The opportunity
This 12-month contract position provides support to Public Securities Operations units including, but not limited to Investment Operations, Performance & Risk Analytics, and Compliance.
The successful candidate requires an in-depth background in Investment Operations processes and a high level of knowledge of the specific unit assigned.
The Associate has key responsibilities for the training and co-ordination of work on the team. This role provides direct assistance to the Manager in the operation of the unit, including troubleshooting, ad hoc projects and completion and review of the work of the team. From time to time this role could assume temporary responsibility for the operation of the unit during Management’s absence.
Who you’ll work with
This role reports to the Manager, Collateral & Liquidity Operations
What you’ll do

1. Co-ordinates, troubleshoots and reviews work of the team.

• Reviews daily work and sets work priorities.
• Co-ordinates work of the team as required to meet deadlines.
• Provides guidance and reviews the team’s work to ensure accuracy and control standards are being met
• Responds to and resolve problems and provide recommendations as to future procedural changes.
• Provides assistance to the team on complex issues.

1. Carries out daily work within the Investment Finance “units”:

• Determines critical priorities for the day
• Completes critical priorities for the day
• Identifies and analyses issues and problems
• Determines and carries out appropriate solutions for issues and problems
• Act as first point of escalation to manage issues
• Works with team members to ensure all critical priorities for the team are completed in the day

1. Verifies information and upholds controls

• Checks and reconciles information to ensure accuracy
• Applies controls, checks and balances
• Follows up on discrepancies and resolves discrepancies
• Reviews files and information prepared by others

1. Produces reports

• Generates standard reports
• Analyses requests for non-standard reports and designs/delivers reports

1. Acts as lead on projects for the department under the guidance of the Financial Analyst

• Plans project and identifies needs.
• Carries out project tasks and/or co-ordinates the project work of team members
• Liaises with IT Investments as needed on systems related projects
• Documents processes.

1. Identifies and carries out improvements for the unit

• Actively identifies efficiency improvements
• Investigates and implements improvements

1. Assists the Financial Analyst in researching, identifying and documenting the characteristics and attributes of new products, programs or processes.

• Identifies procedural/process changes and requirements
• Provides recommendations for procedures and processes
• Develops and implements tests plans
• Documents processes

1. Services internal clients

• Build relationships with internal stakeholders
• Provides information and services to internal clients
• Responds to inquiries and requests from internal clients
• Deals with internal clients in a professional and timely manner

1. Deals with internal and external suppliers

• Manages the relationship to ensure a high quality of service is delivered by suppliers.
• Provides information and requests information as needed to established suppliers (eg. Custodian, Counter-parties, Systems providers, etc.)
• Represents OTPP in a professional manner

1. Other

• Co-ordinates and reviews completeness and quality of the training of team members.
• Investigates system handling of products including testing of problems and testing of new systems
• Analyses and implements new processes and systems
• Maximizes the use of technology in all work processes
• Provides constructive ideas relative to the Board’s Investment Operations Groups
• Documents (including complex aspects of products, processes and systems)
• Maintains personal awareness and current knowledge of issues affecting the Board’s operations
• Represents OTPP in a professional manner
• Trains team members as required
• Backs up Financial Analysts during absences.
• Backs up team members during absences
• Other duties as requested

What you’ll need

• Relevant university degree (such as Business, Economics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Computer Science) or equivalent relevant experience with Investment Finance processes
• Requires an individual with extensive experience in Investment Operations processes (5 years or more)
• Good priority setting and time management skills in order co-ordinate the work of others to meet deadlines and quality standards.
• Solid skills in training others on complex processes.
• Excellent analytical skills and the ability to think through problems, assess a variety of factors and recommend a solution
• Excellent quantitative and computer skills (Excel and Access), including an understanding of database concepts
• Good background skills and knowledge of accounting and reconciliation processes
• Must be able to work to deadlines, adapt to a rapidly changing environment and sustain high productivity levels
• Must be extremely detail oriented, organized and thorough
• Self starter, confident, innovative, team player
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be able to effectively deal with internal and external clients and suppliers
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Enrollment in the CFA program an asset

Please refer the Job description for details