Financial Technology - Summer 2023

At Van Metre, we believe that each employee contributes directly to our growth, success, and culture. We seek out candidates who love to challenge themselves and work with others to fulfill this role. Van Metre is seeking a Financial Technology Intern for Summer 2023!

The role is a highly visible and challenging role, rich in data, analytics, and process improvement, playing a crucial role in driving business results.  The Financial Technology Intern will use their technology skills to utilize Van Metre’s financial, sales, and operation systems to review, analyze, and transform data into insight, furthering the evolution of the company.

This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with business leaders to obtain a macroeconomic view to streamline business processes to improve efficiency and accuracy while implementing solutions to improve financial and operational performance.  The role offers the opportunity to obtain an encompassing view of systems, processes and performance while also improving drive efficiencies and accuracy.

The Financial Technology Internship will be partially remote and in-person, with the in-person days being Tuesdays & Wednesdays at the Fairfax, VA office.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to write SQL queries and stored procedures for integration with other applications and for reporting primarily in Microsoft Power BI; ability to create complex data joins exhibiting expertise in data collection methodologies to support subsequent data analysis, business and finance processes and statistics
• Quality Assurance of both front-end interfaces and back-end databases to ensure application integrity and data integrity
• Capture, evaluate, prioritize, and understand business needs and translate them into business processes, applications, and system requirements; assess benefits to be derived and change impacts from system improvements and quantify impacts to business units
• Execute in timely, accurate and reliable manner; communicate findings clearly and concisely to diverse business leaders, key contributors and stakeholders
• Work collaboratively within Financial Planning team, Business Intelligence team and Information Technology team to evolve data and technology infrastructure and process information
• Provide support and assist with additional workflow from Business Intelligence team; assess performance issues and assist in application updates

Qualifications / Required Skills and Expertise:

• Proven technical skills in SQL and scripting; ability to generate complex queries and joins of datasets to process data to support business analysis, benchmarking, and optimization efforts
• Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to extrapolate and apply findings from analysis and data; attentiveness to accuracy
• Demonstrate confidence in explaining, defending and or challenging analytical findings
• Absolute integrity; highly motivated; able to quickly learn and understand key business drivers and business models; able to manage multiple priorities and tasks while operating effectively in a dynamic, matrixed environment
• Ability to communicate across diverse audiences ranging from business leadership to technical roles throughout the organization, including field operations; professional maturity and presence to effectively interact with senior leadership
• Intellectual curiosity; strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Familiarity/understanding of C# Language or other Object-Oriented Programing (OOP) language
• Proficiency with Office 365 product suite
• Majoring in Computer Science, Data Analytics, or Information Systems 

Van Metre's Summer 2023 Internship Program is an 8-week program in which Interns get the opportunity to hone the skills in their field but also learn about our business. The Program starts the first week in June 2023 and runs through early August. Interns will attend trainings and planned sessions with Executives from every team, learning about every aspect of a product, from inception to completion, sale, and management. The goal is to assist in your quest to become a well-rounded individual, just like our company is! 

Van Metre Companies has been named a Top Workplace by the Washington Post for seven consecutive years! We have received the Washington Business Journal’s Best Places to Work Award for the last six years, and have received their Corporate Philanthropy Award for the last nine years in a row!!!

We offer excellent benefits, and a work environment that fosters and rewards excellence. We also promote work/life balance, including a robust Employee Wellness Program, which encourages healthy living and physical fitness. We encourage employees to make full use of vacation and company paid volunteer time to refresh their bodies and minds.

Van Metre Mission Statement

The mission of Van Metre Companies is to build and continually improve upon the storied reputation, earned over the years since the Company’s founding in 1955, of providing top-quality homes, investment properties, and services to our customers and clients. The Company’s emphasis on integrity, professionalism, and philanthropy ingrained by our founder Albert G. Van Metre, Sr. has garnered trust and respect in the Washington, D.C. area and beyond. It is critical to our future that we maintain that reputation and assure that Van Metre Companies continues to excel in real estate development and construction and the management of apartment, retail, and office investment properties, as well as in the provision of mortgage and related services. It is the task of our dedicated, energetic, and involved professionals to advance our ability to set the benchmark for luxury living and refined commercial development. The capstone of our mission is to make the “Van Metre” signature an icon for elegant residential communities, and industry-leading condominium and apartment communities, as well as Class A neighborhood retail centers and office developments.