Stifel Charitable Intern- Summer 2027

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.

The Stifel Charitable Intern will support projects and operational activities within Stifel Trust and Charitable while gaining exposure to donor-advised funds, charitable planning, trust services, and related business functions. The intern will assist with data analysis projects, document migration and organization, and other departmental initiatives while shadowing professionals across the Trust and Charitable teams. This internship provides an opportunity to develop analytical, organizational, and professional skills while learning how Stifel supports charitable programs, clients, financial advisors, and nonprofit organizations.

• Assist with data analysis projects by gathering, organizing, reviewing, and summarizing information to support departmental initiatives.
• Support the migration, organization, and validation of documents and records in accordance with established procedures.
• Review migrated documents and data for completeness, accuracy, and consistency, and escalate discrepancies as appropriate.
• Shadow professionals across the Trust and Charitable teams to develop an understanding of donor-advised funds, charitable planning, trust services and investments, program operations, grant compliance, accounting, and client support.
• Assist with preparing reports, spreadsheets, presentations, process documentation, and other project deliverables.
• Support departmental projects involving operational processes, documentation, reporting, recordkeeping, or workflow improvements.
• Collaborate with team members to complete assignments, provide progress updates, and meet established deadlines.
• Participate in team meetings, training opportunities, and informational sessions to build knowledge of Stifel Charitable and related business functions

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, with a willingness to learn new concepts and processes.

• Minimum Required: Currently pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Data Analytics, Nonprofit Management, Information Systems, or a related field.

• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Ability to learn and use firm-approved Trust, Charitable, document-management, reporting, and collaboration systems.
• Experience organizing or analyzing data in Microsoft Excel is preferred.

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’s bank and trust companies are equal opportunity employers. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.  If you would like more information regarding Equal Employment Opportunity rights and protections, please review the following information: Know Your Rights.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.