Accounting Assistant Intern Student
Top Benefits
About the role
Department: Accounting – Finance and Facilities
Type: Summer Student – May 2026 – August 2026 (4-month)
Location: Toronto (Hybrid)
At OPTrust, paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow is our mission and business.
When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust – in Toronto, London and Sydney – makes a meaningful impact. Our culture is driven by team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone. We work in a fast-paced environment, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community.
What OPTrust Offers Students
- Unique culture rooted in our core values – collaboration and teamwork; integrity; respect; flexibility; and excellence and continuous improvement
- A purpose-driven environment where we all work towards the common goal of paying pensions today and preserving pensions for tomorrow.
- A flexible, hybrid work mode.
- Professional development opportunities, social and networking events and learning initiatives including access to LinkedIn Learning and speaker series.
- Ongoing coaching and feedback to help you succeed, learn and much more!
About The Role The Finance department at OPTrust is responsible for all the financial management and corporate reporting for the Pension Plan. This includes reporting on the status of our investment portfolio and pension plan and on the administrative expenditures of the Trust. Training will be provided on OPTrust procedures, systems and work processes. Students will also participate in OPTrust’s orientation and campus program.
What You’ll Do Management Reporting
- Assist with the preparation of weekly and ad hoc management reports to the Finance Management Team.
- Run queries in the accounting systems for performing analyses.
- Assist with the preparation and co-ordination of the Monthly Operating Operational Statistics Report.
Monitoring and control process
- Assist with the analysis of employee expenses.
- Assist with the analysis of credit card expenses.
- Assist with the monitoring of the online capturing, processing and approval of invoices.
- Assist with the review of errors and exceptions noted by the accounting systems.
- Assist with the assignment of invoices captured by the accounting systems.
- Assist with the Treasury functions towards processing funding requests and following up of associated approvals.
Documentation of controls and procedures
- Develop and update account analysis and documentation procedures.
- Assist with cleaning up and organizing the finance shared folders.
- Assist with scanning of office documentation.
What You Bring
- Must be enrolled in an Accounting, Finance, or related post-secondary co-op program or seeking a summer internship as a post-secondary student.
- Work experience in the financial sector would be considered an asset.
- Intermediate level in MS Office, specifically Excel.
- Hands-on experience with accounting systems.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Strong time management and prioritization skills.
- Sound judgment and initiative.
- Exemplify OPTrust’s values: collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence, and continuous improvement.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
The range of expected compensation for this position is $720.00 to $1,285.00 per week.
Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion, diversity, and equity in everything we do. OPTrust is an organization engaged in building on our unique and diverse strengths. We know a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and perspectives are critical to achieving our shared goals.
If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please send a message to careers@optrust.com, or discuss your needs with the Talent Acquisition Consultant during the telephone screening. We will do our best to work with you and provide appropriate accommodation.
As an organization we’re seeking ways to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Call to Action 92. We are working with the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business to build bridges with Indigenous communities and partners, and we have created an employee-led Reconciliation Working Group that will work with Indigenous experts to identify a path to reconciliation for our organization.
We thank all interested applicants, however only those under consideration will be contacted.
About OPTRUST
OPTrust, officially the OPSEU Pension Trust , manages the OPSEU Pension Plan which is one of Canada’s largest pension plans.It is subject to the rules and regulations governing pension plans in Ontario and Canada, including the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) and the Income Tax Act (Canada).
Accounting Assistant Intern Student
Top Benefits
About the role
Department: Accounting – Finance and Facilities
Type: Summer Student – May 2026 – August 2026 (4-month)
Location: Toronto (Hybrid)
At OPTrust, paying pensions today, preserving pensions for tomorrow is our mission and business.
When you choose OPTrust, you join a team of smart, talented people who fuel our success and have a passion for pensions. Everyone at OPTrust – in Toronto, London and Sydney – makes a meaningful impact. Our culture is driven by team members with different backgrounds and perspectives creating an inclusive and fulfilling place to work for everyone. We work in a fast-paced environment, but we find time to have fun and give back to the community.
What OPTrust Offers Students
- Unique culture rooted in our core values – collaboration and teamwork; integrity; respect; flexibility; and excellence and continuous improvement
- A purpose-driven environment where we all work towards the common goal of paying pensions today and preserving pensions for tomorrow.
- A flexible, hybrid work mode.
- Professional development opportunities, social and networking events and learning initiatives including access to LinkedIn Learning and speaker series.
- Ongoing coaching and feedback to help you succeed, learn and much more!
About The Role The Finance department at OPTrust is responsible for all the financial management and corporate reporting for the Pension Plan. This includes reporting on the status of our investment portfolio and pension plan and on the administrative expenditures of the Trust. Training will be provided on OPTrust procedures, systems and work processes. Students will also participate in OPTrust’s orientation and campus program.
What You’ll Do Management Reporting
- Assist with the preparation of weekly and ad hoc management reports to the Finance Management Team.
- Run queries in the accounting systems for performing analyses.
- Assist with the preparation and co-ordination of the Monthly Operating Operational Statistics Report.
Monitoring and control process
- Assist with the analysis of employee expenses.
- Assist with the analysis of credit card expenses.
- Assist with the monitoring of the online capturing, processing and approval of invoices.
- Assist with the review of errors and exceptions noted by the accounting systems.
- Assist with the assignment of invoices captured by the accounting systems.
- Assist with the Treasury functions towards processing funding requests and following up of associated approvals.
Documentation of controls and procedures
- Develop and update account analysis and documentation procedures.
- Assist with cleaning up and organizing the finance shared folders.
- Assist with scanning of office documentation.
What You Bring
- Must be enrolled in an Accounting, Finance, or related post-secondary co-op program or seeking a summer internship as a post-secondary student.
- Work experience in the financial sector would be considered an asset.
- Intermediate level in MS Office, specifically Excel.
- Hands-on experience with accounting systems.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Strong time management and prioritization skills.
- Sound judgment and initiative.
- Exemplify OPTrust’s values: collaboration and teamwork, integrity, respect, flexibility, excellence, and continuous improvement.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
The range of expected compensation for this position is $720.00 to $1,285.00 per week.
Serving a membership as diverse as ours and investing in a global market means cultivating an environment that embraces inclusion, diversity, and equity in everything we do. OPTrust is an organization engaged in building on our unique and diverse strengths. We know a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and perspectives are critical to achieving our shared goals.
If you require accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please send a message to careers@optrust.com, or discuss your needs with the Talent Acquisition Consultant during the telephone screening. We will do our best to work with you and provide appropriate accommodation.
As an organization we’re seeking ways to respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Call to Action 92. We are working with the Canadian Council for Indigenous Business to build bridges with Indigenous communities and partners, and we have created an employee-led Reconciliation Working Group that will work with Indigenous experts to identify a path to reconciliation for our organization.
We thank all interested applicants, however only those under consideration will be contacted.
About OPTRUST
OPTrust, officially the OPSEU Pension Trust , manages the OPSEU Pension Plan which is one of Canada’s largest pension plans.It is subject to the rules and regulations governing pension plans in Ontario and Canada, including the Pension Benefits Act (Ontario) and the Income Tax Act (Canada).