16 Oct
CPP Investments
Toronto
Job Description
We are presently recruiting for an Associate, Public Markets Middle Office (PMMO), within Technology and Operations. The PMMO team resides within the Technology and Operations department and ensures that trading activity, security settlement, and asset servicing for Public Market investments and Derivative Products are managed in an effective and efficient manner.
The ideal candidate is a self-starter with excellent analytical skills, organization skills, written and verbal communication skills and prior knowledge of settlement and custodial procedures in Canadian and international marketplaces.
Experience with domestic and international Repo and Fixed Income lifecycle management is requisite as well as experience taking lead and driving vendor engagements and team specific projects/initiatives.
Role-Specific Accountabilities
Daily
- Responsible for supporting and performing day-to-day settlement processes and escalations from both internal and external parties for Domestic and International Repo/Fixed Income desk.
- Ensuring daily reporting and investigations are carried out in a timely and efficient manner; if there are exceptions to manage, confirm that the team and other related parties are following up; be comfortable reporting errors or incidents to related parties and management as necessary.
- Take on or assist with other reporting requirements including gathering metrics data and other ad-hoc reporting requests.
- Confirm that controls and procedures are being followed by the team and review and provide approvals as necessary.
- Be able to support additional daily settlement functions (ie. Equity, FX, Derivatives, Cash Payments) as necessary.
- Assist various internal business partners with operational issues related to trade settlement and custodial procedures.
- Assist in projects to streamline operational tasks to improve efficiency and mitigate risk.
Other:
- Responsible for taking lead and driving vendor engagements and team specific projects/initiatives as called upon.
- May need to represent the team on cross-department/firm initiatives.
- Partner with team members to identify, socialize, develop, and implement opportunities for enhancements that drive straight through processing (STP), automation, and efficiency.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external business partners.
▶️ Associate, Public Markets Middle Office - Settlements
🖊️ CPP Investments
📍 Toronto