Associate​/Senior Associate, Listed Sustainable Energy Group

CPP Investments is seeking an Associate/Senior Associate for the Listed Sustainable Energy Group, responsible for analyzing and evaluating public energy investment opportunities. The role involves financial modeling, market analysis, and portfolio management. CPP Investments offers a flexible/hybrid work environment, emphasizing integrity and collaboration while contributing to sustainable investment strategies. This position provides global career development opportunities within a respected investment organization.
Company Description Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050.

CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney. CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe. Join our team and look forward to:

Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders

Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment

Accelerated exposure and responsibility

Global career development opportunities

Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles

A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working

A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

Job Description Reporting to the Managing Director of Listed Sustainable Energy (“SEG”), the Associate/Senior Associate is accountable for assisting the Listed Sustainable Energies team in the identification, evaluation, and analysis of public energy opportunities. The global mandate covers investments in traditional energy and renewable energy companies.

The fundamental goal of the Listed SEG program is to enhance the risk and return characteristics of CPP Investments overall SEG portfolio. This will be achieved in two main ways: by gaining exposure to sectors or countries underrepresented in the SEG portfolio; and by investing into situations where a desired SEG exposure is fundamentally cheaper in the public market than in the private market.

What you will do:

Examine and analyze potential listed energy investments, using financial models and a variety of quantitative and qualitative analytical tools.

Build dynamic financial models to analyze investment opportunities and perform detailed valuation analysis.

Compile industry and market data to identify emerging trends and assess potential investment opportunities.

Remain current on market and industry developments to help frame investment strategies.

Assist in the preparation and presentation of Investment Committee memoranda; participate in Investment Committee discussions.

Participate in the monitoring and management of the investment portfolio through formal semi-annual reviews and other informal meetings.

Compile data and financial information as needed to assist in managing the listed energy portfolio.

Benchmark investment performance and prepare reports for senior management.

Interact seamlessly with the listed real assets, strategy, and private asset teams. Knowledge sharing and a strong working relationship between public and private is critical.

Collaborate, where appropriate, with teams in credit, public equities, and other business areas.

Willingness and interest in working across multiple energy sectors (power and renewables, energy midstream, commodities and alternative fuels, and distributed energy and services) and geographies.

Other relevant duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications Commensurate years of relevant work experience in the energy and renewables sector; prior experience in public energy and / or renewables is preferred.

Relevant experience may include asset management, valuation, investment banking, equity research or similar; strong accounting knowledge would be an advantage.

Developed and emerging market experience are both…