General information
Entity
About Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (Crédit Agricole CIB)
Crédit Agricole CIB is the corporate and investment banking arm of Crédit Agricole Group, the 10th largest banking group worldwide in terms of balance sheet size (The Banker, July 2022).
8,600 employees in more than 30 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and North Africa, support the Bank's clients, meeting their financial needs throughout the world.
Crédit Agricole CIB offers its large corporate and institutional clients a range of products and services in capital market activities, investment banking, structured finance, commercial banking and international trade.
The Bank is a pioneer in the area of climate finance, and is currently a market leader in this segment with a complete offer for all its clients.
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By working every day in the interest of society, we are a group committed to diversity and inclusion. All our positions are open to people with disabilities.
Reference
2024-88567
Update date
09/04/2024
Job description
Business type
Types of Jobs - Corporate & Investment Banking
Job title
12 Month Internship - Quantitative Research
Contract type
Internship/Trainee
Term (in months)
12 Months
Job summary
Summary
- Providing support to the UK research team, ensuring databases remain up to date, meeting client requests for data and information, and assisting in the preparation of research documents and presentations.
- The role would also involve the maintenance and the development of quant tools so knowledge of VBA and Power Bi as well as experience with statistical software and programming languages (e.g. EViews, R, python) would be a plus.
Key Responsibilities
1. Help with the update, maintenance and the development of quant tools and data bases for the purposes of the UK research process.
2. Support the integration of the existing research quant tools into the global research platform.
3. Investigate opportunities for developing new quant tools, and identify projects that could enhance the team’s forecasting ability.
4. Assist team in the collation of information / data for the purposes of forecasting or report preparation.
5. Assist in the preparation of templates for research documents ahead of publication.
6. Help update PowerPoint and Power Bi presentations, collating data for charts and ensuring forecasts are consistent with those available in other publications.
7. Maintain the profit / loss record of Crédit Agricole CIB’s trade recommendations – price trade ideas in spot, vanilla and exotic options, interest rate futures.
Management and reporting
- The role reports to the Head of G10 FX Research
Position location
Geographical area
Europe, United Kingdom
City
London
Candidate criteria
Minimal education level
Bachelor Degree / BSc Degree or equivalent
Academic qualification / Speciality
Experience
- Experience of using statistical/ econometric packages – e.g. Eviews, R.
- Experience in using MS office packages, especially MS excel, MS Access, Power BI
Required skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to cope with different demands and prioritise
- Good time management
- Self-motivated
- Genuine interest in financial markets
- Good team skills
- Strong communication skills
Technical skills required
- Strong economic, financial and statistical skills
- Strong MS office skills, particularly MS Excel and MS Access
- Programming experience in a statistical language – Eviews, R, Python
- VBA programming skills