Stifel's Technology Product Development department works to transform our digital technology for advisors in order to strengthen client bonds. The Technology Product Development Analyst Intern will work as a member of Stifel's analysis team. The Intern will engage with development teams & product management to analyze, document, and understand business processes and procedures as well as support discovery or solutions for firm driven initiatives and development.
What We're Looking For- Develop an understanding of the Stifel business & data models, and use that knowledge to optimize the relationship between the company and the customer.
- Field inbound requests from business users and product management and refine requirements until a full understanding is reached on the process being analyzed.
- Perform limited due diligence to ensure quality and accuracy.
- Work according to standards and practices set by Product Management or senior team members.
- Gain an understanding of company applications and business practices in the context of how they affect the customer and the business process.
- Research best practices and support developing the solutions and recommendations for the business areas as identified.
- Basic understanding of financial industry terminology and concepts.
- Ability to take a problem and research it from beginning to end creating detailed documentation.
- Strong analytical skills focused on using logic, reasoning, and data to identify complex relationships as well as to research and discuss recommended uses.
- Minimum Required: Pursuing a degree in Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science, or Business.
- Preferred: 1+ year of college completed.
- Experience with office productivity, reporting, and technical documentation software such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Drive applications preferred.
- Experience with databases and SQL 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 is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a degree in Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science, or Business
- Basic understanding of financial industry terminology and concepts
- Ability to research problems comprehensively and create detailed documentation
- Strong analytical skills, including logic, reasoning, data analysis, and identifying complex relationships
- At least one year of college completed
- Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, and Google Drive applications
- Experience with databases and SQL
Stifel Financial Corp. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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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.
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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.
