Not sure which area of banking is right for you yet? Ignite gives you the opportunity to explore several career paths before choosing where you may want to specialize.
The U.S. Banking Ignite Rotational Internship Program is a 10-week summer experience designed for rising college juniors interested in exploring careers in banking. Through rotations across Commercial Banking, Business Banking & Operations, and Wealth Management, you'll gain hands-on experience, learn how different teams serve clients, and discover where your skills and interests could take you at BMO.
Throughout the summer, you'll participate in shared learning and professional development, contribute to meaningful team work, connect with leaders and peers, and build a broader understanding of how different areas of BMO work together to support clients.
Ignite is designed to help you build foundational banking knowledge, professional skills, connections, and career clarity that can prepare you to pursue future internship opportunities at BMO.
Explore the Rotations
Through Ignite, you'll experience different areas of U.S. Banking and see how teams across BMO work together to serve clients.
Commercial Banking: Learn how BMO works with companies to understand their goals and provide banking solutions. Explore how relationship managers, credit teams, and other partners work together to support clients.
Business Banking & US Banking Operations: Explore how BMO supports business clients and how teams across U.S. Banking help deliver the client and employee experience. Depending on your rotation, you may gain exposure to Business Banking strategy, performance, products and sales enablement, or to operational teams focused on areas such as process improvement, analytics, risk and controls, transformation and execution. You'll see how people, data, products and processes work together to support clients and business outcomes.
Wealth Management: Discover how BMO helps clients work toward their financial goals through advice, planning, investments, and other wealth solutions. Learn about the different roles that contribute to the overall client relationship.
Across each rotation, you'll focus on three things: understanding the business, exploring different roles, and discovering which career paths best align with your interests.
Your Ignite Learning Journey
Understand the Business: Learn who each team serves, the products and solutions they provide, and how they support clients.
Explore the Roles: Meet professionals across client-facing, business, and operational teams and see the variety of roles that contribute to the client experience.
Discover Your Fit: Reflect on what interests you most and make a more informed decision about your next internship or career experience.
What You'll Experience
· Rotate through Commercial Banking, Business Banking & US Banking Operations, and Wealth Management.
· Work alongside professionals on meaningful projects and business activities.
· Learn how different teams, roles, products, processes, and solutions come together to serve clients.
· Gain exposure to client conversations, business strategy, financial or business analysis, products, relationship management, and operational processes depending on the rotation assignment.
· Contribute to work such as client or industry research, client-needs mapping, analysis, process reviews, presentation development, or business recommendations.
· Build your professional network through interactions with peers, managers, and BMO leaders.
· Participate in professional development, networking, leadership exposure, feedback discussions, and learning experiences throughout the summer.
· Reflect on each rotation and identify the career paths that best match your interests and strengths.
What You'll Gain
· Foundational knowledge of BMO U.S. and three areas of U.S. Banking.
· A better understanding of how client-facing and operational teams work together to support the client experience.
· Exposure to a variety of banking roles and potential career paths.
· Experience applying research, analysis, communication, and structured problem-solving skills to meaningful work.
· Greater confidence creating professional work products and communicating ideas.
· A network of peers, managers, and leaders across BMO.
· Greater career clarity to help inform your next internship and future career decisions.
Qualifications
Required
· Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
· Eligible for a rising-junior internship based on BMO Campus Recruitment requirements. Spring and Winter 2029 Grads.
· Available to work full-time for the complete 10-week internship in Chicago.
· Demonstrated interest in banking, financial services, business, finance, economics, analytics, client relationships, operations, or a related area.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills.
· Curiosity and willingness to learn about unfamiliar businesses and roles.
· Ability to organize work, manage deadlines, and adapt to new teams and assignments.
· Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.
Preferred
· Academic focus in finance, accounting, economics, business administration, management, analytics, or another related discipline.
· Previous internship, campus leadership, project, research, volunteer, or work experience involving teamwork, analysis, communication, client service, or problem-solving.
· Interest in learning about multiple parts of a large financial institution before selecting an area of specialization.
· Experience preparing presentations, reports, research summaries, or other professional work products.
What We're Looking For
You don't need to know exactly where you want your career to go yet. That's what Ignite is designed to help you explore.
Curiosity: You like asking questions and understanding how things work.
Learning agility: You're comfortable stepping into new environments and trying something unfamiliar.
Client mindset: You're interested in understanding client needs and how different teams support them.
Communication: You can share your ideas clearly and listen to different perspectives.
Collaboration: You enjoy working with others and building relationships.
Ownership: You take responsibility for your work and follow through on commitments.
Career exploration: You're ready to approach each rotation with an open mind and reflect on what interests you most.
Salary:
$45,000.00 - $75,000.00
Pay Type:
Salaried
The above represents BMO Financial Group's pay range and @type.
Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role, and may include a commission structure. Salaries for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on number of hours regularly worked. For commission roles, the salary listed above represents BMO Financial Group's expected target for the first year in this position.
BMO Financial Group's total compensation package will vary based on the pay @type of the position and may include performance-based incentives, discretionary bonuses, as well as other perks and rewards. BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans. To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards
About Us
At BMO we are driven by a shared Purpose: Boldly Grow the Good in business and life. It calls on us to create lasting, positive change for our customers, our communities and our people. By working together, innovating and pushing boundaries, we transform lives and businesses, and power economic growth around the world.
As a member of the BMO team you are valued, respected and heard, and you have more ways to grow and make an impact. We strive to help you make an impact from day one - for yourself and our customers. We'll support you with the tools and resources you need to reach new milestones, as you help our customers reach theirs. From in-depth training and coaching, to manager support and network-building opportunities, we'll help you gain valuable experience, and broaden your skillset.
To find out more visit us at https://jobs.bmo.com/us/en
BMO is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereo@types, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other legally protected characteristics. We also consider applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
BMO is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to BMOCareers.Support@bmo.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
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