Intern, Workplace Operations

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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $70 billion in assets.

Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.

Internships @ Wealthsimple

At Wealthsimple, we offer 4 to 8-month internships that are open to co-op and non-co-op students, and recent grads. During your internship, you will have the opportunity to contribute to projects that are changing the landscape of financial services for Canadians. You will be on a team that supports your growth, provides mentorship, and connects you to the broader Wealthsimple community!

Our internship program follows a hybrid work model, where you’ll be working from our Toronto headquarters on Wednesdays and Thursdays. This structure offers the flexibility of remote work, while also providing the collaboration, connection, and mentorship that come from being together in person.

Eligibility

✔ Currently enrolled as a student at a Canadian post-secondary institution or technical bootcamp

✔ New graduates - Within 6 months of your graduation date

✔ Available to work full-time hours

✔ Residing in Canada

✔ Able to commute to our Toronto HQ on Wednesdays and Thursdays

About the Team

Our vision is to create an environment where employees can do their best work, foster deep connection & experience organizational engagement. By focusing on building and redefining Workplace Ops programs, we aim to cultivate employee engagement, productivity, & high morale through thoughtful delivery and execution of our programming.

About the role

As a Workplace Ops Intern, you will manage front desk operations and coordinate facilities requests & services as part of the Workplace ops team. You will be supporting interfacing with employees, guests & clients visiting the office, providing them with support in navigating our facilities. You will also coordinate a range of daily operational tasks - including supporting coordination of maintenance repairs, liaising with on-site 3rd party vendors and carrying out administrative tasks that support the optimal running of the workplace.

Please note: This is an in office position Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm.

In this role you’ll have the opportunity to

• Front Desk Coordination:
• Helping manage daily in-office operations and providing general support to the broader team — including answering employee questions, helping with seat booking requests, sorting mail, and distributing access passes.
• Monitoring and responding to same-day requests through our workplace management tools (e.g., Eden) and internal communication channels.
• Greeting guests visiting the office and supporting client needs by triaging requests to the appropriate teams.
• Assisting with coordination and communication with on-site vendors (food service, cleaning, repairs), and supporting collaboration with building management for base building issues.
• Supporting admin tasks tied to workplace programs — including coworking, travel, and team offsites.
• Helping sort incoming mail and deliveries, supporting internal distribution, and arranging outbound mail and couriers.
• Facilities & Operational Support:
• Helping oversee facility requests end to end — including tracking maintenance tickets for things like lockers, heating/cooling, lights out, leaks, and more.
• Assisting in scheduling repairs and maintenance based on incoming requests.
• Coordinating general and seasonal maintenance with vendors, helping track preventative maintenance, and supporting ad hoc facilities projects.
• Assisting with the daily food service program — updating lunch counts, monitoring fluctuations, tracking feedback, and making recommendations for adjustments.
• Helping monitor office occupancy and aligning services (like lunch, pantry, coffee, and cleaning) based on in-office attendance.
• Community & On-site Event Support:
• Supporting co-working logistics across our two Canadian hub cities — including employee pass management and room bookings.
• Supporting the execution of in person & remote programming, including company-wide events, team building on-sites & community building activities.
• Supporting the end to end experience of employees in-person experience - from travel, to desk booking, room booking & ordering related office supplies.
• Coordinating the operations of in-person events with external guests. Including booking additional security, providing door & elevator access, coordinating vendors

Why Wealthsimple?

Competitive salary with retirement savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business

Generous vacation days and unlimited sick and mental health days

Intern programming including educational workshops, hackathons, and mentorship

A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Women of Wealthsimple, Black @ WS)

Company-wide wellness days off scheduled throughout the year

What past interns have said about their experience at Wealthsimple:

"I absolutely loved the term here and had a great chance to learn new things and meet many amazingly talented people! I also really appreciated the mentorship program, having someone who was an alumni from my school+program was a great chance to learn more and help plan my career and academic journey!"

"A lot of autonomy and trust from teammates; In-person office experience allowed for a lot of deeper friendships; I genuinely like the Wealthsimple product which made it very exciting to work on it"

"The other interns were really a highlight as well as all of the things that y'all planned for us. I also would say my own team really made me feel at home and welcomed. I love the codebase and engineering tools a lot and will miss it!"

With over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America, be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple

We believe the future belongs to those who innovate boldly. At Wealthsimple, every team member is expected to lean into new technologies, including AI and tooling, to rethink how we work, solve problems faster, and create even greater value. We're looking for people who are not just comfortable with change but energized by it. Our commitment is to build a company that evolves at the pace of the world around us, and we want you to help lead that future.

DEI Statement

At Wealthsimple, we are building products for a diverse world and we need a diverse team to do that successfully. We strongly encourage applications from everyone regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. 

Accessibility Statement

Wealthsimple provides an accessible candidate experience. If you need any accommodations or adjustments throughout the interview process and beyond, please let us know, and we will work with you to provide the necessary support and make reasonable accommodations to facilitate your participation. We are continuously working to improve our accessibility practices and welcome any feedback or suggestions on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.