Public Valuations Intern - Summer 2026

Sun Life•Wellesley, MA

1d•$21•Hybrid

About The Position

Y ou are as unique as your background, experience, and point of view. Here, you’ll be encouraged, empowered, and challenged to be your best self. You'll work with dynamic colleagues - experts in their fields - who are eager to share their knowledge with you. Your leaders will inspire and help you reach your potential and soar to new heights. Every day, you'll have new and exciting opportunities to make life brighter for our Clients - who are at the heart of everything we do. Discover how you can make a difference in the lives of individuals, families, and communities around the world. What’s it like to work at Sun Life? You’ll find it dynamic and highly professional; collaborative and supportive. We encourage innovative thinking to leverage technology to create solutions. Sun Life is also a socially responsible employer, supporting the communities in which we live and work, with a globally recognized commitment to the environment and sustainability. This position will be based out of our Wellesley, MA office and interns must be able to work on a hybrid basis. About This Role Reporting to the Associate Director, Valuations, the successful candidate will be responsible for executing the daily securities valuations process with a focus on vendor provided fixed income and exchange traded prices. The ideal candidate is a motivated transformational change agent responsible for overseeing efficient and effective operational processes that support all downstream consumers of valuation data including external clients. Success in this role will require a high degree of collaboration, attention to detail, commitment to accurately completing daily processes and controls along with experience working with the various 3rd party valuation providers across all asset classes. This internship will provide an opportunity to develop financial and analytical skills and gain exposure to many facets of institutional asset management including Vendor Management and Investment Operations. While the job role primarily supports the Valuations team, you will have the opportunity to interface and learn from financial professionals in other areas across SLC.

Requirements

A strong interest in investments, finance, and the trading/market data systems used.
Familiarity with Microsoft Excel, Access, SharePoint, and data analysis tools.
Ability to think analytically to solve complex problems.
Positive attitude and ability to collaborate and work effectively with a diverse range of people.
A desire to continuously learn and develop new skills, embracing challenges as opportunities for growth.
Ability to communicate analysis and conclusions clearly and effectively.
Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university during the time of the internship (June - August 2026)
Eligible to legally work in the United States
Ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) during co-op session

Nice To Haves

Preferred areas of study include business, finance, economics or accounting

Responsibilities

Assist in the continuous development of the team’s Asset Valuation System to enhance capabilities.
Submit and monitor price challenges issued to pricing vendors based on daily valuation controls
Ensure an adequate control environment is maintained to identify price challenges, stale prices, missing prices, and to review day over day price changes proactively.
Review third party vendor valuation output and work with external valuation experts as needed.
Addresses process breakdowns quickly, identifies the source of problem, and develops solutions that eliminate wasted effort and inefficiencies across teams.
Assist in the compilation of monthly, quarterly and annual deliverables for internal stakeholders.
Document business processes and support other functions as needs and priorities shift.

Benefits

Opportunity to work for a growing global institutional asset manager
Excellent benefits and wellness programs to support the three pillars of your well-being – mental, physical and financial – including generous vacation and sick time, market-leading paid family, parental and adoption leave, a partially-paid sabbatical program, medical plans, company paid life and AD&D insurance as well as disability programs and more
Retirement and Stock Purchase programs to help build and enhance your future financial security including a 401(k) plan with an employer-paid match as well as an employer-funded retirement account
A flexible work environment with a friendly, caring, collaborative and inclusive culture focused on career growth development #WeWinAsATeam
The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential
Award winning workplace culture - Great Place to Work® Certified in Canada and the U.S., “Best Places to Work in Money Management” by Pension & Investments, “Top 10” employer by the Boston Globe's “Top Places to Work” two years running

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