated interest in sustainability.
Basic knowledge of portfolio management and investment concepts such as that acquired through completion of CFA Level 1 or more.
Good knowledge of current ESG risks and opportunities for public and private companies.
Ability to use both quantitative analysis and the assessment of qualitative factors to support a view on multifaceted ESG matters.
Proficient use of Excel and other Microsoft Office tools coupled with strong verbal and written communication skills.
Knowledge with data management, data analysis and working with data sets across different teams.
Knowledge of Corporate Governance, proxy voting, corporate engagement, stewardship, and ability to use quantitative and qualitative analysis on ESG matters.
Strong project management and communications.

Once here you will:

Conduct comprehensive research, review, analysis and monitoring of relevant company and sector specific ESG issues to support the Plan's activities related to investment management, proxy voting, corporate engagement, collaborative initiatives, communication, and stakeholder relations.
Assist in preparation of research documents, presentations, and briefing notes and present (or assist in presenting) them to the investment team and other stakeholders as appropriate.
Monitor and appropriately consider responsible investing and sustainable finance issues, developments, and trends.
Assist with the integration of the consideration of ESG factors and sustainability related investment themes across CAAT's Responsible Investment policies and/or directives and investment activities.
Support the investment team in the monitoring of and engagement with external fund managers (existing and prospective) about their Responsible Investment approach to ensure their alignment with the Plan's Responsible Investment policies and internal consistency.
Support the investment team, through available best practice tools, analytics, and research into underlying assets, in the engagement with managers on material ESG issues and climaterelated risks.
Support the investment team in the development and maintenance of tools to ensure that ESG considerations are adequately integrated in the investment and monitoring activities of the Plan's private market investments.
Assist in in corporate engagement activities, proxy voting activities and other ESG initiatives, both directly and through collaborative initiatives with other investors.
Collaborate with colleagues on new investment ideas to ensure implementation takes account of RI principles. Work with legal, risk, operational due diligence and external advisors to ensure timely completion of due diligence, manager appointment and implementation.
Provide project management support to the team while leveraging data analytic skills to derive insights and inform decision