Associate/Manager, Private Assets Risk, Investment Risk - Jobs in Toronto

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Job DescriptionThe incumbent will support the ongoing development and implementation of a risk assessment and management framework for CPP Investments’ Real Assets and Private Equity portfolio.Reporting to the Managing Director of the Real Assetsamp; Sustainability Risk team, the primary responsibility of the role is to provide risk oversight for the private investments, with a focus on real assets investments. The Private Assets Risk teams (Real Assts Risk and Private Equity Risk) partners with other risk oversight teams (e.g., credit investments, total fund), risk analyticsamp; model team and the Investment Departments (Real Assets, Private Equity) to provide: 1). Independent risk oversight and governance, including constructive challenge over risk levels (and alignment with performance expectations) as well as key investment and operational processes; and 2). Advice and value-add risk analysis to enable better decision-making that leads to improved investment outcomes. The team is responsible for identifying, quantifying, and monitoring risks associated with real assets investments (e.g., real estate, infrastructure, renewable and conventional energies) and private equity investments (e.g., direct private equity, fundsamp; secondaries); providing independent views of key material transactions in support of the participation within the Investment Committees; providing risk analysis and insights at both the portfolio level and the asset level; and collaborate with Real Assets and Private Equity to enable its investment and risk management processes.Primary responsibilities for this role include:

• Assist in the preparation of independent risk assessments on Real Assets and Private Equity transactions, with a focus on Real Assets.
• Fundamental analysis of direct investments and private funds to assess risk profile and identify key risks; Assess financial and business risks and recommend appropriate risk measures
• Monitor the risk profile of the assigned portfolio(s) through asset-ownership period including proactively identifying key emerging risks, likely impacts and potential mitigating measures.
• Identify emerging risks, macro and mega-trends that may impact the investments, portfolios, and strategy. Quantify/quality the potential impact.
• Support the development and evolving of portfolio-level analytics, analysis and reporting to articulate portfolio risk insights to the senior audiences.
• In-depth analysis of the risk/return profile of the investment relative to other investments and/or benchmarks
• Collaborate with Real Assets and Private Equity Departments to enable its investment and risk management processes
• In partnership with the quantitative risk team, enhance the quantitative modeling and develop alternative risk analytics.
• Support risk leadership team and CRO in their respective roles in Investment and Management Committees
• Support the regional risk oversight in Europe and Asia
• Evolve the risk oversight engagement model with Real Assets, Private Equity and other stakeholders groups (TFM, PAC, Legal, OCSO, Finance) to achieve deeper exchange of information as One Fund.
• Other relevant duties and projects as assigned