Lead Business Analyst, Public Markets Technology

Purpose. Performance. People.

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.

The Role

As a Lead Business Analyst, you will lead work focused on configuring, supporting, and evolving end-to-end technology solutions. You will partner with business and technology departments to deliver strategic priorities and business outcomes.

The Team

Capital Markets and Factor Investing provides CPP Investments with flexible and efficient access to a broad range of global investments, including public equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and derivatives. The Capital Markets and Factor Investing Technology team develops and supports the technology and data capabilities that enable these investment activities.

Accountabilities:

• Facilitate requirements gathering sessions. Document and validate expectations with subject matter experts and drive the creation of strong system specifications that enable the development and/or acquisition of appropriate systems to meet business requirements.

• Drive engineering excellence and continuous improvement within the team and influence similar improvements across teams, providing technical leadership and coaching. Help advance a shift-left approach to software validation coaching/coordinating across T&D to drive departmental improvement

• Build current and target state process design flows, identifying efficiencies and leveraging the capability of digital resources.

• Liaise with engineers, solution architects and business subject matter experts to brainstorm and document innovative solution alternatives. Evaluate alternatives relative to business requirements and provide guidance that is rooted in solid subject matter expertise.

• Participate in process design meetings and translate outcomes into process documentation. Conduct process walkthroughs and validation with business subject matter experts. Document key risks, mitigating controls, performance measures, cost drivers and business continuity plans for processes.

• Lead and participate in testing activities to ensure that the deliverables meet business requirements.

• Lead change management, user adoption and training efforts for new processes or applications.

• Engage in production issue resolution, including conducting root cause analysis, by coordinating internally and externally.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or college diploma in related field.

• 6+ years of relevant experience.

• Proven process development skills and solid understanding of project life cycle and the capability to apply best practices knowledge to unique and dynamic situations.

• Proven ability to liaise with business subject matters in gathering of business requirements.

• Exceptional (written and verbal) communication skills and interpersonal skills

You are motivated to contribute to something larger than yourself, approach complex challenges with rigor, and hold yourself to high standards in a collaborative, performance-driven environment.

We provide colleagues with cutting-edge AI tools, dedicated learning time, and practical support to help them deliver with greater impact.

Inclusion & Accessibility

CPP Investments is committed to equitable access to employment and building a workforce that reflects diverse talent and perspectives. If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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