Associate, Collateral & Liquidity Operations (12 month Contract) at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Financial Services, Pension Funds, Investment ManagementIndustries

Requirements

  • In-depth background in Investment Operations processes
  • High level of knowledge of the specific unit assigned (e.g., Investment Operations, Performance & Risk Analytics, Compliance)
  • Ability to train and coordinate work on the team
  • Capability to provide direct assistance to the Manager, including troubleshooting, ad hoc projects, and review of team work
  • Potential to assume temporary responsibility for unit operations during Management’s absence

Responsibilities

  • Coordinates, troubleshoots, and reviews work of the team, including setting priorities, ensuring accuracy and control standards, resolving problems, providing recommendations for procedural changes, and assisting on complex issues
  • Carries out daily work within Investment Finance units: determines and completes critical priorities, identifies/analyzes issues, implements solutions, acts as first point of escalation, and ensures team completion
  • Verifies information and upholds controls: checks/reconciles data, applies controls, follows up on discrepancies, and reviews others' work
  • Produces reports: generates standard reports and designs/delivers non-standard reports based on requests
  • Acts as lead on department projects under Financial Analyst guidance: plans projects, coordinates team, liaises with IT, and documents processes
  • Identifies and implements efficiency improvements for the unit
  • Assists Financial Analyst in researching, identifying, and documenting new products/programs/processes, including procedural changes, recommendations, test plans, and documentation
  • Services internal clients: builds relationships, provides information/services, responds to inquiries professionally and timely
  • Deals with internal and external suppliers: manages relationships for high-quality service, exchanges information, represents OTPP professionally (e.g., custodians, counterparties, systems providers)
  • Other duties: coordinates/reviews team training, investigates/tests systems/products, analyzes/implements new processes/systems, maximizes technology use, provides constructive ideas, documents complex aspects, maintains operational knowledge, represents OTPP professionally, trains team members, backs up Financial Analysts

Skills

Investment Operations
Collateral Management
Liquidity Operations
Reconciliation
Risk Analytics
Compliance
Report Generation
Troubleshooting
Team Coordination

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Global investment management for pension funds

About Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan manages a large investment portfolio with $241.6 billion in assets, aiming to grow to $300 billion by 2030. The organization invests in a diverse range of sectors, including agriculture and artificial intelligence, to ensure retirement security for 333,000 teachers in Ontario. Their investment strategy goes beyond just financial returns; they focus on enhancing sustainability in their portfolio companies and seek to create a positive impact on the businesses they invest in and the broader community. This commitment to responsible investing sets them apart from other pension funds, as they prioritize both profitability and a better future.

Toronto, CanadaHeadquarters
1989Year Founded
$15,381MTotal Funding
N/ACompany Stage
AI & Machine Learning, Financial ServicesIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Professional Development Budget
Employee Discounts

Risks

Healthcare investments may face regulatory and market challenges.
Space exploration investments are subject to technological and regulatory uncertainties.
Nordic expansion exposes the plan to geopolitical and economic risks.

Differentiation

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan manages $241.6 billion in assets globally.
The plan focuses on sustainable and profitable investments for long-term growth.
It has a diverse portfolio, including agriculture, AI, and healthcare.

Upsides

Recent investments in healthcare show strategic growth in a vital sector.
The Fleet Space investment aligns with global sustainability and innovation goals.
Acquisition of Max Matthiessen expands influence in European financial services.

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