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 DoingUnder immediate supervision, the Intern-Information Technology will represent Stifel IT's infrastructure, operations, cybersecurity, and customer support teams by performing various complex and confidential duties. This position will have the opportunity to work in service areas such as our IT Service Desk, Endpoint Computing, IT Operations, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Mobile Teams to develop professionally by contributing to projects that support the business.
What We're Looking For- Work with and assist Stifel IT professionals in their daily duties to help develop an understanding of the Stifel business models through the lens of our various IT support teams.
- Apply academic knowledge and learn new skills by contributing to various projects.
- Work according to standards and practices set by IT Service Desk management or senior team members.
- Assist in creating and maintaining IT operational workflows, knowledge documents, and communications to IT and Stifel employees.
- Assist in the preparation of reports.
- Strong analytical skills focused on using logic, reasoning, and data to identify complex relationships, including research and discussion of recommended uses.
- Ability to research a problem from beginning to end, creating detailed documentation.
- Basic understanding of financial industry terminology and concepts.
- Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions.
- Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or problem approaches.
- Pursuing a degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Business with at least one year of college completed is preferred.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel and general office productivity technology.
- Strong knowledge of both iOS and Android mobile operating systems.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Basic understanding of MacOS.
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
- Pursuing a degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Business
- At least one year of college completed
- Strong analytical skills using logic, reasoning, and data to identify complex relationships
- Ability to research problems from beginning to end and create detailed documentation
- Basic understanding of financial industry terminology and concepts
- Ability to combine information to form general rules or conclusions
- Ability to evaluate strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions and approaches
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Strong knowledge of iOS and Android mobile operating systems
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Basic understanding of macOS
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.







