Intern - Deployment

About OCC:

A World Class Clearing Organization

OCC is the largest equity derivatives clearing organization in the world. We provide central counterparty clearing and settlement services for equity options, futures, options on futures, and securities lending transactions. We serve approximately 115 clearing members and 15 exchanges including CBOE, Nasdaq, and NYSE.

OCC is building a culture that empowers continued learning, authentic innovation, and constant creativity.

About the Intern Program:

OCC is looking for interns who are hungry for the chance to learn more, humble enough to admit they don’t know all the answers, and smart enough to recognize the opportunity. The OCC Internship Program provides students with the real-world skills to successfully transition into a career in the financial services industry. As an intern, you will help lead projects that help shape the future of OCC. This person will apply their skill-set and knowledge toward tackling designated projects. This an exciting opportunity to have a true impact on the company by designing and implementing solutions for real challenges facing the business. Here’s what we’re looking for:

Projects and Responsibilities:

• This individual will gather all implementation requirements from stakeholders, aid in developing implementation approaches/plans/procedures to diminish project risk and ensure successful completion of the project.
• Partner with stakeholders to develop an implementation project plan and assist in the identification and establishment of an implementation team
• Help coordinate with Technical Operations, Infrastructure and Development teams to define and scope implementation plans for major projects from start to finish
• Communicate and manage internal implementation requirements and expectations
• Work with IT management team, and stakeholders to clarify and ensure implementation approach adherence to business requirements
• Write user stories and functional documentation associated with the implementation approach
• Create presentations, policy and procedures required to support the implementation approach
• Creation and management of extensive confluence pages throughout the implementation lifecycle of a project/program/work-effort

Candidate Qualifications:

• Computer science finance, or business major a plus
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong written and verbal communication and organizational skills a must
• Highly organized with attention-to-detail

What knowledge and skills will the intern gain from this internship?

• Options industry knowledge 
• General Technical knowledge which includes programming languages, databases, testing tools, CI/CD tools, networking technologies, security controls as applied to software technologies
• Experience leading change in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Implementation experience with demonstrated success delivering project from start to finish