Growth & Evolution of BCI: BCI has gone through significant growth in recent years as it has grown from a corporation of 180 staff to over 450. The goal is to position the organization to manage over $200 billion in assets in the coming years. The corporation is transitioning from a market-oriented manager that invested primarily in the public markets to an active asset manager that requires more sophisticated investment strategies and approaches. As a result, BCI has introduced new tools such as derivatives, and continues to grow its private equity, infrastructure and real estate assets. There is no other investment organization in North America the size of BCI that is undergoing this amount of change and growth.
Client Support: The Strategic Asset Allocation team occupies a high-profile role internally and externally in advising BCI’s clients on a wide range of investment topics. The success of the SAA group in recent years is reflected in the increased demand for the team’s services and support. The SAA function plays a broad advisory function. Unlike similar roles, the SAA team not only provides research and ideas but also provides specific recommendations and strategies. The Manager will join a high functioning team and be a trusted advisor. As such, the Manager must have the experience, professionalism, and communication skills to quickly build trust, credibility and rapport with BCI’s diverse client base.
Influence & Leadership: The Strategic Asset Allocation team has experienced tremendous growth in recent years and is regarded as a high performing team internally and externally within BCI. The new Manager will be joining a group that is relatively new and growing. Therefore, they will have a chance to take on an immediate leadership role and help shape a function that is still evolving.
Systemization: Since the establishment of the Strategic Asset Allocation function several years ago, the team has quickly established credibility and trust with BCI’s clients and as a result, plays a unique role advising the clients working closely with their external actuaries. The next step of evolution is to ensure asset allocation frameworks are factored into internal reporting, analysis and decision making across the organization. The Manager will play a key role in facilitating this.
Collaboration: The new manager will have significant interactions across the organization, particularly with the Client Relationship Management, Investment Risk, and Total Fund teams. Success will be achieved through close partnerships with peers across the organization. Strong relationship building skills and a natural orientation toward collaboration will be required.
Culture: With the organization’s exponential growth and acquisition of talented, diverse professionals from around the world, the culture at BCI is still evolving. What has been established is a culture that is collaborative, low-ego, performance focused but with strong core values of transparency, integrity, accountability, world-class standards, and putting the client first.