Apply your academic skills to guide pension schemes and investors through complex financial challenges in a dynamic, innovative consulting team.

Are you ready to apply your academic background to help leading pension schemes and institutional investors navigate complex financial challenges? Do you want to develop your analytical and communication skills in a dynamic consulting environment? If you’re eager to contribute your creativity to a growing, innovative team, we’d love to meet you!

What We Offer

As a consultant in our Pension Strategy & Risk team, you’ll work on diverse projects for some of the most influential and advanced pension schemes in Canada, including many of the Maple Eight. You’ll collaborate with colleagues across the company, acting as a trusted advisor to clients, and translating complex pension and investment concepts into actionable insights.

You will support clients in using our advanced Asset-Liability Management (ALM) software, GLASS, which is tailored to each client’s needs and integrates private assts pacing, liquidity risks, physical climate risks, low-carbon transition impacts, and associated market pricing responses into strategic decision-making. As you gain experience, you’ll conduct ALM studies and advise major institutional investors on risk management, actuarial funding policies, and strategic investment decisions. You’ll also contribute to innovation projects and help shape our evolving solutions.

We offer:

• A challenging and rewarding role in a growing, global company with ample opportunities for personal and professional development

• A competitive starting salary of CAD 70.000 – 75.000 gross per year and excellent benefits, including a bonus scheme and 20 vacation days

• Participation in a group RRSP with matching contributions, Basic life, healthcare and dental insurance, including a personal (health) spend account

• An open, informal work environment with an active staff association and a vibrant company culture. Annual social events include a ski trip in Europe and a Christmas party in the Netherlands

• A comprehensive training program, weekly research and knowledge sessions, and support for professional courses

• Hybrid working arrangements: split between working from home and our Toronto office, and occasionally visiting client sites across Canada

• Additional benefits include work from home allowance, as well as private medical and dental care packages.

Who are you?

You have an interest in financial markets and apply quantitative skills to address complex analytical questions. You are committed to ongoing development and contribute to delivering high-quality outcomes for clients. You work effectively in collaborative settings and are motivated to contribute to the organisation’s success while aligning with its core values.

You have an interest in financial markets and a basic understanding of how pension funds operate, with curiosity to further develop knowledge of how Asset Liability Management supports these objectives. You approach your work with care and consistency, are comfortable in a dynamic environment, and are interested in developing both technical and client-facing skills across a variety of projects.

In addition, the following aspects are important:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Actuarial Sciences, Financial Engineering or an exact science (e.g. Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics).

• 0-2 years of relevant work experience.

• Strong communication skills.

• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.

• Fluent in English.

Who we are

A career at Ortec Finance means being part of an environment where colleagues collaborate, share knowledge, and support one another. You will work alongside like-minded peers in a friendly, flat, and non-political organisational culture.

Working at Ortec Finance also means working in a continuously innovating world where science, academics and mathematics dominate, since models are key in helping Ortec Finance’ clients with complex financial decisions. Because that’s what we love: giving our clients the best advice possible. Where the daily job is very in-depth, based on evidence and relevant for society. It means a job that matters. Where the learning curve is steep; we learn something new every single day. And we need to, because continuous innovation is key. Especially in a fin tech world. We don’t necessarily follow all conventions. Because yes, we are a bit rebellious too.

Ortec Finance is the leading provider of technology and solutions for risk and return management. It is our purpose to enable people to manage the complexity of investment decisions. We do this through delivering leading technologies and solutions for investment decision-making to financial institutions around the world. Our strength lies in an effective combination of advanced models, innovative technology and in-depth market knowledge. More at www.ortecfinance.com

Diversity & Inclusion

One of the core values of Ortec Finance is personal initiative and helping each other. Our D&I policy reflects exactly that: showing personal initiative to be who you want to be and being open to people with a different background or idea. We have respect for opinions of others and appreciate the differences that make us all unique individuals with our own strengths and challenges. You can find our full D&I Statement here.

More information or, do you want to apply?

For more information regarding this position please send an email to recruitment@ortec-finance.com.

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We hope to meet you soon!