Associate, Cash, Collateral & Settlements Operations (15 - month contract with benefits)

CPP Investments | Investissements RPC•Toronto, ON

2d•Onsite

About The Position

As an Associate, Investment Operations you will support either the public or private Investment teams with transaction management, asset servicing, investment accounting, reporting and valuations. You will also oversee the day-to-day evaluation, accounting, and monitoring of relevant investment portfolios, covering all asset classes and security types.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree or college diploma in related field.
5+ years of relevant experience.
Strong analytical, financial and management accounting skills will be necessary to perform this role.
Advanced Excel skills and comfortable learning new systems.
Strong understanding of derivatives operations, collateral management processes, and financing products.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Bloomberg, Murex, SimCorp, AcadiaSoft, TriOptima, or similar investment operations platforms is considered an asset.
Exposure to SQL or data analysis/reporting tools is considered an asset.
Professional designations such as a CBV, CFA, CPA are considered an asset.
You are motivated to contribute to something larger than yourself, approach complex challenges with rigor, and hold yourself to high standards in a collaborative, performance-driven environment.

Responsibilities

Provide oversight and support for collateral management activities across Futures, Options, OTC Derivatives, Centrally Cleared Derivatives, Repos, Prime Brokerage and Securities Lending transactions.
Monitor and assist in the resolution of margin disputes, reconciliation breaks, settlement issues, and collateral discrepancies with internal and external counterparties.
Oversee daily operational workflows to ensure timely completion of critical activities, escalation of issues, and adherence to operational controls and service expectations.
Identify opportunities for process optimization, automation, and straight-through processing to enhance operational scalability and control effectiveness.
Identify and maintain operational controls and procedures to mitigate operational and financial risk.
Coordinate audit and compliance requests by partnering with internal stakeholders and ensuring timely, accurate, and complete delivery of required documentation and support materials.
Partner with colleagues from the Investment Departments, Finance, Legal, and Risk to assist in investment closings through documentation review, system setups, transaction entries and settlements.
Assist in the quarterly/ monthly valuation review; ensure valuation adjustments are accurately recorded and bring any errors/ inconsistencies to management’s attention.
Ensure Daily validation of position record keeping, and private holdings & deals is accurate and delivered timely to support ID's and trading.
Maintain an ongoing effective working relationship with internal investment staff and external asset managers to ensure issues are discussed and resolved and financial controls and reporting requirements are met.
Maintain an ongoing effective working relationship with internal investment staff and external asset managers to ensure issues are discussed and resolved, financial controls and reporting requirements are met.
Help lead the team in striving for operational excellence, assisting in creating process documents for new processes and/or updates to existing processes.