Position: Intern to Scandinavian Structured Products Team
Contract: 12 months internship with the view of permanent
Location: London, City
Salary: Market rate
Start Date: ASAP

Our client is a leading global investment bank. They are currently looking for a Danish speaking graduate to their Scandinavian Structured Products desk. This is a great opportunity to join a growing team and take part in the development of their Scandinavian business. Great team spirit!

About our client

Our client is a global investment bank based in the City of London. They offer the whole range of financial services to institutions, corporate and private clients. Their Scandinavian team is a great performer and has during the years developed excellent client relationships in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland. 

Job Description

This is a highly dynamic and varied position. The successful candidate will be working within a dedicated team, consisting of 5 people, which is continuing to expand its business in the Nordic region.

You will be working towards putting together innovative financial solutions for financial institutions in the region. These include equity, commodity and fund-linked derivatives in various wrappers such as: OTC, Notes, Certificates, Swaps, and Funds. You will be working with several teams within the bank (trading, structuring, legal, middle office, back office, documentations, research and graphics) with focus on research and graphics in order to finalize the product.

As a team member, your function will be to support the team with various tasks which will include but not be limited to the following:

• Create term sheets, pitch books and other marketing material
• Request prices and execute trades in the secondary market
• Liaise with trading and structuring with pricing requests for new products
• Interact with our legal department to read final terms (legal documentation) for new products, etc.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates should preferably have the following requirements:

• Bachelor/Master degree
• Fluency in written and spoken Danish is a requirement
• An interest in the financial markets
• Previous experience from the financial industry will be an advantage
• Strong learning ability; you must have the will to develop in this field
• Team player par excellence, which continues to perform under stressful situations
• Strong commercial awareness
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrable affinity with processes, systems and applications (MS Office, Bloomberg etc.)

The Ideal Candidate

The successful applicant will be service oriented, well organised, flexible, accurate, an excellent communicator, driven, open minded and have good numerical skills. You will enjoy working in a fast moving and highly challenging environment and being long term committed with the aim of becoming an important part of the team/company.

To apply please send Cover Letter and Resume to JMM Recruitment quoting reference: “Danish speaking intern” or call +44(0)20 7725 2144.