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    As a 2024 Research Intern, you will work with the team to assist in the development and production of new models and reports.

    You'll interact with stakeholders in the firm to design and review highly complex fixed income calculations across all aspects of our electronic trading and related systems.

    This is a full-time paid internship to commence on 3 June and concludes on 2 August 2024.

    How You’ll Take Us There  

    • Assisting in the development and production of new models and reports.
    • Designing and reviewing highly complex fixed income calculations across all aspects of our electronic trading and related systems.
    • Analysing corporate bond market activity and market micro-structure, including proprietary MarketAxess data.
    • Reconciling and remediating existing fixed income calculation issues.
    • Creating and maintaining presentation materials for internal and external meetings.
    • Working closely with global product and development teams to enrich client trading solutions.

    What We’re Looking for 

    • Working towards a 2025 bachelor's or masters’ degree in a quantitative field (science, engineering, mathematics, finance, or statistics is preferred).
    • Right to work in the UK permanently without employment visa sponsorship required now or in the future
    • Solid quantitative and analytical skills.
    • Good querying / programming capabilities including R/Python, SQL.
    • Understanding of fixed income markets.

    What You Can Expect from Us

    • Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul's.  
    • Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines 
    • Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days 
    • Reward for your service: We offer a two-week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service 
    • Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a “Share Incentive” plan 
    • Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences 

    Collaboration and innovation are integral to our success – it's how we got to where we are and how we’ll maintain and grow our competitive advantage. We believe this best happens in an office environment.

    Employees work in the office 4 days a week. This approach still allows for flexibility depending on the business function you work within but also helps us maintain a collaborative office environment long-term.