Associate, Equities Software

We are recruiting for an Associate to join our Securities Selection team in our Active Equities department.  The successful candidate will be joining a domain team which focuses on companies within the Global Software and IT Services sectors. Reporting to the Managing Director Active Equities the Associate is responsible for conducting sector focused deep bottom-up fundamental research primarily on investment ideas and current portfolio holdings. The position is based in Toronto.

Team Summary

The Active Equities (AE) department invests in large-cap public and pre-IPO equities in North America Europe Asia and LATAM. The strategy employs bottom-up and deep fundamental research insights to create a concentrated market-neutral portfolio of high conviction long and short investments.  The Security Selection team has a global structure with the focus of generating differentiated long and short insights by leveraging specific domain level expertise.

Accountabilities :

• Work directly with investment professionals on the Global Software domain team to evaluate potential long and short public and pre-IPO investment opportunities in the software and IT services sectors
• With guidance execute investment research leveraging domain expertise and deep fundamental research insights within the software and IT services sectors
• Participate in meetings with the company management teams industry experts and attend industry and broker conferences as part of the research process with travel where necessary
• Maintain company financial models and perform valuation analysis including DCF and comparable company analyses; apply statistical analysis to support investment decisions
• With guidance prepare analytical investment reviews and recommendations in collaboration with the team including industry overviews written investment memos and due diligence reviews
• Research analyze and monitor macro level industry trends and fundamental performance of existing portfolio holdings
• Increasingly incorporate research insights by leveraging alternative data sets

Qualifications :

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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 :

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Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full-time

Key Skills

Access Control System,Autocad Design,C++,Community Support,Employee Benefits,Java

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1