Analyst, Systematic Strategies Group, Capital Markets and Factor Investing (12-month contract)

Company Description

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. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability 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 $3.6 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 Description

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) group within the Capital Markets and Factor Investing department is recruiting for an analyst for a 12-month contract with a tentative start date in May 2026. SSG 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.  

The work done will vary by role/team, but will broadly include: 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the research, development, and implementation of systematic investment strategies in various markets or to the development of the portfolio construction and risk management framework for our strategies 
• Present research findings and participate in discussions in various SSG investment forums 
• Partner with colleagues in the SSG to conduct periodic reviews of existing investment strategies and processes 
• Partner with colleagues in the Investment Engineering and Analytics team to design and implement new tools and analytics modules 
• Contribute to the management of our multi-asset systematic investment portfolio 

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 

Qualifications

• 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 2025 or later from an undergraduate or advanced degree program, in a quantitative discipline such as economics, finance, computer science, engineering, or applied math. Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline is preferred 
• 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. 
• Self-motivated, organized, flexible and adaptable to changing priorities and new challenges 
• Candidates must exemplify CPP Investments’ guiding principles of high performance, integrity, and partnership. 

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 at CPP Investments.

To apply, please include a cover letter, resume and transcripts (full unofficial version) by October 26, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.

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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:
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