Internship 2018, Foreign Exchange Strategy & Product Offering

Switzerland, Switzerland - Zürich

Business management, administration and support

Global Wealth Management

Job Reference

176671BR

City

Opfikon, Zürich

Type

Intern Analyst (Pipeline)

Your role

Are you interested in the financial market that never sleeps? Are you interested in being part of the most liquid financial market and working on one of the most advanced Foreign Exchange trading floors? We’re looking for someone like that to:

• support and drive business planning and reporting

• communicate with staff in global locations
  (APAC, EMEA, Switzerland)

• in business analysis and controlling
• plan and execute business initiatives with sales staff
• run your own projects and support activities for product
  offering

You will learn:

• detailed knowledge and understanding of the Foreign
  Exchange sales and trading business

• understanding of the Foreign Exchange business setup
  front to back: from Sales & Distribution, Trading, Middle
  Office to Operations and Finance

• insight in business products and project work to
  improve procedure and enable efficiency gains

• understand sales performance management and
  management of the FX and Precious Metal product
  offering

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 for the Foreign Exchange Products and Offering team. We support the global Foreign Exchange Sales force for Wealth Management providing Wealth Management client with high quality FX products and services. In our small team we are supporting senior management and FX sales staff with initiatives, sales performance tracking, client performance tracking and any other analytics such as optimal pricing and offering.

Your expertise

You need have completed at least four semesters of your bachelor’s degree and have not yet completed your master’s degree.

In particular, you have:

• ideally semesters completed at a university or university
  of applied sciences, with economics or business
  administration background

• excellent English written & oral skills. German, French
  or Italian would be an asset

• a good command of Microsoft Excel and Power-Point
• sharp analytical skills and problem solving skills

• flexible, open-minded and cooperative personality
  (you’re a people person)

• an autonous, diligent and detail-oriented work style

But we’d like to also see evidence that you can:

• analyze a problem, take a view and come to a decision
• plan, organize and communicate well
• make things happen
• stick with a task
• work in a team
• come up with ideas

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: as soon as possible or early 2019
Duration: 6 months

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?

What we offer

Together. That’s how we do things. We offer people around the world a supportive, challenging and diverse working environment. We value your passion and commitment, and reward your performance.

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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.