Gresham Research Summer Intern 2023 - based in London, UK

TIAA

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12d ago

🚀 Summer Internship

London

⌛ 7d left

Apply by Mar 22

Description

A 10-week summer program, where you will participate in a robust training curriculum, attend company functions, including speaker series, lunch-and-learns and social networking events that will offer the opportunity for career growth and personal development.
Ability to gain hands on experience as well as getting an overall feel for the firm/ industry by attending business meetings, delivering presentations, exploring business-specific tasks, contributing to projects and working closely with cross-functional groups
Exposure to Senior Business Leaders globally across Nuveen and TIAA
An option to secure a permanent role after graduation

Area of Responsibilities

Research & Development

Responsibilities

It is anticipated that steps to ensure robustness in the face of noisy data will be required, along with efficiencies to tackle processing time for large datasets. The work will require close interaction with databases, data-cleaning/filtering, development of data analyses and also data visualisation – after all, at heart this is an empirical, data-driven strategy and team.
You will be a valued member from the outset, and we promise to invest and ensure your own professional growth. You can expect to have significant impact with your work.

Requirements

On track to attain a 2:1 undergraduate degree or equivalent
You will likely have a hard science/mathematics/computer science background.
Familiarity with numerical Python libraries, e.g. Pandas, Numpy
Strong data analysis and hypothesis testing skills
Understanding and appreciation of best research practices
The drive to deliver a piece of work from start to finish, and to take ownership of issues.
The ability to write clear code that can be easily understood by others.
Openness and honesty with the team and being happy to ask for help when needed.
An interest in systematic trading, with the desire to learn more about the business

Education requirements

2:1 or Higher

Bachelors