Market Risk Internship

Job Description:

Generali Investments, characterized by an innovative product offering and significant geographical diversification, supports the acceleration of our Group's Investments and Asset Management strategy. The Generali Investments Ecosystem is spread across the world, allowing us to strengthen our knowledge of multiple markets and significantly improve the service rendered to our customers.

You will gain exposure to several international asset management companies in Europe and US, managing sophisticated strategies and different opening models.

As a member of the Financial Risk Oversight team, the candidate will be part of a structure responsible for:
* Supporting the Legal Entities in drafting/amend the local Investment Risk Management Procedure, sharing the approaches and experiences already witnessed within the Group community and the market best practices for each topic.
* Support the Legal Entities in the implementation of the Fiduciary Investment Risk Framework.
* Perform on a regular basis an assessment on the adequacy, suitability, accuracy and appropriateness of the Legal Entities Investment Risk Management Procedure, highlighting any weakness found and recommendations and monitor its implementation or the implementation of remedial action in case of issues detected during the assessment.
* Coordinates investment initiatives process concerning the risk management and interact within Legal Entities Risk Management and with Group Risk Management for the activities under their responsibility.
* Provides to the GIH RCC on a regular basis a summary of the main evidence on the assessments produced on the Legal Entities Investment Risk Management Procedures approved in the related period.

Main Tasks:

The intern will support in performing the following activities:
* Collaborate closely with the Head of the Risk Management function of several Asset Management Companies, and Generali Investments Holding Functions.
* Assisting in analysis and assessment of Investment Risk Management procedures across different managers worldwide
* Supporting the activities performed by the Asset Managers for the implementation of the remedial action.
* Assisting in the preparation of reports and presentations for the GIH Risk Committee

Candidate Requirements:

Educational Qualifications:
* Bachelor's degree in, Economics, Finance or Quantitative disciplines (or equivalent experience), Computer Science, Information Technology.

Professional Experience:
* Understanding of Financial Markets and Asset Management Industry
* A Previous internship experience within the Asset Management Industry will be a plus.

Technical Skills:
* Sounding knowledge of investments, markets and risks (market, credit, counterparty, liquidity, sustainability, valuation, operational and reputational)
* Understanding of Financial Markets and Asset Management concepts
* Understanding of private assets instruments (e.g. Private Debt, Private Equity, Real Estate) is a plus.
* Sounding knowledge of statistical analysis
* Familiarity with risk management software, methodologies and tools (e.g. Risk Metrics, Bloomberg
* Familiarity with investment risk such as market, credit, liquidity and operational risk
* Experience with Excel, Python, VBA or data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI) is advantageous
* Working knowledge of VBA, R or Matlab for statistical analysis is also appreciated

Soft skills:
* Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
* Creative, analytical and computer skills with an entrepreneurial approach to large, complex, projects
* Eager to learn and take initiative in a fast-paced environment.
* Good communication and presentation skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Resilient, highly responsive and proactive.
* Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
* Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
* Fluent English, any other languages are a plus