JOB POSTING INFORMATION
Position Type:	Professional Experience Year Co-op (PEY Co-op: 12-16 months)
Job Title:	Intern Analyst/Analyst, Systematic Strategies Group
Job Location:	Toronto, Ontario
Job Location Type:	On-Site
Number of Positions:	1
Salary:	Salary Not Available, 0.0 hours per week
Start Date:	05/01/2024
End Date:	04/30/2025
Job Function:	Engineering
Job Description:	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 Capital Markets and Factor Investing Department The Capital Markets and Factor Investing Department (CMF) invests assets globally in public equities, fixed income securities, currencies, commodities, and derivatives, and manages the engagement of investment managers and co-investments in public market securities. The Systematic Strategies Group (SSG) within the Capital Markets and Factor Investing department develops and manages systematic investment strategies across global markets spanning equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, and volatility. SSG invests in absolute return strategies as well as long-only strategies, designed to provide a diversifying return stream to the total fund. We are currently recruiting for SSG for a twelve-month opportunity beginning May 2024. Students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate co-op programs, or non-co-op programs and those pursuing their professional experience year (PEY) and individuals who have graduated in April 2023 or later from an undergraduate or advanced degree program in a quantitative discipline, such as Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Finance or Math are eligible to apply. The work done will vary by role/team, but will broadly include: Primary Responsibilities: Contribute to the management of multi-asset systematic investment portfolio Assisting Portfolio Managers in the development and implementation of portfolio analytics that produce value added insight into the risk and return characteristics of the portfolio Opportunity to contribute to portfolio management topics including (but not limited to): portfolio construction and management, back testing, and transaction cost analysis Other Responsibilities: Assisting in deep dive analysis of implemented strategies and portfolio performance Facilitating day-to-day activities on the desk such as the reporting of performance, risk, and positioning of a suite of factor portfolios Ad-hoc projects analyzing and making recommendations on topics such as investment research, data engineering, and portfolio engineering Additional Information If you have an interest in working with talented professionals in the financial industry in an environment of integrity, partnership, and high performance then you should consider a career in Capital Markets and Factor Investing at CPP Investments. To apply, please include a cover letter, resume and transcripts (full unofficial version). Deadline: November 5, 2023 at 11:59PM ET Visit our Linkedin Career Page or Follow us on Linkedin.
Job Requirements:	Qualifications Position Requirements: The ideal candidate is either i) enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate co-op program, ii) enrolled in a non-co-op program and pursuing a professional experience year (PEY), or iii) has graduated in April 2023 or later from an undergraduate or advanced degree program, in a quantitative discipline such as computer Science, economics, engineering, finance or math. Strong programming skills, preferably in Python Empirical research experience analyzing large data sets Interest in capital markets and investment management Knowledge of financial instruments (e.g., equities, futures, swaps or options) is an asset Good written and verbal communication skills and an interest in working in a dynamic collaborative environment. Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously. Candidates must exemplify CPP Investments’ guiding principles of high performance, integrity, and partnership.
Preferred Disciplines:	Computer Engineering Computer Science Electrical Engineering Engineering Science (Electrical and Computer) Engineering Science (Math, Stats & Finance) Economics
All Co-op programs:	No
Targeted Co-op Programs:	Targeted Programs Professional Experience Year Co-op (12 - 16 months)

APPLICATION INFORMATION
Application Deadline:	Nov 5, 2023 11:59 PM
Application Receipt Procedure:	Employer Website
If by Website, go to:	https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CPPInvestments/743999936388373-intern-analyst-analyst-systematic-strategies-group
Additional Application Information:	Note to PEY Co-op applicants: In addition to your application by email/website, please ensure that you select the “I intend to apply for this position” tab on the portal.  This will give us a record of your submitted application in the event that you will be invited for interviews. Apply via employer website: https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CPPInvestments/743999936388373-intern-analyst-analyst-systematic-strategies-group
U of T Job Coordinator:	Kaisa Moran

ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Organization:	CPP Investment Board
Division:	Campus Recruitment
Website:	www.cppinvestments.com

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Length of Workterm:	FIXED PEY Co-op: 16 months