Homeoffice 2026 Investment Operations Analyst Summer Intern presso Symetra

Symetra Investment Management has a great opportunity to join our team as an Investment Operations Analyst Intern! 

About the Internship:  

The Investment Operations Analyst will provide overall day-to-day investment operations support to the Company’s Investment Portfolio Managers, traders and Finance department. The primary responsibilities of this position include the back and middle office functions of investment operations. 

At Symetra, we share a deep commitment in bringing value to underserved communities and people and helping them take steps toward financial freedom. Our interns work on real, meaningful projects that contribute toward our goal, and are an important part of our Symetra community.  

Symetra's Internship Program for Summer 2026 is entirely remote with the option to work hybrid.  The internship duration is 12 weeks. 

Company Overview 

Symetra Investment Management (“SIM”) is a SEC-registered investment advisory firm with approximately $78 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2025. Symetra Financial Corporation (“SFC”), a diversified financial services company with $68.4 billion in assets as of December 31, 2024, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington is the sole shareholder of SIM. SFC is also the holding company of Symetra Life Insurance Company (“Symetra Life”), which was founded in 1957, and has insurer financial strength ratings of ‘A’ by A.M. Best and Standard & Poor’s and ‘A1’ by Moody’s. Symetra Life is among the top 40 largest life insurance companies in the United States (based on statutory admitted assets as of December 31, 2024) and has approximately 2.3 million customers and over 2,600 employees nationwide. SFC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, a mutual life insurance company with head offices in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1907, Sumitomo is one of the largest life insurance companies in Japan with $319 billion of assets as of March 31, 2024.  SIM currently has recently begun marketing its investment management services to third-party institutional investors.

Potential Responsibilities:  

• Working on projects that improve investment processes 
• Helping to ensure investment data is of excellent quality by assisting with data analysis and reconciliations 
• Creating reports in Excel that communicate investment positions or transactions to internal customers 
• Learning about the investment infrastructure at a registered investment advisor and how investing for insurance companies works 
• Shadowing team members to understand the various roles and responsibilities in Investment Operations