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2025 BNY Summer Internship Program – Operations (Pittsburgh)
At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000 employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.
We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.
We welcome you to apply! When applying to this general internship program posting, our expert BNY Talent Acquisition Team may also review your resume for consideration across other open early career roles within the company.
We’re seeking future team members for our Operations Team with roles located in New York, Lake Mary, FL and Pittsburgh, PA in hybrid positions.
Summer Internship Program
The BNY Summer Internship Program provides high-potential students with a well-rounded, rewarding 10-week internship experience, as well as an inside look into what it is like to work for a global financial services organization that has been innovating and serving clients since 1784. With projects specifically chosen to both challenge and develop participants, our summer interns will gain valuable real-world experiences while learning to work together in collaborative teams and building a robust network within BNY.
- From day one, summer interns are immersed in BNY’s innovative and dynamic company culture as they will receive:
- Enterprise-led intern orientation program combined with ongoing an executive speaker series and virtual training curriculum designed specifically for summer interns
- Meaningful and challenging work assignments that deliver learning and skill development through practical work, mentorship, and training
- Career development and networking support from a host of corporate leaders including internship managers, senior and peer mentors, business stakeholders and a dedicated program manager
- Exposure to different areas of business throughout the organization
- Comprehensive professional etiquette and financial services fundamentals training, along with technical and business acumen development
- Understanding of BNY’s commitment to diversity and inclusion
- A collaborative and supportive community with full commitment of top-level management to deliver a premier internship/talent pipeline program within the financial services industry
Operations
Operations interns work on projects specifically chosen to both challenge and develop participants. Interns will gain valuable real-world experiences working in a select function which supports every stage of the client investment lifecycle, including account creation, trading, clearing, settling, holding, servicing, managing, distributing, and restructuring assets.
Operations is the heart of BNY efforts to improve client service and operational efficiency. Select functions, interns can be placed in are:
- Asset Servicing
- Provides global solutions tailored to meet our clients’ unique needs to help enhance the management, administration, and oversight of their entire investment process and deliver the tools they need to expand their ability to process, monitor, and measure investment data from around the world
- Utilities
- Enterprise-wide Operational Utilities carefully plans, builds and optimizes standard capabilities and platforms that are scalable, cost efficient, and reflect our firm’s commitment to the client experience. The functions span the client life cycle, from Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, Contracts to Client Activation, Account Opening & Maintenance, Tax, & Revenue and Billing Services. To deliver at scale, the Utilities functions harness innovative technologies and foster a data-centric operating model.
To run and operate each business above, our organization is reliant on a wide range of teams inclusive of: Business Development, Relationship Management, Client Service Delivery, Corporate partners (People Team, Operations, Finance, Technology), etc.
To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:
- Enrollment in a 4-year undergraduate degree program with a strong focus on business-related and/or technology-related majors preferred.
- Individuals who will be graduating in December 2025 through June 2026
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better
- Well-rounded experience including demonstrated leadership skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Not require sponsorship for employment visa status (now or in the future) in the region where they apply.
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:
- America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
- World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
- Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
- Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
- “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
- Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
- Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023
Our Benefits and Rewards:
BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
