Analyst, Risk

Overview

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. As a professional investment management organization, CPP Investments invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure its financial sustainability 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 $3.6 trillion in assets by 2050. The organization is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York City, 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.

Risk provides independent risk governance and constructive challenge over the total portfolio to ensure the Fund is taking the appropriate types and levels of risk. It delivers integrated and holistic risk insights, incorporating all dimensions of risk, to enable better decision making and improved investment outcomes.

Key Risk Department activities include providing independent oversight of the Total Fund across public and private asset classes and across both investment and enterprise risks. In doing so, Risk establishes and enhances policies, standards, and frameworks that guide the identification, evaluation, and management of risks. Risk also defines relevant risk measures, calibrates risk boundaries to articulate risk appetite, and monitors key risk indicators and emerging themes.

This includes conducting scenario analysis to evaluate how adverse events and market shocks may impact Total Fund risk positioning, as well as partnering across the organization to support informed decision-making.

We are recruiting for Analysts in the Risk department for a 12-month contract role in our Toronto office beginning in May 2026.

• Develop a strong understanding of the organization’s investment mandate, governance structure, and risk management practices, including learning core risk concepts and analytical techniques.
• Support independent risk oversight by conducting analysis and research to assess risks across investment and enterprise activities.
• Assist in monitoring key risk indicators and evolving risk trends.
• Review and synthesize information on portfolios, exposures, scenarios, and emerging themes to identify risks, trade-offs, and areas for further assessment.
• Apply structured thinking and judgment to evaluate uncertainty, assumptions, and potential impacts.
• Engage in cross-functional discussions to build context, seek feedback, and support integrated problem-solving.
• Contribute to the preparation of clear well-structured written materials and presentations.
• Demonstrate curiosity, accountability, and attention to detail in all assigned work.

• The ideal candidate will have graduated in April 2025 or later from an undergraduate or advanced degree program. We are looking for candidates with a strong track record of academic success while balancing extracurricular activities.
• Successful candidates may come from a wide range of academic or professional backgrounds, with strong analytical foundations.
• Demonstrated ability to think critically about problems, uncertainty, and trade-offs; analyze information to identify patterns or risks; and support…