Company Description
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.
Job Description
As an Associate in the Balance Sheet, Capital, and Liquidity Management (BCLM) team within the Total Fund Management (TFM) department, you will support execution of trades, liquidity oversight, and balance sheet management. The role is based in London and involves close collaboration with both internal teams and external market participants. The majority of the BCLM team are based in Toronto, with a satellite team in London.
Key Accountabilities:
* Provide London time zone coverage for securities finance desk and other BCLM activities
* Be a key representative of BCLM in London at external dealer meetings and internal meetings/event
* Oversee and optimize cross-asset financing activities across synthetic and physical securities.
* Assist in implementing leverage goals through secured borrowings (equity swaps, securities lending, repo, cash prime).
* Conduct daily portfolio management (re-rates, dividend monitoring, recalls, corporate action elections).
* Manage lifecycle and rebalancing of equity total return swaps.
* Build and maintain strong external relationships across asset classes and regions.
* Collaborate with internal Portfolio Managers to align fund positioning with board and management limits.
* Reconcile P&L with investment operations across multiple portfolios.
* Prepare regular reports (weekly, monthly) for internal stakeholders.
* Support investment teams with trade ideas, data requests, and market insights.
* Contribute to projects on portfolio management, trade execution, and market structure.
Qualifications
* Undergraduate degree in a relevant field.
* Work experience in buy-side Treasury/Portfolio Finance or relevant sell-side financing desks (Prime Brokerage, Repo, Delta One).
* Knowledge of financing and collateral products (Stock Loan, Repo, Prime Brokerage, Total Return Swaps).
* Strong interest in capital markets and investment management.
* Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to work independently.
Understanding of prudential regulation and liquidity/collateral frameworks preferred, but not required.
Additional Information
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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.