Intern - Trading Floor Risk Analyst - Coding (September 2026 - 12 months)

Position description

The deadline to apply for this role is:

Until 11:59 PM of October 3, 2025

The Opportunity

September 2026 – August 2027

Are you looking to apply your analytical skills with one of the largest pension funds in Canada? As an intern within Ontario Teachers’ Risk department, you will be involved in supporting the development and improvement of risk management frameworks for the pension fund. You will assist the team in assessing credit and capital markets risk including developing new tools and improving existing processes.

As part of the Risk Department, the Credit & Capital Market Risk(CCMR) team is responsible for:

Working closely with capital market on various risk analysis to support their portfolio management activities.
Working closely with execution desk on counterparties analysis and provides recommendations for trading risk/exposure governance.
Periodically support senior management in investment decision making by monitoring and assessing up-to-date capital market & credit risk both quantitatively and qualitatively.
Recommending course of actions on regulatory developments regarding capital market trading activities.
The design and support of the enterprise risk system which involves risk modelling initiatives, risk analytics for investment strategies, stress test etc.
In-house quantitative risk system maintenance and enhancement including risk metrics design, implementation, and visualization.

Who you’ll work with

You will be a part of a specialized team of professionals with diverse backgrounds. Together, our primary mission is to craft and continuously enhance credit and capital markets risk frameworks. We are also responsible for evaluating our various counterparties. As a co-op, you will report to a Principal in the Risk department’s Credit & Capital Markets Risk team. The role will also provide several opportunities to interact with other teams within the Risk Department as well as the different Investment teams including Total Fund Management and Capital Markets. This is also a fantastic opportunity to:

Learn about risk management both quantitatively and qualitatively in a leading investment institution.
Get an in-depth exposure into how finance and technology interacts.
Get valuable experience in understanding how large financial systems work.

What you’ll do

This role lean towards capital market risk management.
Day to day operations and assist in risk analysis for investment teams and implementing new risk analytics to support investment strategies and trading activities.
Assist the maintenance and refactoring of in-house risk system(C# and python).
Assist in risk dashboard design in PowerBI.
Assist in risk model backtest for various financial products.
Asist in risk AI initiatives.
You do not need to have this knowledge to start with but will need to have great passion in learning about these products and also have passion on the technology side as well. The technologies involved are C#, Python, VBA, relational database, and OLAP Cube.

What we’re offering

Numerous opportunities for professional growth and development, including lunch and learns
Student led team building events on a monthly basis
Employee discount programs including Edvantage and Perkopolis

At Ontario Teachers’, diversity is one of our core strengths. We take pride in ensuring that the people we hire and the culture we create, reflect and embrace diversity of thought, background and experience. Through our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), we celebrate diversity and foster inclusion through events for colleagues to connect for professional development, networking & mentoring. We are building an inclusive and equitable workplace where our talent is respected, accepted and empowered to be themselves. To learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, check out Life at Teachers’.

How to apply

Are you ready to pursue new challenges and take your career to the next level? Apply today! The following documents are required to be uploaded with your application:

Resume
Copy of your transcripts

You will also be invited to complete a pre-recorded digital interview as part of your application.

We thank you for applying, however, only those selected for a personal interview will be contacted. Note that candidates must be legally entitled to work in the country where this role is located.

Accommodations are available upon request (peopleandculture@otpp.com) for candidates with a disability taking part in the recruitment process and once hired.

Ontario Teachers’ may use AI-based tools to assist in screening and assessing applicants for this position. These tools may help us identify candidates whose skills and experience align with Ontario Teachers’ objectives by analyzing information provided in resumes and applications. Our use of AI does not replace human decision-making.

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Functional Areas:

Administration

Vacancy:

Current

Requisition ID:

6666

Required skills / Experience

What you’ll need

Be pursuing undergraduate or graduate degree with a quantitative focus such as engineering, computer science, math, finance.
Great passion in learning finance / math / technology to solve various real-world financial problems.
Excellent learning ability and self-motivated in research.
Good programming skills, C#/Python preferable.
Good database knowledge.
Good data visualization concept.
Excellent attention to detail.
Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
Outstanding problem-solving skills.
You should be returning back to your studies after the work term is completed.

Please note that although the deadline for this posting is October 3, 2025, we will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. We recommend candidates apply as soon as possible.

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Intern – Trading Floor Risk Analyst – Coding (September 2026 – 12 months)

Intern – Trading Floor Risk Analyst – Coding (September 2026 – 12 months)

How to Apply