Student Analyst, Development (Summer 2027, 4 Months)
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About the role
Choose a workplace that empowers your impact. Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and passion. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best. We are a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager. We combine our capital with our capabilities to create real estate that strengthens economies and communities. By prioritizing people, partnerships and places, we generate meaningful returns for OMERS members, enhance value for our capital partners and create a brighter world for our customers. Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work. Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us. Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great! If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply. Why join us? Are you looking to join an innovative, global real estate company that builds communities and connects people to exceptional places? If so, we would love to tell you our story. At Oxford, our culture is truly one of a kind. Across business lines worldwide, we embrace the complex and tackle opportunities with speed and agility. We are ambitious and humble, forward-looking, and service-focused. We get stuff done and have fun doing it! We take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live, work and play. We believe that what is good for the environment is good for business. Together we deliver exceptional experiences to our over 2 million daily customers. We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join Oxford's Real Estate Development team in Toronto for a 4-month internship, starting in May, 2027. This is a role for someone who embraces complexity, operates with urgency, and brings an ownership mindset from day one. You will be embedded in one of Canada's most ambitious development platforms, with over $1B in active projects and a pipeline exceeding $10B across multi-family residential, office, life sciences, and retail. You will be a meaningful contributor to the development team’s analyst & associate pool, applying sharp thinking and sound judgment to the financial and strategic decisions that shape how we build. At Oxford, we hold ourselves to a standard that goes beyond delivery. We lead by example earning trust through every interaction, protecting relationships with the same rigour we apply to our assets, and treating every partner, tenant, and community stakeholder as a genuine collaborator in what we build. As a member of this team, you will: Build and own financial models developing proforma underwriting for active and prospective development projects across multiple asset classes, with a level of rigor that can withstand Investment Committee scrutiny; Run sensitivity and scenario analyses on lease economics and project costs, translating outputs into clear, defensible narratives for senior decision-makers; Prepare materials for Oxford's Investment Committee and co-owners, including project underwriting packages, milestone updates, and strategic recommendations; Drive the pre-development process by proactively sourcing, organizing, and interpreting market, zoning, and financial data to assess new opportunities; Provide high-quality analytical support across quarterly and annual reporting cycles for Development and Construction leads, including accruals and variance analysis; Proactively identify risks, flag inconsistencies, and raise substantive questions; Contribute long-term functional value to Oxford’s development team by completing a capstone project aligned with the team’s everyday processes; and Raise the analytical floor of the team by sharing knowledge, modeling best practices, and fostering a culture of intellectual curiosity and continuous improvement. To succeed in this role, you bring: Progress towards an undergraduate degree in Real Estate, Urban Planning/Development, Finance, Economics, or Commerce; Strong understanding across real estate and financial concepts, development, debt underwriting, and equity investments; Exceptional written and verbal communication, interpersonal, problem solving, and time management skills; Relative proficiency in Microsoft Excel (financial modeling); Self–motivated individual with a strong work ethic and high level of attention to detail; The ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines; and Self-motivated and growth-oriented, with a genuine long-term interest in a career in real estate development IMPORTANT: Application Instructions Please include Cover Letter, Resume & Transcript in one combined file. Your application may be submitted in PDF of Microsoft Word format. Deadline to apply: Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 11:59pm This posting is for an existing vacancy. The expected salary range for this position is $66,300.00 - $87,750.00 per year, prorated based on the term of the contract. You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters. Oxford's purpose is to strengthen economies and communities through real estate. Our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the customers we proudly serve. From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.
About OMERS
Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $133.6 CAD billion in net assets as of June 30, 2024.
With employees in our offices in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe, OMERS invests and administers pensions for over half a million active, deferred and retired employees of 1,000 municipalities, school boards, libraries, police and fire departments, and other local agencies in communities across Ontario.
