Business Operations Intern

Our 10-week summer intern program provides real-life experience in a collaborative and inclusive environment. Over the course of your internship, you will gain exposure to leaders, cultivate your business knowledge, work on projects that directly impact the business you support, and network in a welcoming atmosphere. Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance offers employees the opportunity to grow and develop personally and professionally in a flexible work environment designed to support individual needs. As you spend the summer with us, learning and growing, you’ll also spend time getting to know your fellow interns during team building exercises. With access to our Business Resource Networks – which includes the Black Employee Network, Young Professionals Network, PRIDE Network – you will increase your own sense of belonging and engage in important networking and development opportunities. Embark as an intern with us this summer and lay the foundation for your future.

Ready to launch your career? The Service, Operations, Trading, and Project Management and Implementation teams support a best-in-class advisor, client, and employee experience through business process analysis, developing innovative solutions, and achieving organizational goals. Our team works cross-functionally with many departments, inclusive of but not limited to our Bank, Technology, and Compliance departments. As a Business Operations intern, you will work with team members to support one or more of the following areas:
• Tool and Workflow Design
• Risk Management
• Client and Advisor Feedback Analysis
• Data Analytics
• Process Innovation
• Bank Operations
• Knowledge Management

Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities vary depending on assigned projects(s) and may include:

• Participating on project teams responsible for developing solutions to enhance the advisor, client, and employee experience.
• Collaborate with leaders and colleagues across the world on innovative process improvements, solutions, and applications.
• Gain familiarity with the tools used at Ameriprise to conduct day-to-day business and propose enhanced user experiences.
• Understand business needs and infrastructure necessary to support advisors and clients.
• Produce a project to be presented to Service & Operations leadership at the end of the internship.

Examples of past intern projects include:

• Supporting the development of internal reporting capabilities
• Building and reviewing content for internal website
• Providing analysis on advisor-facing program, assessing its success and identifying opportunities for improvement 
• Reviewing existing assets and providing recommendations for internal learning pathways

Required Qualifications

• Current Junior at a 4-year university pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Liberal Arts, Business Analytics or related field
• Graduation date of December 2025 or May/June 2026
• Demonstrated leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications

• High degree of self-motivation with strong integrity and ethics
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Ability to influence and strong relationship management skills 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills using data to identify trends and opportunities 
• Excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, and presentation skills 
• Ability to work and communicate collaboratively with others
• Creative, strategic, and flexible skill sets 
• Ability to work independently

The company does not offer corporate undergraduate internships for students with F-1 visas.

About Our Company
We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1 trillion in assets under management and administration as of 2022. Our team of 20,000 people in more than 20 countries, advise and manage assets and income of more than 2 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability