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Strategic Initiatives & Risk Management Intern / Co-Op

AT TD Bank
TD Bank

Strategic Initiatives & Risk Management Intern / Co-Op

Toronto, Canada

Role Type:
Internship/Co-op

Work Term:
Winter/Term 2

Work Location:
Canada

Hours:
37.5

Pay Details:
We're committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.

Job Description:

Department Overview

TD Direct Investing is Canada's largest direct investing brokerage, empowering self-directed investors and traders with its full spectrum of powerful solutions and innovative tools to manage their investments with ease and confidence. As Canada's leading direct investing brokerage, we have a proud heritage of innovation that is driven by the fundamental belief

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that independent investors deserve better. We remain passionately motivated by this belief and are committed to putting clients first, creating legendary employee experiences, and achieving superior results by working with integrity.

As a member of the TD Direct Investing (DI) National Office team, you will have the opportunity to work with results oriented, curious, innovative, and adaptable people who share your passion to help our clients and one another to succeed.

Job Description

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives & Risk Management, the successful candidate will play a key role and be part of a pioneering Risk Management (1A) team focusing on building deep insights and intelligence on the active and sophisticated trader segments to help define and manage risk exposures, drive data-driven decisions, and support overall business objectives.

Key accountabilities will include:

  • Proactively monitor for potential risk exposure of the active trader segment with aim to preemptively manage credit and market risk
  • Compile active trader and high value client segment reporting to track key segment performance (segment profitability, risk metrics, margin lending, sector concentration, trading activity, etc.) and drive data-based decision making
  • Prepare structured analyses, often in time-sensitive circumstances, and be able to summarize key insights into a coherent, concise communication suitable for executive consumption
  • Build robust processes and documentation in support of Credit & Risk, or regulatory and control requirements

Job requirements

  • Knowledge of and familiarity or hands-on experience with self-directed investing platforms. Stocks and options trading knowledge preferred.
  • Specializing or majoring in a business/finance, mathematics, engineering, or risk management focus
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret raw and complex sets of data, turning them into digestible summaries and actionable recommendations
  • Familiarity in Excel and PowerPoint, including experience developing business documents and leadership presentations with clear, compelling communications
  • Ability to understand business questions and issues, think strategically, synthesize information quickly
  • Ability to work in a team to understand business requirements and provide viable automated solutions
  • Ability to independently manage deadlines while multitasking between different projects; strong results-oriented project management skills with a high attention to detail

Who We Are

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you've got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we're here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing - and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package

Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We're delighted that you're considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we're committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development
If you're interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You'll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD - and we're committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you've got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We'll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you'd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement:
N/A.

Client-provided location(s): Toronto, ON, Canada
Job ID: TD_bank-R_1366525
Employment Type: Intern