The posting
BUILD SOMETHING PEOPLE LOVE
Wealthsimple is Canada’s leading financial innovator. The company offers a full suite of simple, sophisticated financial products across managed investing, do-it-yourself trading, cryptocurrency, tax filing, spending and saving. Wealthsimple currently serves more than 4 million Canadians and holds over $155 billion in assets under administration. The company was founded in 2014 by a team of financial experts and technology entrepreneurs, and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
We're proud of what we've built — and we're just getting started. Read our Culture Manual https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/culture and learn more about how we work https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/careers.
INTERN, FINANCE (WINTER 2027, 8 MONTHS)
Term: 8 months, beginning January 11, 2027. Six tracks, one application.
About Finance at Wealthsimple
The Finance team is where numbers become decisions. We partner closely with business leaders across the company to make sure Wealthsimple is allocating resources wisely, hitting its targets, and building toward long-term sustainability. We are a high-trust team embedded in the business rather than reporting from the sidelines, and we hold ourselves to a high bar for both rigour and clarity.
About this role
Finance Operations (Procure-to-Pay). Most of what Wealthsimple spends with third parties runs through this team, from the moment someone asks for something to the moment the vendor gets paid, so it works with almost every team in the company. You would help people bring a purchase through Zip, our intake software, onboard new vendors, and move a request along when it needs a Legal, Security, Privacy, or vendor-risk review. On the payments side you would work alongside Accounts Payable to match invoices against the purchase order, code them to the right team and account, and route them for approval in Zip. You would also help more of our spend run through an approved purchase order before the invoice arrives, which is what makes spend visible before it is committed , and report on where requests slow down. High volume, high visibility, and a real seat in a process being rebuilt while it runs.
What you'll do
- Own real work from your first weeks, with a manager and a mentor who expect you to ask questions and form a view.
- Learn one part of Finance deeply, and see how it connects to the rest of the company.
- Bring AI into how the work gets done. Our teams already use tools like Claude in the monthly close and in automating repetitive steps, and we want you looking for the next place it helps.
- Improve something. Think about process that could run better, we would rather hear your idea than watch you work around it.
- Learn how a fintech operates, and how to read financial and operational data in a business that moves quickly.
- See the line from your work to the client. Everything these teams do ends up in a number someone trusts us with.
Skills you bring
- Working toward a degree in accounting, business, finance, or a related field, or recently finished one.
- A working understanding of accounting principles and concepts. You do not need to have seen the specific work in your track before.
- Strong attention to detail, with the communication and collaboration skills to work across teams.
- Comfort in a fast-moving environment with real deadlines.
- Curiosity about technology, fintech, and how AI is changing the way a Finance team works.
- Energy and intellectual curiosity, with a demonstrated interest in finance and analytics.
Application deadline is October 7th 11:59pm ET!
WHY WEALTHSIMPLE?
🌸 Top-tier health benefits and life insurance
📈 Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business
🌴 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year*
✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year*
👥 Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS
🌎 We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America. The people are one of the best parts of working here: you'll collaborate with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who are deeply committed to doing great work.
*Unlimited paid sick days, Wellness Days and the 90 day away program do not apply to certain roles.
ICYMI
Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple: We move quickly and build thoughtfully. That means we're always looking for better ways to work — whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem. We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect curiosity and a willingness to evolve alongside the products we're building.
Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well. We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.
Accessibility Statement: We're committed to an accessible hiring experience. If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process, please let us know — we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need. We also welcome any feedback on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.
AI in Hiring: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our team but don't replace human judgment – all final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have questions about how your data is used, reach out to us.
