Student, Treasury & Payments (Summer 2025)

Closing Date

January 21, 2025

Opportunity

A term with the Treasury & Payments team at AIMCo will help to develop your critical thinking skills and build upon your eye for detail. The experience you will gain in this position will help kick-start your career in the finance industry!

The team is responsible for cash forecasting, liquidity management, cash management, banking and payments oversight. You will have the chance to learn from a passionate group of professionals who will guide you through institutional bank account management and assist with callback’s for large scale funding processes in addition to the day-to-day work of the department. You will gain a strong grasp of Treasury functionality within a recognized investment manager. The most successful students on this team are team oriented, avid learners, exhibit a passion for finance and investing, and are results focused with exceptional finance and communications skills. You will embrace accountability, enhance decision making and integrity to deliver on our cultural commitment of Doing Business the Right Way.

Note: This is a 4-month, full-time term from May 2025 through August 2025.

• Job Posting will expire at 11:59pm MT on January 20th, 2025
  
  

Responsibilities

• Assisting Treasury Analysts/Senior Analysts with portfolio cash management, asset class cash forecasting, portfolio closures and various Treasury/Payments projects.
• Working with the AIMCo Payments group on bank account setups, market trading establishment, wire initiations and counterparty verifications.
• Establishing and maintaining clear processes around internal and external account openings and set-ups.
• Aiding with other groups across AIMCo on consolidation of processes.
• Co-ordinating with teams to improve processes and recommend efficient new ways to complete tasks, and development of new procedures and policies.
• Helping to create and maintain counterparty banking instructions in AIMCo’s primary portfolio management systems.
• Organizing and tracking monthly tasks to meet tight deadlines.
  
  

Our Ideal Candidate

• Must be enrolled in a co-op or equivalent work experience program or returning to full time studies in Fall 2025
• Completion of second or third-year undergraduate studies in Finance, Accounting or a related field
• A beginner’s understanding of financial instruments and capital markets
• (stocks, bonds, derivatives and structured products)
• A beginner level knowledge and familiarity with SQL
• Proficient Excel skills, knowledge of VBA to automate tasks is a desirable asset
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to identify pertinent information
• Ability to work independently and solve complex problems using critical thinking skills
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong work ethic
• Demonstrates a strong commitment to AIMCo’s core values of excellence, transparency, humility, integrity and collaboration, and inspires the same in others
  
  

Success Factors

By the end of your student term, you will know success when you are trusted to manage key departmental processes and communicate and follow up on actionable items with AIMCo’s equity traders and portfolio managers

Next Steps

We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.

Final candidates will be asked to undergo a security screening, which includes a credit bureau and a criminal record investigation, the results of which must be acceptable to AIMCo.

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Just like our investments, our international team is stronger when we are diversified. At AIMCo, we draw upon the differences in who we are, where we come from, and the way we think to foster sophisticated solutions for Albertans. Doing business the right way means building an equitable organization inclusive of all races, genders, ages, abilities, religions, neurodiversity, identities, and lived experiences. Simply put, when you can show up as your authentic self every day, you and your team can truly thrive — all in service of our clients and their beneficiaries.