Senior Analyst, Group Accounting and Reporting

CPP Investments

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Toronto - Canada

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 5 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Investment & Fund Accounting (I&FA) team oversees of the accounting book of record for investments (Simcorp Dimensions). The team is responsible for the managing the investment accounting period end close fund accounting activities and the accounting configuration setup within the investment addition the team is responsible for providing transaction booking and support within the investment ledger for new products investment structures and system enhancements and upgrades to our internal business partners.

Reporting to the Manager Group Accounting & Reporting the person in this role will provide support for I&FAs mandate and ensure investment transactions are accounted for correctly in SimCorp Dimensions to support internal and external reporting purposes. This person will also assist with the daily monthly and quarterly I&FA operations and various projects/initiatives as required. This person will work collaboratively within the I&FA team and other groups including Financial Policy & Reporting Investment Operations Treasury and Technology & Data.

Role-Specific Accountabilities:

  • Assist with the period end close process for the investment ledger including subledger/general ledger reconciliations adjusting journal entries exception handling of transactions
  • Support external reporting requirements by preparing/reviewing monthly quarterly and annual investment & financial schedules reconciliations and audit requests relating to financial statements and accounting controls
  • Support daily fund accounting activities such as reconciliations of the Net Asset Value and cash flows and other month end controls
  • Work with Financial Policy & Reporting and Investment Operations teams to ensure investment activities are recorded in the accounting book of record appropriately to meet downstream accounting and reporting requirements
  • Support the department automation objectives and automate reports through Tableau VBA Python etc. As a subject matter expert provide guidance to other team members to help them automate their reports
  • Proactively identify process inefficiencies recommend and execute process improvements while considering upstream/downstream impacts. Use technical tools (i.e.: Tableau SQL Python macros etc.) to analyze large data sets and streamline reporting processes
  • Support testing for initiatives as required

Qualifications :

 

  • Undergraduate or advanced degree Finance Commerce Accounting Economics or another related discipline
  • Professional designation (CPA CFA etc.) required
  • 4-7 years relevant experience in investment accounting in the financial services industry
  • Strong working knowledge of various investment products and an understanding of investment accounting standards controls and reporting practices
  • Practical experience with accounts/portfolio structures and multi-asset portfolios (i.e. equities fixed income real estate derivatives)
  • Solid experience with investment portfolio accounting systems; SimCorp Dimensions considered an asset
  • Proven track record of working on process automation projects and introducing efficiency to reporting and other processes Experience working with automation tools; Tableau will be added advantage
  • Flexible adaptable and able to prioritize to deliver results
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills both verbal and written
  • Intellectually curious with strong business judgment
  • Solid interpersonal and organizational skills combined with the ability to readily adapt to rapidly changing investment environments
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate and develop strong relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organization
  • Demonstrate good judgment professionalism and the ability to work in a high performing culture with time-sensitive deadlines
  • Exemplify CPP Investments Guiding Principles of integrity partnership and high performance

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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.


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time

The Investment & Fund Accounting (I&FA) team oversees of the accounting book of record for investments (Simcorp Dimensions). The team is responsible for the managing the investment accounting period end close fund accounting activities and the accounting configuration setup within the investment ad...
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Key Skills

  • Internal Audit
  • Accounting Tally
  • Data Entry
  • Compliance
  • Accounting & Finance
  • Oracle database
  • GAAP
  • General Ledger Accounting
  • Communication
  • External Audit
  • MySQL
  • MS SQL
  • Microsoft offices
  • Financial statement
  • ACCA

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