Early Careers: Investments Internship - Toronto, Canada - Willis Towers Watson

Willis Towers Watson

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Toronto, Canada

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Early Careers:
Investments Internship - Summer, Fall 202- Toronto, CA

June 13, 2023

Create your future. As a leading investment consultant, we help organizations manage investment complexity, establish risk tolerance and improve governance. We are a global investment consulting practice providing advice to institutional investors (primarily defined benefits and defined contribution plans) in the areas of asset allocation, investment policy, investment manager evaluation and research, investment performance evaluation and miscellaneous investment research.

Love your work. As an Investments Intern, you will work beside consultants and analysts as we assist clients with a range of investment-related services including: setting of investment objectives, asset allocation, manager selection, performance measurement and evaluation, investment manager monitoring, custodian selection, transitions, and global research services.

You will have exposure to assist with real client assignments that will draw on your technical and analytical skills.

These experiences will help build your knowledge and overall industry experience while you benefit from more structured learning opportunities that are tailored to the business area you join.

You will assist our consultants and analyst on client projects across multiple areas through:

Working together as part of dedicated client teams providing a variety of services to clients
Supporting team members in the construction and delivery of presentations to clients
Following our professional excellence model including review and documentation of client deliverables
Participating in meetings with investment managers
Increasing efficiencies within client teams by identifying ways to improve processes and technology

About you.

Progress towards a Bachelor's Degree in business, economics, finance, mathematics or any other major with significant quantitative course work, and minimum GPA of 3.0
Passion for solving problems and sharing solutions to exceed the standards of the client
Strong project management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to meet deadlines
Strong financial literacy is highly preferred
Ability to be a selfstarter and work independently, but also cooperatively in a close team environment
Strong written and verbal communication skills and a demonstrated ability to interact with colleagues at all levels
Excellent Microsoft Office skills, particularly in Excel

Equal Opportunity Employer