Senior Associate, Real Estate

Joining CPP Investments means joining one of the world’s most admired and respected institutional investors to drive a single mandate: to deliver strong, sustainable returns for generations of Canadians.

With a long-term horizon and global reach, we deploy capital at scale across public and private markets. Our size, stability, and disciplined investment philosophy allow us to pursue complex opportunities and build enduring partnerships worldwide.

For our people, this means meaningful work with tangible impact, real opportunity, and collaboration with exceptional colleagues who value partnership and performance. Here,you’ll contribute to outcomes that matter alongside team members committed to excellence and shared success.

As a Senior Associate, Real Estate you will play a key role in making and managing investments. You will independently lead work streams including fundamental investment research, identifying value creation opportunities, developing recommendations, executing transactions, and monitoring and managing portfolio investments. You will have responsibility for managing relationships with internal and external Investments partners.

• 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

• Undergraduate degree Business, Finance, Economics or relevant field
• An advanced degree or certification (CFA) is an asset
• 5-7 years of relevant work experience
• Strong research, analytical, financial modeling, valuation, problem solving skills and ability to think creatively
• Experience working in deal environments including participation in the diligence and structuring processes related to acquisitions, financing transactions or investments, and/or asset management activities.
• Experience managing successful negotiations with multiple stakeholders and executing a wide range of agreements
• Advanced computer/technical skills – MS Excel, MS Power Point
• Solid verbal and written communication skills

This information for those living or expecting to live in New York City. The salary range for this position is: USD $185,000 - $260,000

US state/city legislation requires CPP investments to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The base salary range shown here is a reasonable expectation for the posted role and is part of a competitive total rewards package which includes comprehensive benefits, a performance-based incentive plan, a 401 (k) plan and paid time off. Actual…