Careers at CMHC: Summer 2027 Internship - Collections Assistant

About the role

We are hiring full-time Summer intern to join the Collection and Recoveries team beginning in May through August 2027. Our internship program is designed to help you grow, with access to training resources, interesting projects, and networking sessions that support your development and help you discover your full potential.

What you'll do:

• Actively manage the receipt and processing of all incoming judgment and bankruptcy documentation for accuracy and completeness. Additionally, manage the coordination of action items and decisions and follows up with the management team to ensure appropriate actions are taken.


• Make recommendations for approvals, recommends courses of action for related to legal issues non-standard requests and processes documentation or data such as applications/requests, commitments, and payment requisitions.


• Update and validate all databases and systems as required to meet the division's turnaround times and assist with annual recovery targets.


• Act as a liaison between business lines and plays a role in collecting and disseminating information that is crucial to the achievement of business objectives and project deliverable.


• Maintain relationships and communicates with external parties such as lenders, service providers, trustees, and solicitors to follow up on incomplete documentation until all necessary information is received.


• Coordinate the collection of data to produce status reports and other reports as needed by management.

What you should have:

• Currently enrolled in or a recent graduate of a College or University degree in a related discipline such as business administration, commerce, paralegal, finance, or accounting. 


• Previous experience in a related field such as banking, accounting, legal assistant, paralegal, etc. Experience can be acquired through the studies, work experience or volunteer activities. 


• Strong oral and written communication in both official languages, excellent organizational and planning skills and the ability to work independently as well as within a team setting.  


• Good judgment, excellent organizational and planning skills and the ability to work independently as well as within a team setting.


• Bilingualism (English and French).