Achēv: Innovations in FinTech – April 2025 | 2-Week, 80-Hour Internship


Timeline
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April 7, 2025Experience start
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April 19, 2025Experience end
Companies must complete verification in order to match with experience.
Experience scope
Categories
Accounting Financial services Information technology Data analysis Project managementSkills
blockchain analytical thinking finance digital assets financial technology (fintech) cryptocurrency machine learning project scoping data-driven decision making financial acumen2-week, 80-hour, FinTech work placements for Canadian employers.
- Hit "Request Match" to submit your project for review by the Achēv: Innovations in FinTech team.
- Visit Getting Started with Achēv: Employers for help on how to post your project.
- Once approved, you will be assigned a team of 1-2 participants before the project start date.
- Projects will start on April 7th, 2025 and must be completed within 2 weeks.
The participants are graduates of Achēv: Innovations in FinTech Program, a 7-week curriculum. They have recently completed immersive, hands-on training in fintech and are equipped to assist with a variety of projects and tasks related to information and financial technology.
They are ready to bring the lens of
- Innovation
- Data-driven decision-making
- Financial acumen
- Technological insight
- Analytical thinking
If you have questions or need help drafting your project content please email us at achev-fintech@riipen.com. You can also find all of our help articles here.
Achēv: Innovations in FinTech Program is funded in part by the Government of Canada and is a collaborative effort between Achēv, the Raymond Chang School of Business at
Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), and Lighthouse
Labs.
Learners
Finance and information technology graduates are versed in a wide range of topics including
- Business analysis
- Data analysis
- Software development
- Finance/Accounting coordination
- QA and testing work
- SAP support and consulting
Deliverables will vary depending on the project scope. After the project concludes, you will have assets that can be used to further your business goals.
Given the nature of Innovations in FinTech program we require project-based experience. If your project looks like a job posting, we cannot accept it. Please provide a concrete scope for the learner’s work and limit their work to specific projects.
We have pinned example project templates to this experience which you can use as a starting point. If you choose to use a template from our library, ensure that you have added as much context for your business needs as possible.
Note: If learners are completing confidential work that you do not want to be shared through Riipen, you can create and sign off on a timesheet for the learner. In this case, we might also recommend that you have the learners sign an NDA before starting your project. You can use the Agreements feature to do this.
Project timeline
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April 7, 2025Experience start
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April 19, 2025Experience end
Project Examples
Requirements
Learners bring a wide range of beginner and entry level skills but are looking to continue to improve their knowledge in the following spaces:
- Basic fintech industry knowledge
- Canadian regulatory requirements related to the fintech industry
- Effective financial modelling planning and design
- Techniques and approaches to building an integrated financial model
- Machine Learning applications in fintech
Projects should be approximately 80 hours in length per learner and are to be completed over 2 weeks. Each project should require the contributions of 1-2 learners. Check out this guide on best practices for working with Achēv: Innovations in Fintech learners.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Timeline
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April 7, 2025Experience start
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April 19, 2025Experience end