The Opportunity

Are you ready to kick-start your career in accounting? Join our team as an 8-month Accounting Intern beginning in May 2025, where you’ll gain hands-on experience across invoicing, accounts payable, and credit operations. Collaborate with industry professionals, develop essential skills, and contribute to meaningful projects in a supportive and fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do

Support the Invoicing Team in managing the creation, processing, and distribution of invoices:

• Support the Invoicing Team in managing the creation, processing, and distribution of invoices.
• Resolving inquiries, including issuing debits & credits to resolve discrepancies, and answering invoicing-related questions.
• Update and adjust sales orders per approval.

Support the Accounts Payable Team with outgoing payment processes:

• Review, process, and organize invoices while calculating payment dates.
• Match invoices to order numbers or GL numbers.
• Address supplier and customer inquires to ensure smooth transactions.

Support the Credit Team by monitoring incoming payments:

• Process cash receipts and reconcile customer accounts.
• Resolve payment discrepancies and address customer inquiries.
• Prepare reports, maintain account profiles, and support credit applications.
• Notify Management of concerns with late payments or account performance.

Who We’re Looking For

Education and Experience

• Working towards a Diploma or Degree in a related program such as Accounting.
• Previous experience in a fast-paced work environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft applications, particularly Microsoft Excel.

The Opportunity

Olympic Industries is excited to offer a highly motivated and passionate individual the opportunity to join our growth-oriented team as a Commodity Trader Intern for a 4-month contract beginning May 2025!

As a Commodity Trader Intern at Olympic Industries, you will play a key role in supporting our logistics team, ensuring the seamless movement of commodities across the North American market. You’ll gain hands-on experience by collaborating closely with our Traders, participating in our intensive in-house training program to master the fundamentals of lumber trading, and building valuable connections with industry professionals to deepen your understanding of the business.

Specific Responsibilities

The Commodity Trader Intern will be responsible for the following as well as other related duties as assigned to support the business objectives and purpose of the company:

Establish, maintain, and grow relationships with trading staff to better understand the ins and outs of commodity trading and operational requirements:

• Developing meaningful relationships with trading and logistics staff to better understand business objectives and transportation lanes.
• Identify creative business opportunities through market research projects to further career development and provide value to Olympic Industries.

Support the logistics operations function of the company:

• Following up with carriers and brokers for timely receipt of all logistics documentation.
• Update spot rate information received on an hourly/daily basis.
• Identifying inefficiencies to support improvement initiatives.
• Preparing and updating reports and other logistics-related documentation.
• Ensuring compliance with import/export/customs regulations and other legal requirements.
• Ensuring all backend paperwork is executed properly and sent to the correct person in a timely manner.

Who We’re Looking for

To be successful as a Commodity Trader Intern, an individual must be committed to developing, maintaining, and demonstrating the following:

• Previous experience in a fast-paced work environment.
• Working towards or completion of a Degree/Diploma in a related program such as Business.
• High-energy with an entrepreneurial spirit.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate and interact with all levels of an organization.
• Experience in competitive sports or other highly competitive roles is considered an asset.

Who We’re Looking For

Are you a self-starter, always ready to take on a challenge, and unphased by rejection? Do you thrive in both solo and team settings, pride yourself on ethical practices, and know how to charm and compete? If so, you’re just who we need.

We value experience in business development, account management, or any role where your influence on decisions and relationship-building skills have shined. Have you run your own business, working in door-to-door sales, or excelled in a commission-based role? If you’ve also competed in varsity, national, or professional level sports, you’re exactly the kind of go-getter we’re looking for!

What’s in it for you? A highly competitive unlimited profit-sharing package that rewards your hard work and initiative. Keen to learn more? Let’s dive deeper!

The Opportunity

No experience in trading lumber? No sweat. We have an in-house training and mentorship program to set our new hires up for long-term success.

As a Trader, you will be responsible for building and maintaining a new book of business through cold calling and prospecting, identifying customer needs, and providing value. You will focus on discovering and developing new opportunities within the lumber industry by conducting market research, lead generation, and networking with industry professionals. This role requires exceptional listening and questioning skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting customer relationships.

The Challenge

Develop a dynamic business plan in a competitive market at a company that embodies the “work hard, play hard” spirit. Take the lead in identifying new business opportunities, building strong client relationships, and significantly enhancing revenue growth. Join our team and invest your talent in a role where your efforts shape both your success and your enjoyment!

Join Our Team as a Jr. Futures Risk Analyst!

Are you passionate about financial markets and risk management? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where you can analyze market trends and support strategic decision-making? If so, we want to hear from you!

As a Futures Risk Analyst, you’ll play a key role in optimizing trading strategies, analyzing financial risks, and enhancing reporting functions. Working closely with our President, Management, and Traders, you’ll have a direct impact on our business success by identifying opportunities, improving processes, and providing valuable insights.

What You’ll Do

Management & Trader Support:

• Maintaining the master hedge book for all derivatives transactions.
• Executing derivatives trades electronically or via phone as real-time orders come in.
• Facilitating order management and providing due diligence on derivative and physical transactions.
• Identifying opportunities relating to pricing, hedging, and trade strategies
• Assisting in improving in-house risk management software and systems.
• Brainstorming with Traders to employ more efficient hedging strategies.
• Liaising with Traders and Management on market movements.
• Providing futures training to new hires.
• Providing ongoing education to experienced Traders on future strategies and insights.

Reporting & Analytics:

• Improving and managing interdepartmental reporting functions.
• Tracking and analyzing trade profitability.
• Completing daily and monthly reconciliation, including mark-to-market reports.
• Recognizing and addressing unexpected market behaviour, dislocations, and other events that affect trade strategies.
• Analyzing the fluctuations of buying and selling commodity futures contracts.
• Building and maintaining analytical models to provide a dynamic analysis of the business.

Who We’re Looking For

Are you a self-starter, ready to embrace challenges and learn from every experience? Do you thrive both independently and as part of a team, value ethical practices, and enjoy building relationships? If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you.

We welcome experience in business development, account management, or any role where your decision-making and relationship-building skills have shined. If you’ve ventured into entrepreneurship, worked in door-to-door sales, or excelled in commission-based roles, that’s a plus. Competing in high-level sports like varsity, provincial, or national level is also highly valued.

Whether you’re a recent graduate or have a few years of experience, your drive and enthusiasm are what matter most.

What’s in it for you? A highly competitive, unlimited profit-sharing package that rewards your hard work and initiative. Keen to learn more? Let’s dive deeper!

The Opportunity

No experience in trading lumber? No problem. We have an in-house training and mentorship program designed to set our new hires up for long-term success.

As a Trader, you will be responsible for building and maintaining a new book of business through cold calling and prospecting, identifying customer needs, and providing value. You will focus on discovering and developing new opportunities within the lumber industry by conducting market research, lead generation, and networking with industry professionals. This role requires exceptional listening and questioning skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting customer relationships.

The Challenge

Develop a dynamic business plan in a competitive market at a company that values both hard work and having fun. Take the lead in identifying new business opportunities, building strong client relationships, and significantly enhancing revenue growth. Join our team and invest your talent in a role where your efforts shape both your success and your enjoyment!