Data Intern – Risk and Data Governance 2025

The best career that you never expected is at Aviva.

You are investing time and money into your education, building the foundation for a rewarding career. Have you considered insurance? More than 100,000 Canadians work in the insurance industry.

We make a positive difference every single day offering protection and peace of mind.

Aviva Canada Inc. is one of Canada’s largest insurance groups and we have a lot to offer to talented people just entering the working world.

If you’re ready for a head start, we’d like to meet you.

Aviva is pleased to announce that we are currently recruiting for students for our summer internship Program for the period of May 2025 until August 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for post-secondary students to gain exposure to the insurance industry. Our program offers a variety of experiences across our insurance business unit. Aviva realizes the importance of crafting internships as a means to develop talent to meet future requirements for entry-level insurance roles.

Aviva Canada has adopted a hybrid return-to-office model. This role will require you to work in the Markham office.

Join an exciting team of Data Governance and Risk at the forefront of a company who is leveraging data to better drive decisions at every level of our organization. Our aim is to change how we do insurance, and you can help us. Aviva writes personal, commercial and specialty lines insurance and has a sophisticated approach to capital management.

We are currently looking for a summer intern to join our Risk and Governance team as a Data Intern. Aviva realizes the importance of creating internships to develop talent to meet future requirements for entry-level insurance roles.

What you’ll do

• Ensure all existing policies and related documents are up to date. 

• Provide support and advisory to integrate databases and data management platforms with Database activity monitoring system and KMS systems for encryption.  

• Ensure adequate and timely resolutions to all audit/review issues assigned to the team. 

• Develop, maintain, and report on Data Quality and Record Retention Management in SAS, EDH and Qlik Dashboard

• Individual will run business rules and complete testing and transition those business rules into an automatic dashboard.

• Responsible for documenting detailed support procedures and provide the required support to management on matters related to information security in a timely manner. 

• Automatic existing process and documentations

• Work with various business partners ((Risk), stakeholders and IT)

We’re excited about you because:

• You’re passionate and thoughtful when it comes to offering an amazing customer experience

• You aren’t afraid to work in a dynamic environment and learn new processes

• Organization is your strength and you love staying on top of projects

• You get creative when it comes to problem solving

• You’ll collaborative with teammates, have strong communication skills, and build relationships easily

What you need to succeed:

• Currently enrolled in a post-secondary program and actively pursuing a bachelor’s degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business, Project Management or a related discipline

• Demonstrates a desire to go above and beyond and hunger to learn and grow

• Ability to adjust with minimal supervision where priorities may shift due to changing business needs

• Strong verbal and written communicator with high caliber, professional business demeanor

• Significant experience using Microsoft office programs (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel)

• A real passion for helping people

• Pervious Insurance program or work experience is an asset  

• Knowledge and experience using Jira is desirable

• Familiar Python programming and interested in GIT Ops workflows. 

• Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships and collaborative work approaches with bother internal and external contacts. 

• Have a minimum 2.75 GPA or B average

Please limit your application to one role at the location of your choice based on your interests. Carefully review which specific opportunities are available before submitting your application, as openings vary by office.

Please submit your applications to us by February 14, 2025.

**We thank you for your interest in applying for this position, however only suitable candidates will be contacted for interviews.**

Additional Information

Aviva Canada is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities during all phases of the hiring process including the application process. If you require an accommodation because of a disability, we will work with you to meet your needs. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance. If you are selected for an interview and require an accommodation, you are encouraged to advise the Talent Acquisition Partner who will consult with you to determine an appropriate accommodation.