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Student Analyst, Development (Summer 2027, 4 Months)
Top Benefits
About the role
Choose a workplace that empowers your impact. Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and passion. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best. We are a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager. We combine our capital with our capabilities to create real estate that strengthens economies and communities. By prioritizing people, partnerships and places, we generate meaningful returns for OMERS members, enhance value for our capital partners and create a brighter world for our customers. Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work. Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us. Know someone at OMERS or Oxford Properties? Great! If you're referred, have them submit your name through Workday first. Then, watch for a unique link in your email to apply. Why join us? Are you looking to join an innovative, global real estate company that builds communities and connects people to exceptional places? If so, we would love to tell you our story. At Oxford, our culture is truly one of a kind. Across business lines worldwide, we embrace the complex and tackle opportunities with speed and agility. We are ambitious and humble, forward-looking, and service-focused. We get stuff done and have fun doing it! We take great pride in contributing to the communities where we live, work and play. We believe that what is good for the environment is good for business. Together we deliver exceptional experiences to our over 2 million daily customers. We are looking for an exceptional candidate to join Oxford's Real Estate Development team in Toronto for a 4-month internship, starting in May, 2027. This is a role for someone who embraces complexity, operates with urgency, and brings an ownership mindset from day one. You will be embedded in one of Canada's most ambitious development platforms, with over $1B in active projects and a pipeline exceeding $10B across multi-family residential, office, life sciences, and retail. You will be a meaningful contributor to the development team’s analyst & associate pool, applying sharp thinking and sound judgment to the financial and strategic decisions that shape how we build. At Oxford, we hold ourselves to a standard that goes beyond delivery. We lead by example earning trust through every interaction, protecting relationships with the same rigour we apply to our assets, and treating every partner, tenant, and community stakeholder as a genuine collaborator in what we build. As a member of this team, you will: Build and own financial models developing proforma underwriting for active and prospective development projects across multiple asset classes, with a level of rigor that can withstand Investment Committee scrutiny; Run sensitivity and scenario analyses on lease economics and project costs, translating outputs into clear, defensible narratives for senior decision-makers; Prepare materials for Oxford's Investment Committee and co-owners, including project underwriting packages, milestone updates, and strategic recommendations; Drive the pre-development process by proactively sourcing, organizing, and interpreting market, zoning, and financial data to assess new opportunities; Provide high-quality analytical support across quarterly and annual reporting cycles for Development and Construction leads, including accruals and variance analysis; Proactively identify risks, flag inconsistencies, and raise substantive questions; Contribute long-term functional value to Oxford’s development team by completing a capstone project aligned with the team’s everyday processes; and Raise the analytical floor of the team by sharing knowledge, modeling best practices, and fostering a culture of intellectual curiosity and continuous improvement. To succeed in this role, you bring: Progress towards an undergraduate degree in Real Estate, Urban Planning/Development, Finance, Economics, or Commerce; Strong understanding across real estate and financial concepts, development, debt underwriting, and equity investments; Exceptional written and verbal communication, interpersonal, problem solving, and time management skills; Relative proficiency in Microsoft Excel (financial modeling); Self–motivated individual with a strong work ethic and high level of attention to detail; The ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines; and Self-motivated and growth-oriented, with a genuine long-term interest in a career in real estate development IMPORTANT: Application Instructions Please include Cover Letter, Resume & Transcript in one combined file. Your application may be submitted in PDF of Microsoft Word format. Deadline to apply: Sunday, August 23, 2026 at 11:59pm This posting is for an existing vacancy. The expected salary range for this position is $66,300.00 - $87,750.00 per year, prorated based on the term of the contract. You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short-term Incentive plan and our Long-Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters. Oxford's purpose is to strengthen economies and communities through real estate. Our people-first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the customers we proudly serve. From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our Purpose@Work committee and employee recognition programs. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision-making remain central to our candidate experience.
About OMERS
Founded in 1962, OMERS is one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans, with $133.6 CAD billion in net assets as of June 30, 2024.
With employees in our offices in Toronto, London, New York, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Singapore, Sydney and other major cities across North America and Europe, OMERS invests and administers pensions for over half a million active, deferred and retired employees of 1,000 municipalities, school boards, libraries, police and fire departments, and other local agencies in communities across Ontario.