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
The Executive Assistant is responsible for providing day-to-day administrative support to the Managing Director, Head of Credit Strategy, the Credit Strategy team as well as the Business Management team, within the Credit Investments department. Responsibilities will include managing calendars, meetings, expenses, events, presentations, travel, correspondence and departmental initiatives.
Role-specific Accountabilities
- Provide general administrative support to the Managing Director, Head of Credit Strategy, the Credit Strategy team and the Business Management team
- Book and manage complex global travel arrangements, itineraries or other duties related to professionals who travel globally.
- Manage calendars on behalf of MDs and team members, working with other departments to coordinate meeting booking.
- Scheduling and administration related to the Credit Investment Committee (CIC)
- Co-ordinate, arrange and oversee team event planning process, as required.
- Support the on-boarding of new staff joining the team
- Reconcile credit card expenses and input into Workday.
- Work closely with other executive assistants and teams to increase efficiencies and provide overall departmental support.
- Accommodate and complete staff requests managing timelines, deliverables and tracking projects
- Coordinate website and pitchbook updates
- Maintain department SharePoint page and Intranet
- Handle highly sensitive and confidential matters relating to the daily activity of the department and/or organization.
- Other administrative tasks as assigned
Qualifications
- 5-10 years of experience gained from fast-paced, professional environment
- College diploma or undergraduate degree is required.
- Experience providing support to multiple professionals and managing competing priorities.
- Experience with complex calendar management, booking high profile meetings, events, scheduling travel and managing expense reimbursement process.
- Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Calendar) with interest in learning new applications.
- Extremely motivated, eager to learn, adaptable, calm under pressure and professional.
- Able and willing to work flexible hours, as required.
- Proven attention to accuracy and detail, highly organized with the ability to prioritize and multi-task.
- Exceptional (written and verbal) communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work in a high performing culture, under pressure and with time-sensitive deadlines
- Personable, easily interacts with all types of personalities and at all levels with a high degree of professionalism.
- Proven ability to work independently as well as to perform effectively in a team-oriented and open-concept environment.
- Exemplify our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Partnership, and High Performance.
Additional Information
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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:
CPP Investments does not accept resumes from employment placement agencies, head-hunters or recruitment suppliers that are not in a formal contractual arrangement with us. Our recruitment supplier arrangements are restricted to specific hiring needs and do not include this or other web-site job postings. Any resume or other information received from a supplier not approved by CPP Investments to provide resumes to this posting or web-site will be considered unsolicited and will not be considered. CPP Investments will not pay any referral, placement or other fee for the supply of such unsolicited resumes or information.
