Intern, Strategy & Change Management

Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital Ltd. (CC&L); Old Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for an ambitious intern to join their Strategy & Change Management team. This exciting internship offers a dynamic environment where you will engage in strategic projects, conduct market analysis, and support financial modeling. You will collaborate with key stakeholders to provide insights that drive business decisions. If you're a proactive student with strong analytical and communication skills eager to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a company that values innovation and growth, and take the first step in your career with a leader in asset management.

Qualifications

• Seeking students in their 3rd/4th year or MBA with focus on Finance, Business, Engineering, or Economics.
• Strong academic track record and previous internship experience required.

Responsibilities

• Support strategy development through research, analysis, and strategic recommendations.
• Provide market, customer, and competitive assessments for Wealth and Financial Services.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership

Presentation Skills

Written Communication

Planning Skills

Education

Undergraduate Degree

MBA

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Job Id:1809

# of Openings:0

Toronto, ON

CC&L Financial Group is seeking an Intern to join our Strategy & Change Management Team for a 4-month term (May - August 2025).

What do we offer a Private Client Intern?

A dynamic, fast-paced work environment where opportunities for learning and growth are abound. The Intern, Strategy & Change Management plays a key role in supporting strategic projects across Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital, providing market, competitive and customer intelligence, building relationships with key stakeholders and supporting the strategic planning process.

As an Intern, Strategy & Change Management, you will support in two primary areas:

1. Strategic and change management advisory services
   • Support strategy development, including research, analysis and compelling strategic recommendations that solve business problems.
   • Gather data and perform financial analyses to identify opportunities and diagnose issues.
   • Create financial models to assess future state financial benefits/costs.
   • Contribute to problem solving sessions, workshops and interviews with cross-functional and business line working team members and subject matter experts.
   • Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to support the achievement of deliverables and overall objectives.
2. Market, customer, and competitive assessment
   • Provide key market, customer and competitive assessments for the overall Wealth and Financial Services industry, as well as for specific project needs, including:
     • Key industry trends impacting Wealth and Financial Services industry, including regulatory, customer, geographical, innovation, etc., leveraging external industry and analyst reports, as well as through monthly internal discussions.
     • Key competitive insights (financial, market, innovation, etc.), including robust benchmarking of key performance metrics that would help surface gaps/opportunities.
   • Review and generate insights using other internal reports.
   • Champion a client-focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader relationships, systems and knowledge.

Qualifications and Experience

The Intern, Strategy & Change Management position is geared toward students either in their third/fourth year of an undergraduate degree or MBA with a focus on Finance, Business, Engineering, and/or Economics. We are seeking ambitious students with a strong academic track record, who are interested in making an impact in process efficiencies at CC&L.

In addition to the above, the successful candidate will have:

• At least one previous internship or professional experience in a similar role.
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced, challenging, and dynamic business environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, leadership, and influential capabilities.
• Strong planning and analytical skills, ability to discern research information/data and focus on the critical business issues.
• Strong presentation and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in MS Excel.
• Strong knowledge with other MS Office products including Word and PowerPoint.

To apply for this position please submit your resume, cover letter and transcript as one PDF.

About Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group

At CC&L Financial Group, we understand the value of opportunity – for our clients and our team. Independent and employee-owned, we partner with investment professionals to grow successful asset management businesses, giving them the space to innovate and truly make an impact.

With more than 40 years of history and offices across Canada and in the US, the UK and India, CC&L Financial Group and our multi-boutique family of affiliate firms collectively manage over $139 billion in client assets, providing a diverse range of traditional and alternative investment products and solutions to institutional, high-net-worth and retail clients.

Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital ("CC&L Private Capital") is an affiliate of CCLFG, providing professional discretionary money management services to individual investors, foundations and endowments. The firm is currently responsible for approximately $14 billion in client assets.

For a closer look at how you can build your career with us, we invite you to explore cclgroup.com.

CC&L Financial Group is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or expression, disability, or age.

To apply for this position, please submit your resume and cover letter as one PDF.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest, but only those candidates shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. No telephone calls or recruitment agencies will be accepted.