BES Credit Intern (Winter 2025)

Join a Challenger

Being a traditional bank just isn’t our thing. We are big believers in innovating the banking experience because we believe Canadians deserve better options, and we challenge ourselves and our teams to creatively transform what’s possible in banking. Our team is made up of inquisitive and agile minds that find smarter ways of doing things. If you’re not afraid of taking on big challenges and redefining the future, you belong with us. You’ll get to work with people who will encourage you to reach new heights. We like to keep things fun, ask questions and learn together.

We are a big (and growing!) family. Overall we serve more than 670,000 people across Canada through Equitable Bank, Canada's Challenger Bank™, and have been around for more than 50 years. Equitable Bank's wholly-owned subsidiary, Concentra Bank, supports credit unions across Canada that serve more than six million members. Together we have over $125 billion in combined assets under management and administration, with a clear mandate to drive change in Canadian banking to enrich people's lives. Our customers have named our EQ Bank digital platform (eqbank.ca) one of the top banks in Canada on the Forbes World's Best Banks list since 2021. 

The Work Term: January - April 2025

The BES Intern is responsible for onboarding, maintaining, and updating commercial mortgage files/pipeline report along with being responsible for underwriting conventional commercial mortgages. They will also be responsible to liaison between the Account Manager, Underwriting, Funding and Compliance departments, ensuring compliance with the Company’s established lending guidelines and requirements. Additional duties are also required including providing the Manager with administrative and clerical support and supporting the underwriting team in document fulfillment and due diligence tasks from receipt of deal through to the funding stages. The incumbent will ensure compliance with the Company’s established lending guidelines and specific deal requirements.

The Core Responsibilities Of The Job:

• The incumbent will on board loans by adding loans to SIT and RAISE platforms. Scrub the loan details against SFR watch/deny list and document the Broker verification process. The incumbent will scrutinize the contents of the file with a strong emphasis on anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (ATF) requirements, to assess if CIF merges are required, review existing AML scores, ensure any STR/SATs are dealt with accordingly and archive all documents received to date to Athena (10%).
• Will be responsible to communicate with internal contacts (i.e., Account Managers, Underwriters, Funders, Compliance) and third-party providers (i.e., Brokers, Partners, Clients) to obtain/review required AML documentation and act as a liaison between various groups within the department. Ensuring transactions are processed in a timely and efficient manner to deliver superior customer service, while ensuring compliance with the Company’s established AML policies and lending guidelines and requirements. Completion of the Fintrac form prior to funding and recommend to Management for approval (10%).
• Generate CAFs by updating loan details in SIT as per approved LPD write ups and recommend to management for approval. Update statuses or closing dates as requested, process good faith deposit cheques on SIT, document loan cancellations on SIT, RAISE and Athena, prepare loan cancellation memos for fee reimbursement for senior management approval and cut reimbursement cheques from SIT or request wires from Funding (10%).
• On regular basis, assist the underwriters in preparation of draft commitments, instructing the funding dept, income analysis and employment verbal verifications, the incumbent is responsible for time management of their workflow to meet prescribed deadlines (20%).
• Will assist with the timely and efficient collection of documents for transactions by communicating with external contacts (i.e., partners, brokers, sponsors) to ensure a deal is ready for underwriting and subsequent funding. The incumbent will scrutinize the files to ensure accurate receipt. The incumbent will also assist underwriters in the preparation of supporting documentation required as part of a credit submission like industry segmentation, aggregate exposure, and AML form (25%).
• Also, the incumbent will analyze and underwrite commercial credit facilities together with additional credit related and administrative duties, for conventional commercial mortgage product types. Attention must be made to ensure that compliance with the company’s established lending guidelines and procedures are followed with recommendations submitted for approval to management. The incumbent is responsible to ensure all lending criteria have been satisfied on deals underwritten and outstanding documentation/conditions, if any, are being met in a timely manner (25%)

Let's Talk About You!

• Currently enrolled in University or College program (Finance, Business, Accounting or Economics is preferred)
• Extensive working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Power Point)
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities
• Good time management skills
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills with the ability to respond in a clear, concise, and professional manner
• Bilingualism is an asset

How to submit your application:

• Please scan together and submit ONE DOCUMENT that includes your transcripts, resume and cover letter. Please note that if the application is not completed properly, it will not be accepted.

What we offer [For full-time permanent roles]

💰 Competitive discretionary bonus 

✨ Market leading RRSP match program

🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability benefits

📝 Employee Share Purchase Plan

👶🏽 Maternity/Parental top-up while you care for your little one

🏝 Generous vacation policy and personal days 

🖥 Virtual events to connect with your fellow colleagues

🎓 Annual professional development allowance and a comprehensive Career Development program

💛 A fulfilling opportunity to join one of the top FinTechs and help create a new kind of banking experience

The incumbent will be working hybrid and in office time will be spent working from Equitable Bank’s additional office space located at 351 King Street East, Toronto, ON.

Equitable Bank is deeply committed to inclusion. Our organization is stronger and our employees thrive when we honour and celebrate everyone’s diverse experiences and perspectives. In tandem with that commitment, we support and encourage our staff to grow not just in their career path, but personally as well. 

We commit to providing a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment for all applicants. Please let us know of any accommodations needed so that you can bring your best self to the application process and beyond. All candidates considered for hire must successfully pass a criminal background check and credit check to qualify for hire. While we appreciate your interest in applying, an Equitable recruiter will only contact leading candidates whose skills and qualifications closely match the requirements of the position.

We can’t wait to get to know you!