Financial Services Consultant Intern (September 2026 - 4 Months - Toronto)

IBM

IBM

Accounting & Finance

Toronto, ON, Canada

Posted on Apr 30, 2026
Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

Job Description:

IBM Consulting is seeking a motivated and business‑minded intern to support our Insurance Sector within Financial Services. This role will work closely with the Canadian Insurance Sector leads to help identify and develop new business opportunities, strengthen client relationships, and position IBM as a trusted technology partner. The intern will also contribute to AI‑driven client discussions, prepare materials for strategic conversations, and support ongoing delivery activities for existing insurance clients, particularly related to IBM‑built data platforms.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Support the Insurance Sector leads in client meetings, research, and preparation of presentations that position IBM as a trusted advisor.
  • Analyze insurance industry trends, especially around AI, automation, and emerging AI agent capabilities, and translate insights into potential IBM use cases.
  • Assist in identifying and qualifying new business opportunities within the Canadian insurance market.
  • Contribute to the development of AI use case proposals tailored to client requirements.
  • Provide business analysis and PMO support for ongoing insurance client engagements, particularly those involving data platforms built and supported by IBM.
  • Create project documentation, track deliverables, and help coordinate with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Support strategy development, opportunity tracking, and other sector‑wide initiatives as needed.


This position resides in Toronto and is a 4-month work term commencing in September 2026. It is mandatory that all applicants are enrolled in full-time studies at a post-secondary institution and returning to full-time studies upon completion of the work-term. Please note that MBA and PHD Candidates are not eligible for this program.

Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
None
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
  • Interest in insurance, financial services, and emerging technologies such as AI.
  • Ability to research industry trends and summarize insights clearly.
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
  • High level of organization with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
  • Proficiency with productivity tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, and collaboration platforms.
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Understanding of insurance products, operations, or digital transformation trends.
  • Familiarity with AI concepts, models, or practical use cases in business.
  • Experience with business analysis, project coordination, or PMO processes.
  • Exposure to data platforms, cloud technologies, or analytics tools.
  • Prior experience in consulting, financial services, or technology environments.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

The salary range for the position is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate salary within this range may vary depending on your job-related skills and experience for this position.

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