Investment Risk Management Undergrad Intern

At Franklin Templeton were advancing our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic firm spans asset management wealth management and fintech offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Talented teams working around the globe bring expertise thats both broad and unique. And our welcoming respectful and inclusive culture provides opportunities to help you reach your potential while helping our clients reach theirs.

Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world!

Position Summary :

The fundamental objectives of Franklin Templetons Investment Risk Management ( IRM ) group include :

Providing independent perspective & challenge

Promoting a culture of transparency

Identifying & assessing key risks and providing insights

Offering risk expertise & knowledge for decisions

Stewarding risk data & statistics

Protecting the clients alpha

The major types of investment risk that IRM monitors include liquidity risk concentration risk market risk c redit r isk and other risks. As a department we continuously aim to enhance our overall risk program pursue increased access to data / information and improve our risk discussions / analysis.

This person will have an opportunity to deliver on key organizational goals including :

Improve infrastructure through collaborating with firm initiatives retiring antiquated systems rationalizing database structure and leveraging established systems

Expand data accessibility and ensure data quality

Leverage artificial intelligence and other technology to identify trends and patterns

The ways in which this person will add value to the firm include :

Providing quantitative portfolio analysis

Ensuring accurate portfolio analytics for key portfolio risks

Maintaining risk information for trend and pattern insights

Delivering tools for IRM research including visualizations and portals

Strengthening transparency and understanding

Detect and help avoid unintended investment risks

Determine investment risk impacts of new portfolio ideas

Delivering governance expected by boards and clients

Maintain a common investment risk framework

Provide independent perspective and challenge governance

Monitor regulatory investment limits

Building collective intelligence

Create insights from having larger views spanning investment teams specialized investment managers and client portfolios

Identify and track emergent macro and geopolitical risks

Several of the opportunities this person will have to impact the success of the organization include :

Enhance business intelligence through new analytics

Improve governance surrounding data quality

Enhance organizational awareness by conducting investment risk oversight

Team Culture :

Franklin Templetons Investment Risk Management (IRM) department is comprised of 30 risk analysts 35 risk managers and 10 members of risk support from across the globe who work towards the common goal of providing independent investment risk management to a broad diverse constituent base (executive management investors / clients investment managers and risk governance & oversight).

Aninterninthis departmentcan expect to learn :

Quantitative finance and asset management knowledge

Technical experience handling large volumes of data

Fundamentals of data modeling

Team collaboration

Key Responsibilities Can Include :

1. Industry Research

Assist with the identification of risk trends and patterns across investment strategies

Identify risk drivers across investment strategies

2. Data Visualization

Build analytical tools to efficiently derive risk insights

Implement metrics to better assess market behavior

Automate risk model reconciliation process to ensure data completeness and accuracy (SQL Power BI)

3. Digital Transformation

Ideal Qualifications :

Background in q uantitative finance or related fields

Experience with using data visualization tools (Power Bi Tableau SQL)

Ability to perform d ata analysi s and industry research

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Please be sure to attach your resume when submitting your application. Applications submitted without a resume will not be considered.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to each applicant individually. If youre interested in more than one internship we encourage you to apply to all positions that align with your interests.

This is a full-time internship where students will work approximately 40 ( dependen t on state / lo cation ) hours per week and earn competitive hourly pay of $ 26 (dep ende nt o n loca tion and function ) USD per hour. There are several factors taken into consideration in making compensation decisions including but not limited to location job-related knowledge skills and experience. At Franklin Templeton we apply a total reward philosophy where all aspects of compensation and benefits are taken into consideration in determining compensation.

Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!

Our culture is shaped by the variety of perspectives and experiences brought by talent from around the world. Regardless of your interests lifestyle or background theres a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide employees with the tools resources and learning opportunities to help them excel in their career and personal life.

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry age color disability genetic information gender gender identity or gender expression marital status medical condition military or veteran status national origin race religion sex sexual orientation and any other basis protected by federal state or local law ordinance or regulation.

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Required Experience :

Intern

Key Skills

Accounts Administration,AECOM,Corporate Sales,Documentation,Accident Investigation

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1