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Global Data Strategy Intern

Columbia Threadneedle

Columbia Threadneedle

Boston, MA, USA
Posted on Sep 7, 2023
Our 11-week summer intern program provides real-life experience in a collaborative and inclusive environment. Over the course of your internship, you will gain exposure to leaders, cultivate your business knowledge, work on projects that directly impact the business you support, and network in a welcoming atmosphere. Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance offers employees the opportunity to grow and develop personally and professionally in a flexible work environment designed to support individual needs. As you spend the summer with us, learning and growing, you’ll also spend time getting to know your fellow interns during team building exercises. With access to our Business Resource Networks – which includes the Black Employee Network, Young Professionals Network, PRIDE Network – you will increase your own sense of belonging and engage in important networking and development opportunities. Embark as an intern with us this summer and lay the foundation for your future.

Ready to launch your career? The Columbia Threadneedle Investments intern program is designed to provide students with first-hand investment management experience.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities vary depending on assigned projects(s) and may include:

  • Gain understanding of data-driven approach specifically to financial services; management, storage, and oversight of data, creation of reports for consumers both internal/external.
    • Support maintenance of materials, run queries, gather data
    • Support documentation of operating models
    • Support organization of SharePoint
  • Apply project management skills and contribute to overall operations of financial services company
  • Opportunity to investigate problems, identify gaps, explore root causes
  • Identify a use case and develop solution

Required Qualifications

  • Current Junior at a 4-year university pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Graduation date of December 2024 or May/June 2025

Preferred Qualifications

  • High degree of self-motivation with strong integrity and ethics
  • Proven organization skills and ability to manage time effectively
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
  • Ability to work and communicate collaboratively and constructively with others
  • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
  • Interest in automation
  • Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, software design, etc).
  • Coding in one or more programming languages or related field.

The company does not offer corporate undergraduate internships for students with F-1 visas.

About Our Company

At Ameriprise Financial, we’re not just in the business of helping clients with their financial goals – we also help our advisors and employees reach their true potential by embracing an inclusive and collaborative culture. We celebrate the unique qualities and reward the contributions of our talented, passionate employees. If you’re motivated and want to work for a strong, ethical company that cares about you and your community, take the next step with Ameriprise Financial.

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.


About Our Company
We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1 trillion in assets under management and administration. Our team of 20,000 people in more than 20 countries advise, manage and protect the assets and income of more than 2 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a long-standing leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial Services, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

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Full time

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