Analyst, Private Equity

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 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 Description**:
We are currently hiring an Analyst for the Secondaries team. The Secondaries group sits within CPP Investments’ Private Equity department and directly invests in the secondary private equity market. Leveraging CPP Investments’ strategic advantages of scale, best in class GP relationships and an established track record. CPP Investments has built a team of world class investors dedicated to investing in private equity secondaries.

As an Analyst, you will work with Associates, Senior Associates, Principals and Managing Directors on an ongoing basis as well as on deal teams with the following responsibilities:

- Establish robust quantitative and qualitative understanding for Secondaries transactions and the group’s product suite
- Conduct technical research by leveraging internal and external resources including key information services and databases
- Actively participate in the due diligence process, including building financial models, leading due diligence meetings, contributing discrete pieces of analysis and insight, and proactively conducting research to address diligence issues
- Support analysis and content creation for investment documentation and memos and assist in preparing for the transaction closing process
- Balance multiple deal teams at a given time in a supporting role
- Actively participate in investment meetings by presenting transactions and taking part in the Q&A discussions of transactions brought forward by other deal teams
- Evaluate assigned funds on a quarterly basis and collaborate across Funds and Secondaries to identify unique themes and opportunities
- Proactively monitor ongoing financial performance of portfolios for closed transactions and reporting any meaningful developments and insights

A particular focus is placed on helping Analysts develop a well-rounded set of skills as an investor and leader with (i) a strong understanding of the deal process from origination through to exit and (ii) the ability to participate in our broader Private Equity discussions and decision making.

**Qualifications**:

- 1 to 3 years of relevant related work experience (e.g. investment banking, consulting, private equity, business development, etc.)
- Excellent research, financial modeling, analytical and valuation skills, including experience evaluating and building DCF and LBO models
- Have a track record of academic achievement and professional advancement
- Work effectively in a team environment
- Desire to live in Toronto and willingness to travel
- Have great communication, interpersonal, and relationship building skills

If you have an interest in working with talented people in the financial industry in an environment of integrity, partnership and high performance then you should consider a career in Private Equity with us.

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**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 (inclu