Associate, Public Markets Middle Office (12-month Contract)

Purpose. Performance. People.

Joining CPP Investments means joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors to drive a single mandate: to deliver strong, sustainable returns for generations of Canadians.

With a long-term horizon and global reach, we deploy capital at scale across public and private markets. Our size, stability, and disciplined investment philosophy allow us to pursue complex opportunities and build enduring partnerships worldwide. 

For our people, this means meaningful work with tangible impact, real opportunity, and collaboration with exceptional colleagues who value partnership and performance.Here, you’ll contribute to outcomes that matter alongside team members committed to excellence and shared success.

The Role

As an Associate, Public Markets Middle Office, you will independently manage the end-to-end processing of corporate actions and asset servicing activities across global markets and asset classes. You will provide guidance on complex events, support junior team members, and partner with investment teams and key stakeholders to ensure the accurate and timely execution of critical operational activities. Reporting details were not provided.

The Team

The Public Markets Middle Office supports investment activities by ensuring the accurate, timely, and complete processing of corporate actions, asset servicing events, and related operational activities across global markets and asset classes. As a critical control function, the team helps safeguard the integrity of positions, cash flows, entitlements, and reporting while partnering closely with investment professionals and operational stakeholders.

The Asset Servicing & Corporate Actions team manages voluntary and mandatory corporate actions, withholding tax reclaims, proxy voting, off-market transactions, class actions, and other complex events requiring coordination across custodians, counterparties, and internal partners. The team is committed to operational excellence, strong risk management, continuous improvement, and delivering high-quality service in a dynamic global investment environment.

Accountabilities

• Independently manage the end-to-end lifecycle of voluntary and mandatory corporate action events, including validation, entitlement analysis, election processing, instruction management, reconciliation, and reporting.

• Ensure positions, cash movements, entitlements, and off-market transactions are accurately reflected across internal systems while meeting market deadlines and established controls.

• Research complex corporate action events, tax implications, eligibility requirements, and market terms to support informed operational and investment decisions.

• Identify, assess, and resolve operational risks, discrepancies, aged exceptions, and control issues, escalating matters appropriately and contributing to a strong control environment.

• Build effective partnerships with investment teams, Finance, Legal, Tax, Compliance, custodians, counterparties, and external service providers, providing clear communication on risks, timelines, and required actions.

• Provide day-to-day guidance, coaching, and work review for junior team members while contributing to process documentation, knowledge sharing, and assigned team initiatives.

• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency through process enhancements, automation, technology solutions, and the responsible adoption of AI-enabled tools.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of progressive experience in investment operations, middle office, corporate actions, or asset servicing supporting global markets.

• Strong knowledge of the corporate action lifecycle across equities, fixed income, and/or derivative products, including voluntary, mandatory, and mandatory-with-choice events.

• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex, time-sensitive work while exercising sound judgement and effective risk management.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills with the ability to translate complex information for a variety of stakeholders.

• Experience providing guidance, coaching, or work review to junior colleagues in a collaborative team environment.

• Experience with investment operations platforms such as Murex, SimCorp, CApTAIN, Bloomberg AIM, S&P Global MCA, and intermediate to advanced MS Excel is considered an asset. Familiarity with AI-enabled productivity tools is preferred.

• Post-secondary education in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline is preferred. Professional designation requirements were not provided.

You are motivated to contribute to something larger than yourself, approach complex challenges with rigor, and hold yourself to  high standards in a collaborative, performance-driven environment.

We provide colleagues with cutting-edge AI tools, dedicated learning time, and practical support to help them deliver with greater impact.

Inclusion & Accessibility

CPP Investments is committed to equitable access to employment and building a workforce that reflects diverse talent and perspectives. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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CPP Investments may use AI tools to help screen and assess applicants by analyzing resumes and applications for relevant skills and experience. These tools support, but do not replace, human decision-making.

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