Summer 2025 Intern, Operations

Posted:
11/5/2024, 3:33:26 AM

Location(s):
New York, United States ⋅ New York, New York, United States

Experience Level(s):
Internship

Field(s):
Operations & Logistics

Workplace Type:
On-site

DriveWealth is a global B2B financial technology organization dedicated to democratizing access to financial independence around the world. Our mission is realized through an API-based platform, empowering our partners to offer seamless investing and trading experiences to clients worldwide, all from their mobile devices.

Our technology provides partners with a modern, extensible toolkit, enabling traditional investment workflows and innovative techniques like fractional share ownership. DriveWealth has evolved into a global platform offering trading of US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.

We seek enthusiastic professionals to contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to our Brokerage-as-a-Service platform. Our culture blends the pace and opportunity of a tech start-up with the impact, stability, and significance of Wall Street. We encourage creativity and experimentation while ensuring institutional-grade execution and regulatory compliance in everything we do. We value diversity and inclusion, celebrating the unique differences of our employees as we scale and grow together. We’re guided by operating principles grounded in accountability, teamwork, integrity, and solutions built to scale. Join us!

About the role

DriveWealth is seeking a summer intern to join our operations team. This internship will rotate through the different operations departments, providing the opportunity to experience the criticality of a successful operations department within a growth-stage start-up. 

As the operations intern, you will be accountable for independent projects while shadowing different professionals, allowing you to learn by doing and seeing. Through the rotational format, you will step into many different roles, mimicking the cross-functional nature while gaining working experience!

What You’ll Do

  • Support the day-to-day functions of the Operations business
  • Assist with the new partner onboarding process, including documentation and data analytics 
  • Reconcile and verify account activity and research as needed
  • Participate in efforts to improve efficiencies and create process optimization within the Operations business
  • Build synchronizations between Operations and Technology 
  • Learn and generate workflow setups with Reconciliation reports
  • Streamline workflow and data processes across the platforms
  • Assist Operations with tasks related to maintaining processes, procedures, and internal file and document management

What You’ll Need 

  • Interest in starting a career in operations 
  • Interest in working in a fast-paced growth-stage fintech start-up with an emphasis on engineering (APIs specifically), technology, finance, and operations
  • Experience with Excel and PowerPoint 
  • Experience with Python & SQL
  • Relevant academic, project-based, or internship experience
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills with strong attention to detail
  • Curiosity and a desire to learn
  • Problem-solving mindset and the ability to work independently
  • Ability to receive and implement feedback
  • Excitement for teamwork and building relationships

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelors, Masters, or MBA degree with a graduation date between December 2025 and June 2027
  • Be available full-time and in-person for 40 hours per week 
  • Must reside in the NY-metro area; relocation support will not be provided
  • Must be available from Monday, June 2, 2025, to Friday, August 15, 2025

The deadline to apply is Friday, December 6, 2024

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Compensation
Compensation package offerings are based on candidate experience and technical qualifications, as it relates to the role. These are identified and determined throughout your interviewing experience.

Please note
: this role is expected to come into our office on a cadence set by the Hiring Manager/Team.

New York, NY (Hybrid) Pay Range
$35$35 USD

Benefits

  • Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Mental Health and family planning services
  • Unlimited paid time off with ten observed holidays
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • $2,500 each year to invest in continued education and personal development
  • $75 a month in fitness and wellness reimbursement
  • Company-provided phone
  • Hybrid work experience that allows for flexibility
  • For in-office employees, a daily lunch stipend, unlimited snacks, and engaging office space in the Financial District

*The benefits outlined above are for US employees, benefit offerings vary based on location

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

TO ALL AGENCIES: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of DriveWealth outside of the Talent organization. DriveWealth’s policy is to only accept resumes from agencies via Greenhouse (ATS). Agencies must have a valid services agreement executed and must have been assigned by the Talent team to a specific requisition. Any resume submitted outside of this process will be deemed the sole property of DriveWealth. In the event a candidate submitted outside of this policy is hired, no fee or payment will be paid.