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Internship - Operations
Robert W. Baird
Milwaukee, WI, United States
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Job Description
Are you looking to gain real world experience in a thriving, global financial services firm with an award winning culture? Consider an internship and start building your career at Baird.
About our intern program:
Our competitive intern program is a robust experience that offers interns exposure to the business world and a meaningful work experience. Interns are treated as valuable team members while learning from experienced professionals in a collaborative, fun, and dynamic environment. Baird’s summer program activities include an Intern Welcome Event in our corporate office in Milwaukee, multiple Lunch & Learns, a Brewer’s game at Miller Park, Baird Night at the Zoo, and many other informal events. Our interns have the opportunity to use a Baird Cares Day and be compensated to volunteer in the community. They are also eligible to apply for $8,000 in scholarships. Our informal mentor program gives interns an opportunity to network throughout Baird and learn about all the areas of the firm. To learn more, check out this video.
Baird’s Operations Department (“Ops”) is the best kept secret in the financial services industry and plays a critical role to the success and growth or the firm. We partner with the different business and functions within Baird with the goal of driving efficiencies and reducing risk to the firm.
Interns are treated as valuable team members and are challenged with meaningful work while learning from experienced professionals in a collaborative, fun, and dynamic environment. We look for highly motivated, detail oriented individuals who are proactive, eager to learn and ready to contribute.
We have a variety of year round intern opportunities available throughout our Operations teams. The internship is a minimum of 6 months and can extend up to 2 years dependent on graduation date, workload and intern performance. Recruiting for 2018 will kick off in September for internships that start in January or May.
Internship Location, Availability and Hours:
Located in our downtown Milwaukee office, interns must be able to work full time (37.5 – 40 hours per week) during the summer.
Is an Operations Intern, you will:
• Influence and lead change to improve firmwide processes
• Work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Get firsthand mentoring and training
What we look for:
• All majors (disciplines) are encouraged to apply
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively as a team player.
• Ability to work in a team environment and manage priorities to meet specific deadlines.
• Strong client service critical thinking and troubleshooting skills.
What makes this opportunity great:
• Interns apply knowledge gained in the classroom to develop relevant professional experience while developing meaningful relationships
• Recognized for your value through professional development and challenging projects
• Your ideas matter and help create change in our business
Who we are:
Baird is an employee owned, international wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm with more than 100 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Established in 1919, Baird has over $200 billion in client assets and more than 3,400 associates serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients.
Baird has built an environment of trust, respect and teamwork, where associates are our greatest asset. As stated in our Associate Promise, we are passionate about how we achieve great outcomes together for our clients, communities and each other. Committed to being a great place to work, Baird ranked No. 12 on the Fortune magazine 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2018, our fifteenth consecutive year on the list. Baird has also received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2018 Corporate Equality Index. To learn more about Baird’s culture, click here.