Intern Analyst, Corporate Finance

Intern Analyst, Corporate Finance (September 2026 - April 2027)

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

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 a student to join our Corporate Finance team in September 2026
, for an 8-month internship. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting various Corporate Finance functions. Functions will include Financial Reporting, Finance Operations and Investment Performance & Reporting.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a student to gain valuable work experience in a fast-growing, dynamic environment while being a part of a growing 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).

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

Investment Performance & Reporting:

• Assist in daily performance reconciliation and review process.
• Produce and issue weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc performance reports.
• Maintain and update reports and templates as required.
• Participate in monthly review and reporting process including gathering information from manager valuation statements.
• Participate in report automations.
• Prepare financial statement notes and populate the financial statements template using supporting excel workbooks.
• Assist with benchmarking analysis to support annual report preparation.
• Preparing the preliminary year-end report for performance.
• Assisting with accounting research and preparing technical memos.
• Prepare the quarterly Statistics Canada reporting.
• Collaborating with team on PowerPoint presentations and proposing improvements (formatting, charting, graphics etc.).

Finance Operations:

• Assist in month-end related activities such as performing bank and account reconciliations, preparing standard journal entries and preparation of management reports.
• Perform daily monitoring of the Investment Invoice Approval process.
• Assist in procurement and accounts payable related activities such as recording of vendor bills, performing vendor onboarding and validation activities.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree, in Business, majoring in Finance, Economics, or Accounting.
• An interest in a CFA, CIPM or CPA designation is a plus
• Proficient in MS office suite. Advanced excel user (formulae, pivots etc.)
• Possesses basic knowledge of finance and investments.
• Possesses basic knowledge of accounting principles and general ledgers.

ATTRIBUTES

• Analytical, adaptive, multi-tasker, who has a strong work ethic.
• High degree of self-motivation and…