Why join us?

Are you looking to join a dynamic pension plan that embodies the strong values of its 500,000 members and is an industry leading global investor? If so, we would love to tell you our story.

At OMERS we put our people first and are proud to embrace the diversity of thought and leadership that comes from having locations in Toronto, London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe. Our culture is truly one of a kind. We get stuff done, and have fun doing it! We take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live with an ever-constant eye to the global investment markets.

Vision and Core Values

OMERS overall vision is to play a leadership role in the pension industry and be first of class, deliver superior services and to grow and attract investment partners. The core values are to be fair, have high integrity, respect for each other, provide superior service and work as a team.

The Corporate Objectives for OMERS is to provide secure pensions for all their constituents by:

• Investing to earn outstanding returns with due regard for risk

• Partnering with like-minded investment managers

• Providing high quality service to our members and employers

• Delivering value for money

• Building a culture of excellence and pride in OMERS

OMERS Operating Principles are: Financial Strength, Accountability, Member Focus, Talent and Reporting.

Value Proposition:

This is an opportunity to join a forward-looking leadership team to help transform our systems, data and processes that will enable OMERS Capital Markets, Total Portfolio Management, and Corporate Finance functions to deliver on our pension promise. Our team is at the early stages of transformation journey, and the selected candidate will be a key member of the team that will bring project management discipline to large initiatives that we will undertake in the coming years and work with our internal partners to understand their needs and deliver outcomes, with excellence. This role joins a team on a journey, with significant future potential in a global, sophisticated, and complex enterprise.

Scope of Position:

Reporting to Senior Manager of Business Operations, Capital Markets Finance, the Senior Analyst, Business Operations will work closely with members on the team to support and deliver initiatives across Capital Markets business. The successful candidate will also be responsible for departmental project scorecard and operating metrics reporting and communicating potential risks and issues to the leadership. This individual brings energy, urgency and a compelling ‘can do’ attitude to the delivery team and our stakeholders.

We believe that time together in the office is important for OMERS and Oxford, the strength of our employees, and the work we do for our pension members. Our flexible hybrid work guideline requires teams to come to the office a minimum of 3+ days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Lead monthly scorecard and operating metrics reporting process, facilitate meetings, and provide analytical insights on potential issues, risks and improvement opportunities with the project portfolio

• Participate or lead delivery of projects and programs by working closely with investment professionals, platform and data teams, investment operations, technology teams and external vendors

• Perform operational due diligence of private deals under direction of senior leaders on the team

• Support VP and other team members on assignments as required

• Uphold strong ethical values and high integrity

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in investment or consulting industry

• Minimum 2 years in managing projects and is comfortable working through ambiguity

• Strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to synthesize information and create written material

• Experienced with process documentation and optimization

• Effective communicator in writing and verbal with internal and external stakeholders, including leadership team

• Good knowledge of investment life cycle process and applications

• Experience with working with technology and data

• Experience with private investment due diligence an asset

And you demonstrate:

• A people-first focus with a desire to develop meaningful, positive relationships across all levels of the organization

• A teammate mentality coupled with servant leadership

• A sense of urgency, optimism, and a desire to deliver excellence

• A desire to drive debate, to speak candidly and to listen empathetically

• Strong orientation towards strategy and changes

• Motivation with an ability to drive results

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Our story:

Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $128.6 CAD billion in net assets as of December 31, 2023. OMERS is a jointly-sponsored pension plan, with more than 1,000 participating employers ranging from large cities to local agencies, and over half a million active, deferred and retired members. OMERS members include union and non-union employees of municipalities, school boards, local boards, transit systems, electrical utilities, emergency services and children’s aid societies across Ontario. Contributions to the Plan are funded equally by members and employers. OMERS teams work in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe – serving members and employers and originating and managing a diversified portfolio of high-quality investments in public markets, private equity, infrastructure and real estate.

OMERS is committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities in which we live and work. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a barrier-free recruitment and selection process. At OMERS inclusion and diversity means belonging. How we create a sense of belonging is through our employees and our vast network of Employee Resource Groups. Whether you are passionate about gender, pride, or visible minorities, we have groups that are focused on making a difference in all of our lives.