Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.
Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
What You'll Be DoingStifel’s AML/Fraud team supports the firm’s efforts to detect and address potential financial crime and fraud risks. The Compliance-AML Fraud Intern will work alongside experienced team members and gain firsthand exposure to the processes used to identify potentially suspicious activity. The Intern will learn about complex financial crimes, explore how financial criminals may be identified, and gain insight into the team’s day-to-day work. The Intern will also have opportunities to learn about other functions within AML and the broader Compliance department.
What We're Looking For- Learn the basic functions, processes, and responsibilities of the AML/Fraud team.
- Work alongside team members to learn about high-level financial crimes and fraud risks.
- Shadow team members to gain an understanding of their daily responsibilities and the processes used to identify potential financial criminals.
- Gain exposure to the review of potentially high-risk transactional activity.
- Learn about other functions within AML and the broader Compliance department.
- Apply academic knowledge and develop new skills by contributing to team projects.
- Strong interest in learning about financial crime, fraud, and compliance.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with team members.
- Ability to use logic and reasoning when reviewing information and approaching problems.
- Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially and professionally.
- Ability to use artificial intelligence tools effectively.
- Minimum Required: Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Pre-Law, Finance, Forensic Accounting, or Research.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
- Knowledge of various artificial intelligence platforms and how to use them effectively.
- Experience with SQL is helpful but not required.
Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.
While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.
Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Pre-Law, Finance, Forensic Accounting, or Research
- Strong interest in financial crime, fraud, and compliance
- Ability to collaborate effectively with team members
- Ability to use logic and reasoning when reviewing information and approaching problems
- Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially and professionally
- Ability to use artificial intelligence tools effectively
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
- Knowledge of artificial intelligence platforms and their effective use
- Experience with SQL
Stifel Financial Corp. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Stifel Financial Corp. and has not been reviewed or approved by Stifel Financial Corp..
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Compensation is positioned as highly attractive for financial advisors, with emphasis on meaningful earning upside tied to production. Recognition for advisor satisfaction indicates that incentive mechanics can be a differentiator in producer roles.
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Flexible Benefits — The benefits program is broad and multi-option, spanning multiple health plan choices, FSAs/HSAs, and a wide set of voluntary insurance add-ons. This menu-style design supports tailoring coverage to different life stages and needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are extensive, including parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility and family-building support, and back-up childcare and elder care. These offerings signal a comparatively strong support system for caregiving and family planning.
Stifel Financial Corp. Insights
What We Do
Established in 1890, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated is one of the nation’s premier full-service financial services firms, providing brokerage, trading, investment banking, investment advisory, and related services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities through more than 400 locations across the U.S. Stifel ranks as the 7th largest brokerage firm in the country as measured by number of financial advisors, with approximately 2,300, and features a highly regarded equity research department that has earned numerous accolades from such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Financial Times. In 2023 and 2024, Stifel was recognized as the No. 1 wealth management firm for employee advisor satisfaction, based on the J.D. Power U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Study*. Stifel is the principal subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Stifel Financial Corp.'s other subsidiaries include Stifel Independent Advisors, LLC, an independent contractor broker-dealer firm; Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, the Company’s European subsidiary; Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc., our Canadian subsidiary; Stifel Bank and Trust and Stifel Bank, retail and commercial banks; and Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel Trust Company Delaware, N.A, our trust companies. *Stifel received the highest score among employee advisors in the J.D. Power 2023-2024 U.S. Financial Advisor Satisfaction Studies, which measures employee advisors’ satisfaction among those who are employed by an investment services firm. Visit jdpower.com/awards for more details.







