The Public Credit Group is part of the Credit Investments (CI) department at CPP Investments. CI manages $38 billion of assets and is responsible for all CPP Investments’ public and private credit investments globally. CI provides debt financing solutions across the entire credit structure, including term loans, high-yield bonds, mezzanine lending, structured products and other solutions for borrowers in all sectors. The Public Credit Group is primarily responsible for portfolio management, trading and event driven active management strategies investing in various credit products globally for CPP Investments.
We are currently recruiting an intern in the Public Credit group, for a four-month internship from January to April 2024. Candidates in an undergraduate program that will be graduating in September 2024 or later are eligible to apply.
The work will broadly include:
Primary Responsibilities:
• Leverage programming skills in Python and SQL to developing proprietary analytical tools and enhance existing risk reporting and performance analysis tools
• Work closely with Public Credit portfolio managers and the Quantitative team members to enhance current models in place and add new features
• Monitor credit markets and macro environment to contribute to research and trade idea generation
Ad-hoc projects analyzing and making recommendations on topics such as portfolio management, market structure, macro environment and investment opportunities.
Qualifications
Position Requirements:
• The ideal candidate will be graduating from an undergraduate and graduate program in September 2024 (or later) and is working towards a degree in math, engineering, business, economics or computer science.
• Experience with programming languages (such as Python, SQL, R, VBA HTML) will be considered an asset.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and an interest in working in a dynamic collaborative environment.
• Interest in finance/investment management.
• Knowledge of managing databases is a plus (MySQL, SQL Server or Oracle).
• Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
• Excellent academic performance.
• Candidates must exemplify CPP Investments’ guiding principles of high performance, integrity and partnership.
Additional Information
If you have an interest in working with talented professionals in the financial industry in an environment of integrity, partnership and high performance then you should consider a career in Credit Investments at CPP Investments.
To apply, please include a cover letter, resume and transcripts (full unofficial version) by September 10, 2023, at 11:59 PM EST.