Summer Student - Compliance

Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.

We will do this together — with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough … we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future.  We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.

Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action.  We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with — and those we acquire throughout our lives — are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.

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Get to Know the Opportunity:

This position is part of Voya Investment Management (Voya IM) and Voya’s Summer Student Program, which provides students with firsthand experience in the investment management industry while working alongside professionals across the organization.

As a Compliance Intern, you will support the Compliance Department’s Investment Advisory Compliance and Voya Mutual Fund functions. You will have opportunities to collaborate with teams across Legal, Investments, Trading, Operations, and Technology, providing broad exposure to Voya IM and the investment management industry.

This internship is well suited for a student who takes ownership of the learning process, demonstrates strong analytical and prioritization skills, exercises sound judgment, and maintains a high level of accuracy and confidentiality. You will also contribute to projects, support process improvements, and partner with colleagues to help solve problems.

This role is based near our Atlanta office, with expected onsite presence on average up to 3 days per week to support team and business priorities.

The Contributions You’ll Make:

• Assist with a variety of compliance projects and departmental initiatives.
• Review transaction data to help confirm compliance with applicable client, regulatory, and firm requirements.
• Support compliance risk assessment and testing activities.
• Review the Compliance Policy Manual to help ensure internal and external references are accurate and current.
• Assist with developing new processes and using technology to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with colleagues across Compliance and other Voya IM functional areas.
• Perform other duties and support additional projects as assigned.

Minimum Knowledge & Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
• Strong interest in financial markets, securities, investment management, and compliance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and demonstrate close attention to detail.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and take ownership of assigned responsibilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word.

Preferred Knowledge & Experience:

• Familiarity with federal and state securities laws, regulations, or other regulatory policies.
• Interest in investment advisory compliance, mutual fund compliance, or financial services regulation.
• Motivation to participate in special projects and identify opportunities to improve processes through technology.

How This Role Aligns to Our Core Four:

Voya’s Core Four represent the expectations that guide how we work, collaborate, and deliver results. In this role, you will support them in the following ways:

• Instill Customer Obsession: Support compliance practices that help protect clients and promote accurate, responsible, and trustworthy investment management operations.
• Transform with Automation/AI: Explore responsible opportunities to use technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve compliance processes, analysis, and efficiency.
• Drive Higher Performance Through Our People: Take ownership of your learning and collaborate with colleagues across Compliance, Legal, Investments, Trading, Operations, and Technology.
• Execute on the Fundamentals: Apply attention to detail, sound judgment, confidentiality, and risk awareness when reviewing data, policies, and compliance requirements.

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Compensation Pay Disclosure:

Voya is committed to pay that’s fair and equitable, which means comparable pay for comparable roles and responsibilities.

The below annual base salary range reflects the expected hiring range(s) for this position in the location(s) listed. In addition to base salary, Voya offers incentive opportunities (i.e., annual cash incentives, sales incentives, and/or long-term incentives) based on the role to reward the achievement of annual performance objectives. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Voya Financial is willing to pay at the time of this posting.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted salary range based upon the candidate’s geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

$23.00/hr. USD

Be Well. Stay Well.

Voya provides the resources that can make a difference in your lives. To us, this means thriving physically, financially, socially and emotionally. Voya benefits are designed to help you do just that. That’s why we offer an array of plans, programs, tools and resources with one goal in mind: To help you and your family be well and stay well.

What We Offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

Learn more about Voya benefits (download PDF)

Critical Skills

At Voya, we have identified the following critical skills which are key to success in our culture:

• Customer Focused: Passionate drive to delight our customers and offer unique solutions that deliver on their expectations.
• Critical Thinking: Thoughtful process of analyzing data and problem solving data to reach a well-reasoned solution.
• Team Mentality: Partnering effectively to drive our culture and execute on our common goals.
• Business Acumen: Appreciation and understanding of the financial services industry in order to make sound business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Openness to new ways of thinking and acquiring new skills to retain a competitive advantage.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Voya Financial is an equal-opportunity employer. Voya Financial provides equal opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, sex, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other status protected by state or local law.