Intern, Data Management Jobs

At IMCO, our talent is among the best! IMCO offers a uniquely stimulating and rewarding environment where you can help build and drive organizational transformation, all while seeking to challenge yourself, learn, and grow your career.

We offer a culture of collaboration and passion, creating unwavering value for the clients we serve. Our vision is to be the partner of choice for Ontario’s public sector funds and build a high-performing, value-based Asset Management firm in the heart of downtown Toronto.

If you are ready to drive best-in-class service, and join a collaborative, motivated, and fun team of professionals, we’re ready to offer you a great place to work with exciting opportunities for growth and development.

If you want to use your expertise to drive strategic business outcomes, then we want you at IMCO!

The role will be a 4-month or 8-month internship.

As a student in our Data Management Operations team, you will have the opportunity to learn and contribute to the execution and monitoring of data enabled processes and reporting that impacts a wide variety of investment teams.

If you are passionate to learn about data in the investment industry, you will gain an exposure to investment systems and processes, an understanding of accounting, performance, risk, security analytics data sets and learn about data management best practices.

We are looking for someone who is interested in investment data and the use of technology to drive automation, process improvements, and streamline daily/weekly/monthly processes through the use of programming tools such as SQL, VBA, or other programming languages.

You will work in the Data Management Operations team and coordinate with a wide range of internal stakeholders such as: Performance Measurement, Risk, Compliance, Investment Finance and Investments teams and external business partners and be able to contribute to key operational tasks and be involved in projects and process enhancements.

As a member of our team, your responsibilities will be as follows:

• Other duties as assigned
• Manage processes to continually maintain and improve data quality
• Interact with external business partners and data vendors to investigate and resolve data or system processing issues.
• Acquire an understanding of the investment data workflow by monitoring and measuring data feeds from multiple sources including accounting, performance measurement, security analytics, and private market systems.
• Perform root cause analysis to identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Gain experience with investment systems and market data sources (ie.Bloomberg) by monitoring and reviewing data flows into these systems for use by different stakeholders.
• Manage organizational and productivity tools in Office 365 using SharePoint, Planner and Power Automate, and Confluence.
• Interact with other departments such as Performance Measurement, Risk, Compliance, Investment Finance and Investments to assist with ad-hoc data requests.

What do you need to succeed?

• Strong attention to detail with demonstrated desire and aptitude for working with data applications.
• Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL, VBA or other programming languages is preferred
• Proficient with MS Suite (Excel, Word, Power Automate, Power BI, Planner, SharePoint, Visio). Working knowledge of Confluence preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, being able to communicate comfortably with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Minimum of two (2) or more co-op work terms
• Strong self-management and organizational skills to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Working towards an undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Math, Statistics, or Computer Science or related field.

About us:

The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) is a Toronto-based investment company that manages $73.3 billion of assets on behalf of its clients. IMCO’s mandate is to provide broader public sector institutions with investment management services, including portfolio construction advice, better access to a diverse range of asset classes and sophisticated risk management capabilities. IMCO is an independent organization, operating at arm’s length from government and guided by a highly experienced and professional Board of Directors.

Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @imcoinvest or check out more information about IMCO https://www.imcoinvest.com

What is in store for you?

• Culture: Culture is the character and personality of our organization. It’s what makes IMCO unique and is the sum of its values, interactions, behaviours and attitudes. At IMCO, we expect our employees to live by our values and competencies, and our leaders to role model them. We promote a psychological safe environment where all employees can thrive while being their authentic selves.
• Core Values: At IMCO we value Collaboration, Integrity, a Public Purpose, Respect and Innovation & Continuous Improvement.
• Working environment: We are currently working in a hybrid environment which is currently comprised of two days in office and three days working remote.
• Learning & Development: This internship is designed to support the development of students for future positions by offering one on one mentoring, coaching by your manager, peer and experiential learning, internal training programs, and many more.

IMCO is an Equal Opportunity Employer (does not discriminate on the grounds of age, ancestry, colour, race, citizenship, ethnic origin, place of origin, creed, disability, family status, marital status (including single status), gender identity, gender or sexual orientation).

IMCO is committed to fostering a positive and inclusive workplace where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. It honors the Ontario Human Rights Code (“Code”), the Ontario Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”), and/or any other applicable legislation.

Should any applicant require workplace accommodation during the Hiring stage and/or during the internship, please let us know.

We thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Our hybrid work model offers flexibility and provides our employees with the opportunity to lead a well-balanced life. Our Corporation’s offices located at 16 York Street, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON M5J 0E6 provide a welcoming space for employees to gather, work collaboratively, and grow together.

IMCO is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in its recruitment process. Please advise IMCO if you require an accommodation and we will work with you to meet your needs. Candidates being considered for this position will be required to submit to a background screening.