Your career is an investment that grows over time!
Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $50 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We’re looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
Internships @ Wealthsimple
At Wealthsimple, we offer 4 to 8-month internships that are open to co-op and non-co-op students, and recent grads. During your remote-first internship, you will be able to contribute to projects that are changing the landscape of financial services for Canadians. You will be on a team that supports your growth and provides mentorship while also connecting to the broader Wealthsimple community!
Reporting to the Lead, Accounts Payable, the successful candidate will help optimize the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process at Wealthsimple.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Support the optimization phase of our Procure-to-Pay (P2P) system (ZIP)
- Support the team with data entry, ensuring accuracy and completeness of financial information
- Support the full cycle AP function through creation and entry of purchase orders
- Input vendor invoices into our P2P system, ensuring accurate coding and approvals
- Review expense reports for accuracy, completeness and adherence to company policies
- Reconcile corporate credit cards through expense verification and accurate transaction coding
- Assist in gathering and analyzing quotes from vendors to support procurement decision making
- Help organize and maintain financial records, including contracts and invoices
- Support with month end and year end close tasks and processes
- Provide support on special projects and other tasks as assigned
- Learn about the fintech industry and gain insight into P2P practices and learn how to analyze and interpret financial data and spending trends to optimize vendor management and cost control.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Is currently pursuing a degree in Business, Finance or related field
- Has the ability to simplify, improve, and document processes by leveraging technology and collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Has the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
- Is passionate about technology, specifically fintech
- Has excellent attention to detail, combined with strong communication and collaboration skills
- Experience with P2P systems would be considered an asset
Why Wealthsimple?
Competitive salary with retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple Work
Generous vacation days and unlimited sick and mental health days
Intern programming including educational workshops, hackathons, and mentorship
A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)
Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year
What past interns have said about their experience at Wealthsimple:
“I absolutely loved the term here and had a great chance to learn new things and meet many amazingly talented people! I also really appreciated the mentorship program, having someone who was an alumni from my school+program was a great chance to learn more and help plan my career and academic journey!”
“The other interns were really a highlight as well as all of the things that y’all planned for us. I also would say my own team really made me feel at home and welcomed. I love the codebase and engineering tools a lot and will miss it!”
“A lot of autonomy and trust from teammates;In-person office experience allowed for a lot of deeper friendships;I genuinely like the Wealthsimple product which made it very exciting to work on it”
With over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America, be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!
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DEI Statement
At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement
Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.