Strategic Asset Allocation Co-op – Winter 2027

About the role

Use your research and investment skills in a company where you can have an impact. The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is seeking a Strategic Asset Allocation co‑op student/intern for the Winter 2027 work term (January to April) to provide research and analytics support to advise clients across portfolio construction and economic analysis.

Key responsibilities

• Support the team in developing clients’ asset‑liability management (ALM) studies and investment policy recommendations.
• Support the management of BCI’s product shelf to ensure a client‑focused rationale for each pooled fund.
• Assist with updating long‑term forward‑looking capital market assumptions, economic scenarios and simulations.
• Proactively ensure that BCI exceeds client service expectations.
• Coordinate client meetings and develop supporting materials for successful engagements.
• Produce written materials and presentations on a wide range of investment topics for client meetings and internal staff.
• Complete ad‑hoc projects and tasks as assigned by the team.

Required skills

• Excel
• PowerPoint
• Word
• Outlook
• PowerBI (beneficial)

What we offer

• Excellent career development and training.
• Work with a dynamic team in a fast‑paced environment at one of Canada’s largest institutional investors.
• Development of real‑world skills and exposure to talented industry professionals.
• Access to Dialogue app for virtual primary care, employee services, and mental health supports.
• Two paid days per year for volunteering.
• Competitive bi‑weekly pay of $2,155–$2,330 CAD plus vacation leave paid at 6% of salary.
• Fixed‑rate travel allowance for those commuting to Victoria.