Job Specifications
Company Description
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, San Francisco, 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.
Job Description
Assurance and Advisory (A&A) provides independent and objective assurance over the design and operating effectiveness of CPP Investments’ governance processes and internal controls. Reporting to the Director, Data Analytics & Innovation, the Manager will play a key role in advancing the use of innovative data analytics and intelligent automation solutions within A&A.
This role combines strong technical proficiency with strategic insight to enhance audit efficiency, risk intelligence, and the application of emerging technologies within assurance practices. The successful candidate will have deep experience in handling complex data sets, developing insightful dashboards, and leveraging cloud and AI technologies to deliver data-driven assurance insights.
Role-Specific Accountabilities
Innovation, Analytics & Generative AI (GenAI) Integration & Execution
Support the implementation of A&A’s data analytics and innovation roadmap in alignment with the broader assurance strategy.
Analyze large and complex data sets across multiple domains to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for enhanced assurance coverage.
Develop and maintain advanced analytics dashboards and visualization tools to enable continuous auditing and real-time insights.
Collaborate with the Director to introduce and embed AI platforms, AI agents, and intelligent automation (e.g., Microsoft Power Platform, Blue Prism) into audit processes.
Apply data science and automation techniques to optimize risk-based audit planning, testing, and reporting.
Evaluate opportunities to deploy Generative AI (GenAI), Copilot, and similar AI-assisted tools to accelerate insight generation and knowledge management.
Ensure responsible and ethical use of AI and automation within audit processes, including transparency, data quality, and control integrity.
Support experimental pilots demonstrating advanced analytics, machine learning and predictive insights that align with A&A and enterprise objectives.
Data Governance & Management
Champion data governance and data management best practices across the A&A analytics initiatives.
Continuously collaborate with enterprise data teams to ensure adherence to governance frameworks, data lineage, and access management protocols.
Maintain a comprehensive understanding of CPP Investments’ data ecosystem and systems supporting key business processes.
Contribute to the improvement of data quality and architecture supporting analytics and reporting within A&A.
Collaboration, Knowledge Sharing & Capability Development
Partner with A&A colleagues and enterprise stakeholders to identify and deliver opportunities to embed analytics into audit processes.
Support knowledge sharing and coaching initiatives to strengthen data literacy and analytical capabilities across the A&A team.
Stay current with advancements in cloud computing, AI, and intelligent automation to identify innovative solutions that can enhance A&A’s effectiveness.
Actively contribute to A&A’s innovation culture by championing experimentation, continuous learning, and process improvement.
Qualifications
Education & Professional Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in data science, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
Certifications in data analytics, AI, or intelligent automation (e.g., Azure Data Engineer, Power BI, Blue Prism Developer, or equiv
About the Company
CPP Investments is a professional investment management organization with a vital purpose: to help provide a foundation on which Canadians build financial security in retirement. To help maximize the CPP Fund for generations to come, we invest across all major asset classes: public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments.
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