Intern - Sustainable Investment Advice (f/m/d)

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At Allianz Global Investors our people enjoy motivating, fulfilling careers. If you are looking for a fast-paced working environment, you are resolved to cultivate and expand your talents and relish a challenge, then join us now!

We are committed to giving our people – experienced and energetic professionals alike – the opportunities and experiences they seek to thrive and gain personal fulfilment. We will work with you to craft your own career, develop your personal growth and align your achievements with your ambitions.

We are looking for you! We are currently hiring a forward-thinking and results-oriented Intern - Sustainable Investment Advice (f/m/d). The position is based in our Munich office.

risklab is the expert for investment and risk solutions within Allianz Global Investors. Over 60 investment professionals worldwide develop investment advisory services and solutions that are tailored to individual investment goals of our clients. We work jointly with distribution and investment teams in all regions to build strong relationships with our most important clients and create customized investment solutions for them. Given the growing importance that sustainable investing has for our clients and our firm, we built out dedicated capabilities within risklab to advise our clients holistically on their portfolios in all aspects around sustainable investing, bringing to bear and further developing risklab’s quantitative state-of-the-art analytics framework.

What you will do:

Sustainable investing and client advice

• Contribute to the preparation of client investor meetings
• Research sustainable investing behavior of institutional investors, such as pension funds, insurance companies, central banks, family offices
• Perform quantitative analyses (i.e. analyze sustainability characteristics as well as financial and performance metrics) of client portfolios, investment indices and benchmarks
• Present research findings internally
• Contribute to the development of clients’ investment strategies
  
  

Analytics and research

• Conduct empirical and theoretical research in the areas of sustainability, climate investing and private markets and provide input to thought leadership papers
• Research sustainable investing benchmarks and create comparisons of sustainable index methodology and construction rules
• Maintain an overview of public fixed income and equity sustainability indices (benchmarks) available in the marketplace
  
  

Quantitative and technical tool development

• Develop and extend software logic for the risklab proprietary sustainable investment advice / portfolio analysis application using cloud technologies, such as Databricks and Power BI
• Work with market data from providers such as Bloomberg or Refinitiv
  
  

What you bring:

• You are an enrolled student (Masters) in a business and/or quantitative field like Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field of study
• Strong analytical background and understanding of financial markets
• High level of accuracy and keen attention to detail
• Ability to analyze complex matters and break them down into clear separate pieces
• Excellent team player with good communication skills and a self-reliant working style
• Motivation to learn about sustainable investing; experience in sustainable investing is a plus
• Experience with MS Office and programming (e.g. SQL, Python (Pandas) or equivalent)
• Experience with data engineering platforms and software (e.g. Databricks, Microsoft Azure Data Factory, GitHub or equivalent) as well as data visualization software (Microsoft Power BI or equivalent) is a plus
• Proficiency in English is required; proficiency in German is a plus
  
  

 What we offer:

• Flexible working from home (hybrid model/ flexible working hours)
• Mental health and wellbeing programs (EGYM Wellpass)
• Mobility solutions (Subvention Jobticket, Deutschlandticket etc.)
• Canteen subsidy
• Corporate Benefits
• … and so much more!
  
  

About Allianz Global Investors

Allianz Global Investors is a leading global active asset manager.

We invest for the long term and want to create value for clients every step of the way. We do this by being active – in how we partner with clients and anticipate their needs, and build solutions based on capabilities across public and private markets. Our focus on enhancing our clients’ assets leads naturally to a commitment to sustainability for positive change. Our goal is to enhance the investment experience for clients, whatever their location or goals.

Putting our clients' needs first, behaving in a transparent way and treating people fairly means acting with integrity. We respect difference and diversity and reward individual performance and teamwork. We encourage a collegial culture, that supports individual responsibility. We invest in the development of our employees to maximize the power of innovation.

If you feel inspired to promote the active asset management experience, this is the place for you. We encourage you to join our diverse, international, technology-enabled, and agile environment. Simply upload your CV in English to apply for this position!

We are committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to helping applicants with any disabilities. If you need support to navigate our websites or at any stage during your application, please send an email with your request to recruiting@allianzgi.com