Analyst, Secondaries

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you join CPP Investments, you are joining one of the world's most admired and respected institutional investors. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability for generations of working and retired Canadians.

CPP Investments invests across regions and asset classes to build a globally diversified portfolio. It holds assets in public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and fixed income, and the CPP Fund is projected to reach $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo, and Sydney.

CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:

• Stimulating work in a fast-paced and intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• A hybrid-flexible work environment with an emphasis on in-person collaboration
• A culture rooted in principles of integrity, partnership, and high performance
• An organization with an important social purpose that positively impacts lives

If you have a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach work with the highest integrity, invest your career here. 

The Secondaries group sits within CPP Investments' Private Equity department and invests directly in the private equity market through both LP and GP-led secondaries by leveraging CPP Investments' strategic advantages of scale, information access, best in class GP relationships, and an established track record and strong market reputation.

As an Analyst, you will be responsible for conducting fundamental investment research, assisting in building financial models and recommendations, implementing investments strategies, and monitoring and managing portfolio investments.

Accountabilities:

• Compile industry, market and asset level data and financial information to support research
• Actively participate in the due diligence process, including developing company financial models, leading due diligence meetings, contributing discrete pieces of analysis and insight to support investment decisions
• Prepare analytical investment reviews and recommendations in collaboration with the team, including written investment rationales and due diligence reviews
• Actively participate in investment meetings by presenting transactions and taking part in the Q&A discussions of transactions brought forward by other deal teams
• Monitor ongoing financial and risk performance of portfolio assets
• Update financial models and other analytical tools to support the idea generation process and rationale behind changes in investment view
• Balance multiple deal teams at a given time in a supporting role

• Undergraduate degree in relevant field 
• An advanced degree or certification (CFA) is an asset
• Up to 3 years of relevant work experience (e.g. investment banking, consulting, private equity, business development, etc.)
• Strong research, analytical, financial modeling, valuation, problem solving skills and ability to think creatively
• Advanced computer/technical skills – MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Work effectively in a team environment
• Desire to live in Toronto and willingness to travel

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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.