Senior Associate, Sustainable Energies

CPP Investments is seeking a Senior Associate for its Sustainable Energies Group in Toronto, OH. The role involves researching and analyzing investment opportunities, performing due diligence, and developing financial models. The position emphasizes collaboration and offers exposure to senior management. CPP Investments is a prominent investment organization managing over $600 billion, with a focus on sustainability and diverse portfolios, and promotes a hybrid-flexible work environment.
Location: Toronto
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. 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.

Job Description Play an important role in the research, analysis and evaluation of a variety of investment opportunities including managing the overall evaluation process

Participate in meetings with company management teams, industry experts and analysts

Build working relationships with colleagues and leaders across the firm, alongside company management teams and investment partners

Perform due diligence on opportunities including past and projected financial performance, quality of management teams, investment merits and risks, regulatory environment, industry dynamics and other relevant factors

Lead development of sophisticated dynamic financial models to analyze investment opportunities (including testing assumptions and sensitivities)
Oversee preparation of analytical investment reviews and recommendations, including industry overviews, written investment rationales and due diligence reviews

Assist in presenting investment recommendations to the Investment Committee and Board, as required

Assist in the development, implementation and monitoring of existing portfolios

Update financial models and other analytical tools to support the idea generation process and rational behind changes in investment view Manage and guide the work of junior team members and assist departmental initiatives, processes and meetings Team Description CPP Investments' Sustainable Energies Group (SEG) combines the organization's expertise in renewables, conventional energy and new technology and service solutions to position CPP Investments as the leading global energy investor.

SEG has approximately $36 billion in assets, making it highly competitive and flexible in the large and dynamic global energy sector.

SEG takes advantage of growing market opportunities as the energy sector evolves and global power demand grows, especially for low-carbon energy alternatives. The group holds a diversified portfolio primarily comprised of long-term tangible assets, including renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and hydro, as well as conventional power, upstream oil & gas and energy midstream. It also invests in areas of innovation, technology and services to the energy industries.

Accountabilities:

Reporting to the Managing Director, the Senior Associate will:

Support the execution of new investments opportunities with focus in North America - helping to manage/optimize existing platforms/partnerships, identifying new market opportunities, and executing new investments Strong deal execution capabilities

Support asset management in Americas, building and leveraging the competencies of the Sustainable Energy Group team Ability to build relationships across cultures/geographies, including with key advisors/partners/management teams

Liaise with investment partners (other investors) and advisors (financial, industry specialists, etc.)Coach, mentor and develop junior team members

Work effectively with Sustainable Energy Group team members, investment committees and other parts of CPP Investments Be part of a global team, participating in global strategic initiatives and staffing model

Be a strong culture carrier within the Sustainable Energy Group team, demonstrating CPP Investments' guiding principles and the Sustainable Energy Group's core principles of innovation, collaboration, transparency, and mutual respect

Qualifications

Undergraduate…