Internship 2020, European Macroeconomics

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Switzerland - Zürich

Business management, administration and support, Finance, Quantitative Analysis, Research

Global Wealth Management

Job Reference

217570BR

City

Zürich

Type

Intern Analyst (Pipeline)

Your role

Are you solid as a rock when you’re juggling a lot of projects? Do you have strong analytical skills?

We’re looking for someone like that to:

• contribute to our economic analyses and recommendations
• analyze and collect financial and macroeconomic data, create charts and excel-based forecasting tool/models and databases, and share and discuss findings with colleagues
• work on ad hoc projects like developing models to forecast GDP growth, inflation, and ECB rate decisions, creating a quantitative investment model, or testing a global economic model to run simulations and model economic shocks
• participate on various conference calls and experience how economic developments feed into asset allocation discussions
• help us run our monthly investment process for the EMEA region and produce the related publications

Internship
Our 6 month internship is an ideal way to gain the work experience you’ll need to launch your career. It’s also an opportunity to work with and learn from some of our sharp people in finance.

From the start of the program, you’ll be right at the heart of the business, taking part in the day-to-day operations. You’ll not only learn about the business of finance from top to bottom, you’ll also experience our unique workplace culture.

To learn more about our Internship Programs, click here.

Your team

You’ll be working in the European macro team team in Zürich. The European macro team is based in Zurich, London, Madrid, and Milan. You’ll be working directly with the CIO Head of Eurozone and UK economics who is based in London, but will also work closely with other economists in the group. The position will give exposure to all kind of issues related to European economics, politics, markets, etc. Your entry training will allow you to maximize your experience as well as to build a network in the Chief Investment Office.

Your expertise

You need have completed at least four semesters of your bachelor’s degree or have obtained your master’s degree within the last 6 months.

In particular, you have:

• experience with high-level programming language, statistical software, and financial data providers is a plus
• have a keen interest in financial markets, politics, and economic issues
• very good analytical and writing skills as well as quantitative and data mining skills
• initiative, attention to detail, reliability, team-player, and self-starter
• fluency in English required (writing and speech), German or other languages as a plus

Perhaps you’ve organized a fundraising event or taken part in team sports? Or persevered and passed an exam in a subject you found challenging? Think about how things you’ve achieved match the skills we’re after.

Start date: November-December 2020

Your colleagues

About us

Expert advice. Wealth management. Investment banking. Asset management. Retail banking in Switzerland. And all the support functions. That’s what we do. And we do it for private and institutional clients as well as corporations around the world.

We are about 60,000 employees in all major financial centers, in more than 50 countries. Do you want to be one of us?

Join us

We’re a truly global, collaborative and friendly group of people. Having a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace is important to us. And we support your career development, internal mobility and work-life balance. If this sounds interesting, apply now.

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

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