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 DoingThe Platform Strategy-Client Reporting Intern supports the development and implementation of projects that are essential to Stifel’s Investment Products and Services platform. Working alongside Platform Strategy Specialists, the Intern assists in project tasks and builds familiarity with Stifel’s investment products, operational processes, compliance policies, and technology infrastructure. The Intern gains exposure to project management, business analysis, and strategic development within the firm.
What We're Looking For- Assist with day-to-day project tasks related to key firm initiatives, supporting the execution of small and medium-scale projects.
- Help create and update project documentation, such as plans, schedules, and status reports, under the guidance of senior team members.
- Participate in business process analysis and data gathering to address business needs, providing recommendations to team leads.
- Attend design review and requirements gathering sessions to learn how to document and resolve project issues.
- Collaborate with team members to understand project requirements and assist in developing design solutions.
- Help prepare marketing and training materials and support project launch activities to facilitate adoption.
- Assist senior team members in the design and execution of test scripts for new platform features.
- Basic problem-solving skills with a willingness to seek guidance and learn from team members.
- Ability to manage time effectively while balancing multiple tasks.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail.
- General knowledge or interest in financial services, especially in wealth management and investment products (e.g., securities, stocks, bonds, funds).
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications, especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Minimum Required: Current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree program, preferably in Business, Finance, or a related field, with at least one year of college education completed.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Interest in learning investment research software and project management tools.
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 enrolled in a bachelor's degree program
- At least one year of college education completed
- Business, Finance, or related field of study
- Basic problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage time effectively while balancing multiple tasks
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail
- General knowledge or interest in financial services, wealth management, and investment products
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint
- Interest in learning investment research software and project management tools
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.







