Director, Finance Business Partner
Apply NowCompany: CPP Investments
Location: Toronto, ON M4E 3Y1
Description:
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. With more than $600 billion in assets under management, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure it is financially sustainable 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 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, So Paulo, and Sydney.
CPP Investments successfully attracts, selects, and retains talented individuals from top-tier institutions worldwide. Join our team for access to:
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
The Director Finance Business Partner (FBP) is focused on driving fit for purpose reporting, analytics and insights across investment performance, cost and exposure to support decision making of Capital Markets and Factor Investing (CMF) department. The successful candidate will bring knowledge of and experience in financial markets, relationship management, agility, and technical/financial knowledge to support the achievement of the department's and CPP Investments' objectives.
Accountabilities
Qualifications
Additional Information
Visit our LinkedIn Career Page or Follow us on LinkedIn. #LI-PM1 #LI-Onsite
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.
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. With more than $600 billion in assets under management, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure it is financially sustainable 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 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, So 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
The Director Finance Business Partner (FBP) is focused on driving fit for purpose reporting, analytics and insights across investment performance, cost and exposure to support decision making of Capital Markets and Factor Investing (CMF) department. The successful candidate will bring knowledge of and experience in financial markets, relationship management, agility, and technical/financial knowledge to support the achievement of the department's and CPP Investments' objectives.
Accountabilities
- Provide an integrated view of investment and business performance metrics by leveraging data, technology and cross functional partnerships across departments, including partnering with CMF's strategy and business management teams, the Office of the Chief Investment Officer (OCIO) and others.
- Provide fit for purpose reporting and financial analysis that is concise, relevant, and draws out actionable insights enabling CMF leadership to effectively manage the business, while also promoting consistency at the enterprise level when required.
- Coordinate across departments to help ensure a consistent and accurate 'story' throughout all reports and audiences, including leading the preparation of quarterly department level management/board reporting, annual investment strategy reviews in partnership with OCIO, and the CPP Investments' Annual Report.
- Provide support and direction during the annual business planning process in developing an annual and long-range budget to support the investment and non-investment departments in the execution of their strategy and ensuring alignment with expectations (in the form of budgets and business objectives) prior to the start of the fiscal year.
- Proactively anticipate reporting needs based on CMF's investment strategy, mandate, or other changes, developing a trusted financial advisor relationship with the department.
- Partner with Finance and CMF colleagues to develop self-serve capabilities and multi-dimensional reporting and dashboards to adapt the evolving analytics needs of Capital Markets and Factor Investing and the Fund.
- Promote a culture of high performance, partnership and continuous improvement that values innovation, learning and a commitment to quality and talent development.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience (8+ years) in deriving actionable insight from both qualitative and quantitative information, and communicating such insights effectively to senior leaders
- Intellectual curiosity, strategic mindset, and solid problem-solving skills with an ability to process complex information, draw out key insights, and present that clearly and simply
- Exposure to performance measurement, attribution, investment risk, and cost concepts and methodologies
- Superior relationship management skills with demonstrated ability to collaborate with and influence stakeholders to achieve strategic goals, balancing a partnership mindset with the need to maintain independence
- Detail oriented, exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to conceptualize and articulate concepts and new ideas in plain language
- Experience working in an asset manager context such as a global multi-strategy fund, recognized public or private pension fund
- Good understanding capital markets and hedge fund industry is an asset
- Knowledge of BI tools or database programming languages (Python, SQL) is an asset
- Exemplify CPP Investments' Guiding Principles of integrity, partnership and high performance
Additional Information
Visit our LinkedIn Career Page or Follow us on LinkedIn. #LI-PM1 #LI-Onsite
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.