Intern Analyst, Public Markets

Intern Analyst, Active Public Markets (September 2026 - December 2026)

RBC north tower, 16 York St, Toronto, ON M5J 0E6, Canada

Posted Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 4:00 AM

OUR COMPANY BACKGROUND & CULTURE

UPP is the first pension plan of its kind in Ontario’s university sector, proudly serving over 46,000 members across six universities and nineteen sector organizations. Our purpose is to bring greater retirement peace of mind to the university sector by investing with integrity and serving members with care. As a sector-wide plan designed for growth, our doors are open to all Ontario universities.

UPP is recognized as one of Greater Toronto’s Top Employers for 2026. Together, we’re a team of progressive thinkers and agile doers operating within a fast-paced culture of collaboration and respect. We believe in bringing smart and capable people together to create, solve, and grow with a clear shared vision and values of integrity, inclusivity, ingenuity, and impact.

Our culture is intentionally welcoming and purposefully rooted in equity, diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation (EDI&R). We believe diverse teams, perspectives, and lived experiences contribute to better decisions and a better workplace.

As a pension plan, UPP approaches investing through a long‑term lens to generate and safeguard value. Our commitment to investing responsibly accounts for material risks that impact our investment portfolio to generate sufficient risk‑adjusted returns to meet the pension needs of our members.

Join us in building a bright future for our members, our organization, and each other.

THE ROLE

We are actively looking for an Intern Analyst, Active Public Markets, to join our team in September 2026, for a 4‑month internship (September 2026 – December 2026). This role will be part of a growing and dynamic Investment team, reporting to the Associate Director of Quantitative Research, Public Markets. The incumbent will be responsible for helping support the development of the Public Markets portfolio management framework, with a specific focus on building, improving and data feeding monitoring tools across the three asset classes: public equity, public credit, and absolute return.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an undergraduate student to gain valuable work experience in a fast‑growing, dynamic environment while being a part of a new pension plan.

This role is based in downtown Toronto in a hybrid work environment, allowing employees the flexibility to work remotely and in‑office (minimum two days per week in‑office).

Application Details: We ask that you submit a one‑page resume, cover letter and transcript as part of the application process.

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develop data engineering pipeline and analytical software
• Perform quantitative analysis on managers to inform manager evaluation and portfolio decision making,
• Support the application of GenAI solutions to enhance external portfolio management productivity
• Partner with other members of the Investment team to assist in documentation review, systems setup, implement business processes and technology solutions,
• Conduct ad‑hoc analysis to support key investment decisions.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Strong skills in software development and statistical analysis
• Passion for capital markets
• Academically rigorous coursework (e.g., quantitative courses in‑progress or completed)
• Knowledge of and hands‑on experience with large language models (LLMs), agentic AI, or AI‑assisted coding tools is strongly preferred.

ATTRIBUTES

• Analytical, adaptive, multi‑tasker, who has a strong work ethic and leadership skills
• High degree of self‑motivation and professionalism
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Detail oriented with great statistical and quantitative skills

EXPECTED COMPENSATION

The expected compensation for this role is an annualized base salary in the range of $50,500 to $61,500 . This range reflects base salaries for all intern levels and is subject to change and may be modified in the future. Salaries are aligned to academic year and role scope.

LIFE AT UPP

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