Investment Associate, Teachers' Venture Growth

Our Company

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers') is the administrator of Canada's largest single-profession pension plan, with CAD $241.6 billion in net assets as of December 31, 2021. We hold a diverse global portfolio of assets, approximately 80% of which is managed in-house. The defined-benefit plan, which is fully funded as at January 1, 2021, invests and administers the pensions of the province of Ontario's 333,000 active and retired teachers. Ontario Teachers' is an independent organization headquartered in Toronto and our other investment offices are based in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and India. We employ more than 1,500 employees globally.

The opportunity

We are currently seeking an outstanding Associate to join our Teachers’ Venture Growth (“TVG”) Asia team to be based in our soon-to-be opened office in India. TVG is a new investment department within Teacher’s that is focused on late-stage venture and growth equity investments (typically Series B and beyond) in high growth companies that use technology to disrupt incumbents and build new sectors. Our investments focus on minority stakes in private companies that are solving complicated, high-value problems that exist in the market today as a result of unprecedented technological changes. TVG is accountable for achieving risk-adjusted returns appropriate to earlier stage exposures; assisting in mitigating disruptions-related risk from a total Fund perspective; and ensuring that Teachers’ can expertly access new frontiers of technology and disruption.

As an Investment Associate within TVG, you will contribute to implementing TVG’s strategy in Asia and will collaborate with the team to meet the overall goals of this new department including playing a key role in analyzing potential investment opportunities and executing transactions.

Who you’ll work with

You will work with members of the TVG Asia team, in close coordination with our teams around the world, to develop and execute our go to market strategy for this unique part of the equity investment spectrum. You will work collaboratively across the organization and in partnership with other asset classes including Equities (Private Capital, High Conviction Equities), Infrastructure & Natural Resources (“INR”) to help drive improved sector and investment stage specialization and regional coordination. Partnering with Teachers’ regional and asset class colleagues and external relationship management capabilities will be vital to success.

What you'll do
- Play a meaningful role in the research, analysis and evaluation of direct minority growth equity investments as well as active participation in fund investments in conjunction with colleagues from our funds team
- Develop sophisticated dynamic financial models to analyze investment opportunities
- Analyze holdings within our fund’s portfolio for potential direct investment / co-investment and emerging industry trends
- Develop analytics, driving meaningful insights and developing recommendations to leadership
- Support investment recommendations based on the results of the team’s due diligence findings and analysis
- Prepare and present investment recommendations and memos to internal committees, as required
- Responsible for supporting internal processes including critical aspects of the valuation process, ongoing monitoring and administration of investments
- Contribute to other initiatives defined as critical by senior leaders within TVG including initiatives crafted to share key insights with the broader Investment division
- Engage with key partners globally including like-minded investors, entrepreneurs, VC and growth equity-focused banks and other service providers
- Represent TVG at annual meetings and industry conferences
- Partner and connect with colleagues across all offices ensuring appropriate parties are updated and engaged on transactions or initiatives
- Verify information that is essential to our investing activities, maintaining an eye for detail but able to see the big picture
- Develop a strong and intuitive grasp of the strategic objectives that TVG uses to anchor its investment decision-making
- Work cross-functionally and collaboratively with other teams to ensure continued alignment with our mission, vision and values. This includes supporting and sharing knowledge with other areas of Investments and responding to ad-hoc requests from other departments

What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in related field, graduate degree, MBA, CFA or CPA an asset
- 3 to 5 years of relevant financial experience in India, preferably gained from either (a) investment banking/ corporate finance (b) growth equity investing in either principal or in a fund, (c) transaction services experience in a Big 4 firm or (d)within an operating business or entrepreneurial start-up
- Keen interest in disruptive / innovative technology trends. Experience investing in technology companies would be advantag