Investpsp

Investpsp

Advisor, Geopolitics Analytics

Montreal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 16 days ago
PythonRecruitingStructural AnalysisSTATAResearchLeadershipCollaborationMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • The Structural Forces and Geopolitical Insights team within the CIO translates geopolitical and thematic trends into signals relevant for strategic asset allocation.
  • The team also operates the Country Evaluation Framework (CEF), which carries the team's analysis to the point of investment decision through country-level risk assessments tailored to each asset class.
  • The role also contributes to the Structural Forces and Geopolitical Insights team's internal and external collaboration initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • A personalized family-building support, from pre-pregnancy to menopause, with available financial assistance
  • Produce and maintain probability-weighted SAA-relevant materials, including inputs to Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions
  • Develop analysis on priority themes, including trade fragmentation projections, tariff-productivity interaction modelling, climate costs for investors, and AI diffusion views, in line with senior management priorities
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including investment teams and the CIO Office, to provide analytical input and contribute to team deliverables

Requirements

  • Graduate degree (Master's minimum) in international political economy, political science, finance, security studies, or similar with a quantitative methods component
  • Demonstrated ability to work across the qualitative-quantitative boundary: geopolitical depth combined with fluency in macroeconomic concepts
  • Strong ability to communicate complex geopolitical analysis effectively in a quantitative and investor-driven environment
  • Familiarity with institutional investor portfolio construction
  • Knowledge of scenario modelling tools (Oxford Economics GEM or comparable global macro models)
  • Statistical software proficiency is an asset (R, Python, or Stata)

Compensation

  • Beyond salary and incentive pay eligibility, you have access to:

Benefits

  • Vacation days available on day one with additional days on milestone service anniversaries, and summer Friday afternoons off
  • Competitive pension plans
  • Unlimited access to virtual healthcare services and wellness programs

Company info

  • We're one of Canada's largest pension investors, with CAD$320.6 billion of net assets as of March 31, 2026.
  • We invest funds for the pension plans of the federal public service, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force. Headquartered in Ottawa, PSP Investments has its principal business office in Montréal and offices in New York, London and Hong Kong.
  • Capturing and leading complex global investments requires us to work as one to seize valuable opportunities, in close collaboration with some of the world's top companies. At PSP Investments, you'll join a team of motivated and engaged professionals, dedicated to propelling our organization further than ever before.
  • We invest funds for the pension plans of the federal public service, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force.
  • Headquartered in Ottawa, PSP Investments has its principal business office in Montréal and offices in New York, London and Hong Kong.
  • Capturing and leading complex global investments requires us to work as one to seize valuable opportunities, in close collaboration with some of the world's top companies.
  • At PSP Investments, you'll join a team of motivated and engaged professionals, dedicated to propelling our organization further than ever before.
  • The Advisor, Geopolitical Analytics plays a key role in advancing the Ten-Year Thematic Outlook, contributing significantly to its development and shaping its analytical direction in a collaborative work environment with the Senior Analyst, Geopolitical Analytics.
  • The Advisor supports the evolution of the methodology that connects geopolitical analysis to macroeconomics and strategic asset allocation, working closely with the Macroeconomics team.
  • The role requires strong analytical judgment, solid geopolitical and macroeconomic expertise, and the ability to bridge structural analysis and country-level views.

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