Analyste d'Affaires Principal, SimCorp, Technologie de Gestion des Risques et du Fonds Total

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When 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.

Reporting to the Director SimCorp, Risk &TFM Technology, the Lead Business Analyst will be responsible for configuring, supporting, and evolving end-to-end solutions that enable Finance and Operations departments. You will partner with business and technology departments to deliver on strategic priorities and business outcomes using agile methodologies.

Major accountabilities:

• Support the delivery on enterprise-wide initiatives through application of business analysis tools and techniques. Proactively identify issues involving workflow procedure and processes, identify opportunities for improvement, implement solutions, automate, and innovate.
• Drive the creation of strong system specifications that enable the development and/or acquisition of appropriate systems to meet business requirements. Lead testing activities to ensure that the deliverables meet business requirements.
• Collaborate with business & technology stakeholders to understand priorities, product roadmap, existing system and integration environments, and new business requirements to drive progress towards established objectives.
• Liaise with engineers, solution architects and business subject matter experts to brainstorm, develop and document innovative solutions alternatives. Evaluate alternatives relative to business requirements and provide advice that is rooted in deep subject matter expertise.
• Participate in process design meetings and translate outcomes into process documentation. Conduct process walkthroughs and validation with business subject matter experts. Document key risks, mitigating controls, performance measures, cost drivers and business continuity plans for processes.

Role-specific accountabilities:

• Provide on-going operational and system support to Accounting and Performance Book of Record (SimCorp Dimension). Engage in production issue resolution, root cause analysis and implementation of controls to prevent reoccurrence.  Provide post-implementation support to measure and ensure business benefits were realized.
• Assist in managing our product backlog and roadmap, prioritization of work, resource allocation on initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison between multiple stakeholders, both internal and external to communicate solutions in appropriate medium to meet end users’ needs.
• Anticipate business or project issues and risks, make recommendations to mitigate, recognize the need for flexibility and diverse solutions while coping with complex situations through deliberate analysis and planning. Escalate key decision challenge to management.

Specialized business and domain knowledge:

• Knowledge of Performance Measurement and Attribution functions including calculation of measurements and analytics.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to conduct complex data analysis. 
• Demonstrate understanding of issues relevant to the broad organization and business strategic goals.
• Experience in financial services industry with knowledge various asset classes and investment lifecycle.

• Undergraduate or equivalent work experience
• 5 to 8 years experience with SimCorp Dimension platform and related role(s) within the investment industry.
• Proven ability to liaise with business subject matters in gathering of business requirements, including direct experience with Investment Operations, Fund Performance, and Investment Accounting.       
• High attention to detail, solid understanding of project life cycle, and the capability to apply best practices knowledge to unique and dynamic situations.
• Experience with Agile Scrum/Kanban processes, and work management tools: JIRA, Confluence
• Ability to adjust communication style to present technical and non-technical information to a wide variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders representing a broad range of functions and levels.
• Collaborative team player with a willingness to “get it done together” sharing practices and ideas across functions.
• Agent of change and continuous improvement in business processes and solutions. 
• Exemplifies CPP Investments’ Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance.

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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:

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.