Credit Intern

Hey!

I am Juan, the recruiter for this role. I love to travel, read, and spend the afternoon with my pets. Lovely to meet you!

Perhaps this is the 10th Job Description you read today, sitting on your couch with Netflix playing in the background, or contemplating your life planning to refresh your career. I am sure by now all offers look the same.

I will be honest with you, at Zurich we do not claim to be perfect, but we are pretty cool! If you want to know why, keep reading!

But first, THANK YOU for showing interest in our company. We know that a job search can be challenging, but don’t worry, what goes around comes around!

Let’s get straight to the point! I will try to sum up our DNA in 2 essential points:

• We love volunteering but we prefer to be Change Activists. What does that mean? We focus our efforts in helping youths in risk of social marginalization and fighting climate change by reforesting parks or woods in Madrid and in the Doñana Forest. This year alone, we have already volunteered for over 14000h!

• At Zurich we say it loud and clear: We are proud of our colors, we believe that a diverse and inclusive team makes the difference. We don’t discuss disability, we discuss capability! We want you to be yourself, without closets in between or glass ceilings making you fragile. 50% of our high responsibility positions are occupied by women (including our Direction Committee). Do you know that we produce our own podcasts about gender identity? We are building a company were everyone is welcome!

At this point you might be asking yourself: Juan, how will be my day to day wearing the blue sweater?  I asked that question too.

• Assist the Asset Management team in the monitoring and controlling of the investment portfolios:
  • Portfolio positioning
  • Controlling the market dynamics
  • Controlling on benchmarks update
  • Analyze portfolio risk & return metrics
• Assist the Portfolio Management team in the monitoring and controlling of the investment portfolios:
  • SAA analysis
  • Income calculations
  • Asset-Liability driven strategy
  • Other ad-hoc tasks
• Assist improving the day-to-day tools.
• Attend to the weekly market views meeting
• Attend to the monthly CoE meeting, interacting with the Regional Management

How do you know you fit in? I’ll explain:

Don’t worry, we are not asking you to save the planet or meet 100% of the requirements.  

• Quantitative background (Economics, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, etc…)
• Specialization in Finance, Investments or Accounting
• Excellent programming skills (Python, C/C++, Java, etc…)
• Outstanding communication skills in English (both spoken and written)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, international team.
• Eager to learn, proactive and passionate about investments.
• The participation in the CFA challenge of a local society (CFA Society Spain or other) would be highly valuable.
• Able to do a 6-month internship.
• Availability to dedicate around 25h per week to this internship. 
• Efficient level of Microsoft Office 365 (Word, Ppt)

We're looking forward to meeting you, but first you need to know:  

• It is required to be able to make a collaboration agreement with the University and / or Business School for a minimum of 6 months with the possibility of extension.    
• We do not stop growing and if this works, we would love you to keep growing with us!  
• Part-time (5h/day from Monday to Friday).  
• The location will be in our offices in Barcelona.   
• It is a paid internship of 800€.    
• In addition, you will have access to training and much more!  

If you managed to read up to this point, THANK YOU! We are pretty cool, aren’t we?

If you feel butterflies in your stomach and you think we are a match, send smoke signs… or your CV if you think the smoke thing won’t cut it.

And to top it off, do you want to know what Zurich employees think? I could tell you we are nº1 Top Employers in Spain, but we would love you to hear it from our people by visiting our Glassdoor profile. No blessing in disguise!

I hope to meet you soon!

Juan Zorrilla.