Project Coordinator, New Products & Activities (Public Markets Middle Office)

Company Description

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world.

With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability.

The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney.

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to :

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible / hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description

The Middle Office teams are accountable for ensuring all public market-based strategies are executed in an effective and efficient manner, from new product on-boarding to trade booking through to maturity / settlement.

The group is cross-asset and provides support for a range of products & activities including but not limited to OTC & clear derivatives, listed securities, collateral, and securities financing (lending / borrowing) products.

The Project Coordinator, New Products & Activities (NP&A), is expected to provide quality support & project coordination to the NP&A team as you / team work to successfully complete the on-boarding of new products and / or activities while adhering to established governance & operating standards.

Additionally, the Project Coordinator will be expected to maintain and / or develop a suite of reporting metrics and maintaining project plans.

The position will require interaction with various investment professionals, technologists, legal & tax experts as well as superior time-management skills while adopting lean / agile methodologies.

The ideal candidate for this exceptional career opportunity is a self-starter who can turn ambiguity into actionable results and that thrives in a diverse and inclusive team.

Role-Specific Accountabilities :

• Maintain and / or enhance a suite of reporting for senior management & key stakeholders that drives analysis & decision-making related to the team’s activities.
• Maintain and / or develop project plans & kanban boards as well as ensuring all related tasks / issues are documented & assigned for resolution, where needed.
• Scheduling, leading, and documenting the team’s daily scrums as well as the scheduling of various meetings related to the delivery of each initiative.
• Assist in drafting initiative requirements, test scripts, and implementation summaries.

Qualifications

If you possess the following, we’d like to hear from you :

• 2 - 3 years of experience as a Project Coordinator or a similar role
• Experience with any of the following tools : Jira, Confluence, Tableau, MS Co-Pilot, PowerPoint
• Completed or working towards any of the following : CFA, PMP, Six Sigma, Scrum Master
• Progressive career develop & demonstratable investment product understanding and / or experience with product delivery / project coordination, preferably with a focus on global markets & related asset classes.
• Demonstratable experience with identifying value-add / process efficiency opportunities and participation in implementation of same
• Proven ability to structure communications, both written & verbal, to raise and resolve issues across all levels of the organization.
• Self-motivated, agile, and the ability to approach a constantly changing business needs through innovation and creativity.
• Exemplify our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance as well being committed to embracing diversity and working to build an inclusive workplace.
30+ days ago