Investment and Financial Writer, Corporate Affairs (18-month contract)

Make an impact at a global and dynamic investment organization

When you invest your career in CPP Investments, you join one of the most respected and fastest growing institutional investors in the world. With current assets under management valued in excess of $500 billion, CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization that globally invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) to help ensure long-term sustainability. The CPP Fund is projected to reach $3 trillion by 2050. CPP Investments invests in all major asset classes, including public equity, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and fixed-income instruments, and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Mumbai, New York City, San Francisco, São Paulo and Sydney. 

CPP Investments attracts and selects high-calibre individuals from top-tier institutions around the globe.  Join our team and look forward to:

• Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders
• Stimulating work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment
• Accelerated exposure and responsibility
• Global career development opportunities
• Being motivated every day by CPP Investments’ important social purpose and unshakable principles
• A flexible/hybrid work environment combining in office collaboration and remote working
• A deeply rooted culture of Integrity, Partnership and High Performance

If you share a passion for performance, value a collegial and collaborative culture, and approach everything with the highest integrity, here’s an opportunity for you to invest your career at CPP Investments.

The Corporate Affairs team is seeking an experienced finance and investment writer for an 18-month contract.

We are looking for an ambitious writer who wants to grow their experience working for a leading global financial institution, or an investment professional who is passionate about writing and wants to refocus their career on the communications side of the business.

Working closely with the Managing Director, Corporate Affairs and Managing Director, Strategic Communications you will partner with internal subject matter experts to research and produce communications materials that drive a deeper understanding of our investment framework and performance.

In this role you will:

• Develop, research, write, edit and oversee the production of financial/investment management editorial and other communications for both internal and external audiences, across all communications channels (e.g., internal news, speeches and scripts, white papers, social posts, presentations, social media, etc.).
• Manage multiple content/editorial projects in various stages of development simultaneously.
• Contribute smart ideas and content as a part of a highly collaborative cross-functional team working closely with senior leaders and subject matter experts across a large and multifaceted organization.

You are:

• An exceptional writer: you have great communication skills, intellectual curiosity and knowledge of capital markets and institutional investing. You get excited about pitching smart content ideas, are obsessive about attention to detail, have a keen editorial eye with a solid background in fact-checking.
• A storyteller: you can take complex financial concepts and craft them into clear and compelling content for digital and print, long- and short-form, video, podcast and infographics that is easy for audiences to understand and action.
• An energetic self-starter: you can share success stories about working with dynamic and fast-paced teams in a culture of giving and receiving feedback. You are energized by working with others, you prioritize (and reprioritize), enjoy managing simultaneous assignments, and like a deadline.
• A people person: you are known for your interpersonal skills and for easily connect with others, you build and maintain great relationships with colleagues, internal cross-functional working groups and external partners.

We’d like to meet you if you have:

• An BA, BS and/or MA, MS in communications, journalism, business or a related field.
• Experience in asset management, investment commentary, or financial writing with a portfolio of editorial content that exemplifies superb writing skills and the ability to structure and execute writing projects intended for variety of audiences, including at the CEO-level.

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At CPP Investments, we are committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability.

We thank all applicants for their interest but will only contact candidates selected to advance in the hiring process. 

Our Commitment to Inclusion and Diversity:

In addition to being dedicated to building a workforce that reflects diverse talent, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible experience. If you require an accommodation for any part of the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials, accessible meeting rooms, etc.), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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.