Director, Performance

Job title:

Director, Performance

Company

CPP Investments

Job description

Company DescriptionMake an impact at a global and dynamic investment organizationWhen 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, 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 DescriptionAs a Director, Performance you will be responsible for coordinating and overseeing the performance measurement, benchmarking, and attribution activities for the total fund and for continuing to advance the analytical capability of the Performance function within CPP Investments. You will help set the strategic direction of the team including implementing scalable processes and systems and ensuring alignment with departmental and organizational objectives.The Performance team is part of the Management Analytics group within the Finance Department at CPP Investments. The Performance team is responsible for calculating returns on the Fund’s investments and benchmarks along multiple dimensions to assess investment performance.Accountabilities

• Recruit and develop a high performing team that makes a meaningful contribution to both Management and committee reporting as well as insights generated by performance analysis.
• Design insightful attribution analysis for the investment groups and Management to assist in understanding the drivers of investment performance across key investment decisions made.
• Oversee the evaluation of proposed team and department Policies, benchmarks, and performance measurement methodologies from an operational, qualitative and relevance standpoint.
• Support the creation and update of the Performance Measurement and Reporting Standard, Performance Measurement Methodologies, and operational procedures.
• Product and Data Owner for enterprise performance engine and/or the analytical performance engine, including the development and prioritization of product roadmaps.
• Develop and continuously improve the operational processes within the Performance team.
• Leads the development of new performance metrics to meet performance monitoring needs of stakeholders and internal committees, including preparing formal material for Management and internal committees
• Ensure the effective communication and execution of the Department and fund wide cross-functional projects, system applications, operational capabilities to ensure value added processes and systems are developed to achieve objectives.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or graduate degree in related field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Relevant professional designation (CFA, CIPM, FRM, CPA, etc).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Advanced proficiency in performance measurement and attribution methodologies, including emerging industry trends and academic research.
• Advanced knowledge of Python with a focus on analytical packages (e.g., Pandas, Numpy) an asset.
• Advanced Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases (e.g. MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.) an asset.

Additional InformationVisit our or Follow us on LinkedIn. #LI-PM1 #LI-OnsiteAt 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.

Expected salary

Location

Toronto, ON

Job date

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 02:55:21 GMT

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