Senior Analyst, Public Markets Middle Office (12-Month Contract)

CPP Investments

  • Toronto, ON
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Company DescriptionMake an impact at a global and dynamic investment organizationWhen 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 fast-paced, 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 DescriptionThe Public Markets Middle Office P&L group is accountable for ensuring all derivative based strategies are executed in an effective and efficient manner, from trade execution to maturity. The group is cross-asset and provides support for a range of products including variance swaps, FX swaps, volatility swaps, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, SCDO, various OTC options/swaptions and structured finance instruments such as CLO, RMBS, ABS etc.The Senior Analyst in Public Markets Middle Office P&L will be expected to provide quality trade support for current and future trading activity. This support will focus profit and loss calculations and valuation but will further consist of reviewing trade capture for all OTC asset classes, risk reports, confirmations, settlement activity and the resulting accounting entries for accuracy and completeness.The position will require strong interpersonal and relationship skills with various investment professionals and custodians to ensure all components of the derivative life cycle are complete and accurate. The ideal candidate for this exceptional career opportunity is a self starter who possesses superior analytical skills and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment.This is a 12-month contract role.Role-Specific Accountabilities:Ensures Financial Information is complete and accurate by:
  • Maintains an excellent knowledge of OTC derivative products
  • Reviews trade capture and valuation to ensure all events and risk associated with a transaction are captured and valued in line with agreed upon standards.
  • Contributes to developing a robust operating model, built on best practices, for OTC derivatives
  • Ensures transactions are properly reflected to allow for integrity of the data captured
  • Reviews front office profit and loss calculations as well as position calculations with those output from the general ledger reports
  • Provides commentary on drivers of daily profit & loss movements
  • Assists to reconcile the monthly P&L to the general ledger for all desks within the group
  • Provides information and analysis to other areas of the firm such as Performance Management, Corporate Finance, Investment Risk and Treasury regarding risk/positions, fair value calculations, and profit & loss
  • Identifies, implements and maintains internal controls with a view to mitigate operational and financial risk.
Assists with the implementation of new trading activities by:
  • Provides support and building relationships with our business partners
  • Participates in projects to continuously improve derivative processing at CPP Investments
  • Acts in accordance with CPP Investment' policies and guidelines
Leadership
  • Develops strong relationships with multiple partners across CPP Investments and aligns the objectives of the Derivative Products team with the evolving needs of those stakeholders. This requires strong lateral thinking, coupled with influencing and leadership capabilities
Qualifications
  • Undergraduate degree in Finance, Commerce, Economics, Engineering or other related discipline
  • Advanced Degree or Professional designation such as a CFA or CAIA is considered an asset
  • Minimum 3 years direct operational experience in OTC derivative focusing in P&L attribution and Valuation
  • Strong technical and analytical skills, including high attention to detail and accuracy
  • Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
  • Proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications; aptitude in learning new software applications
  • Experience with the Bloomberg, Murex, Simcorp applications considered an asset
  • Excellent analytical skills and the ability to think through problems, assess a variety of factors and recommend a solution
  • Excellent quantitative and computer skills
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Strong team player who enjoys a challenging performance culture
  • Strong time management and organization skills
  • Readily adapt to a rapidly changing investment business and technology environments
  • Self-motivated, flexible, adaptable
  • Exemplifies our Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership and high performance.
Additional InformationVisit our or Follow us on LinkedIn. #LI-LR1At 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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