Associate, Public Markets Middle Office

Job Requisition Id: 201232

Business Function: Pension Investment

Primary City: Toronto

Province: Ont. - GTA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Employment Status: Permanent

Language Requirement: English Essential

Employee Class and Level: CPPIA01

Number of Vacancies 1

Job Closing Date (YYYY/MM/DD): 2026-07-01

Job Description Reporting to the Manager, Investment Operations, the Associate, Public Markets Middle Office will be actively involved with the Fixed Income and Equities team in supporting new investments, managing existing investments, reporting and analytics. The Associate handles all security and cash trading activity in the market on custody and accounting and ensures the successful settlement of this activity.

The Associate must be familiar with the investment industry (management, investment dealers, brokers), public pension plans, and knowledgeable with capital markets and fixed income, in order to assist in the planning and implementation of many investment tools and processes.

Job Responsibilities Below are the main job requirements and responsibilities for the Associate, Public Markets Middle Office.

  • Analyzes and ensures data accuracy and timeliness of day position and risk reporting of bond portfolios. Evaluates potential investments and identifies and analyzes key areas of risks and opportunity. Responsible for trade capture and valuation to ensure all events and risk associated with a transaction are captured and valued in line with agreed upon standards. Resolves time sensitive issues to support day-to-day trading activity.
  • Prepares Investment Advisory Committee / Pension Committee report which summarizes the expected return, risk and opportunities, team history, strategy, and terms.
  • Participates in the planning and implementation of investment tools and processes for enhancing trading for custody and accounting. Presents innovative solutions on how to best carry out the implementation process and on which processes/module setups will best help the Pension Plan achieve its goals. Works with a variety of different teams within the plan (i.e., Fixed Income, Equities, Real Estate, Risk, etc.) to ensure all areas are involved in the implementation process.
  • Liaises with key internal and external intermediaries including brokers/dealers, corporate bond issuers, credit agencies, banks, custodians. Attends meetings with these intermediaries to evaluate and assess responses to questions in order to track and record strategy and lessons learned to identify potential investment opportunities. Supports the portfolio management of investments, including developing direct relationships with fund and co-investment management teams.
Job Responsibilities (continued)
  • Assists Public Markets team in portfolio construction process to generate value-added investment strategies and instruments. Works closely with the Fixed Income and Equities trading teams in order to ensure all trades and deals are booked in the market, while following all market regulations.
  • Prepares the Investment Reports for each investment in public markets. Ensures the data accuracy and timeliness of day position and risk reporting of bond portfolios. Reviews information memorandums and management presentations.
  • Attends and contributes to Pension Investment weekly team meetings which involve discussing reports, providing strategic insights on new investment opportunity execution with respect to public markets. Responsible for updating and managing the Pipeline Reports used at these team meetings.
  • Builds and maintains internal book of records, transactions, databases, financial systems and models, as well as assisting in streamlining operational processes. Responsible for handling daily administrative issues related to trade input and resolving settlement issues with traders, counterparties and custodian.
Qualifications Education
  • University degree preferably in Business (Finance, Accounting), Economics or another related field.
  • CFA designation, or progress towards attaining the CFA, an asset.
Experience
  • 2-5 years of experience working in investment management (public equity or fixed income), equity research, and investment banking or other similar experience.
  • Pension fund experience is an asset.
  • Demonstrated experience with Bloomberg, Simcorp Dimension, or similar systems is an asset.
  • Experience managing market and reference data to ensure it is accurate, reliable, and accessible is an asset.
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