2023 Risk Management Analyst - 12 Month Placement Intern (London, June 2023 Start)

About Us

Jefferies (NYSE: JEF) is the largest independent, global, full-service investment banking firm headquartered in the U.S. Focused on serving clients for 60 years, Jefferies is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to investors, companies and governments. Our firm provides a full range of investment banking, advisory, sales and trading, research and wealth management services across all products in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies’ Leucadia Asset Management division is a growing alternative asset management platform.

What you can expect:

The successful candidate will be working in the Risk department at Jefferies in London. The Risk department is responsible for providing risk oversight of and analysis for the Firm. Risk works with all areas of the Firm to aid individual businesses and employees to operate within a clearly defined limit framework for products, clients, and operations.

The Risk Management Department is headed by the Chief Risk Officer and organised into six teams: Market & Liquidity Risk, Credit Risk and Operational Risk teams work closely with the business units to identify, assess, monitor and manage risk for their respective risk type; The  Risk COO team is responsible for strategic risk project coordination, model validation and risk reporting. The Enterprise Risk team is responsible for developing entity-wide scenario and stress testing.

The role will be a flexible programme that balances extended stays in some of the Risk teams with ad hoc project work across all the teams. This allows the placement interns to experience and develop their skill set across a wide range of areas.

What we look for in a candidate:

• Graduating in 2025 with a placement year from June 2023 to June 2024
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Self-motivated
• Problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Ability to work under pressure and in an organised manner to meet deadlines
• Basic understanding of financial markets
• Manipulation of data in Excel or practical coding experience

Diversity, Equal Employment Opportunity, Reasonable Accommodations and COVID

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supporting a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity workplace.  We practice equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, religion, ancestry, color, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability or medical condition, national origin, marital, family and social status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, religion, trade union membership or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. In accordance with applicable law, we are dedicated to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs. Please inform your recruiter should you require accommodations throughout your application process.

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