Student, Investment Risk Analytics - Edmonton, Canada - AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation)

AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation)
AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corporation)
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Edmonton, Canada

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Are you looking to complement your academic knowledge with professional 'real world' experience? Are you a purpose-driven individual who wants to contribute to your community? Do you enthusiastically follow financial markets or seek out emerging trends in technology? If so, a student position at AIMCo might be the opportunity for you to gain the experience you need to launch your career while contributing to hundreds of thousands of Albertans' financial security.

Highly successful students at AIMCo share many of the same characteristics. They are intellectually curious, diligent and responsible, with a desire to enhance their finance, data, programming and communications skills. They take advantage of their time at AIMCo by building relationships with our talented workforce and each other. AIMCo's students support one another through challenges and enthusiastically celebrate their accomplishments. Often, they use their term to enhance their technical skillsets and build out their professional network.

The Risk Modelling team is responsible for maintaining and developing the risk models and accurate and timely risk analytics


This involves:

  • Researching, developing, and implementing risk models for all financial instruments that are traded by AIMCo in consultation with the other teams within Investment Risk
  • Automation of reporting to improve accuracy and increase the number of relevant risk analytics.

Responsibilites

  • Assisting the team in researching, developing and enhancing various risk measures based on industry best practices
  • Research and investigate financial instrument/risk modelling concepts
  • Operating the investment risk solution to produce timely, accurate and relevant risk analytics to support decision making.
  • Documentation of methodologies and processes for management and investment risk committee approval.
  • Demonstrates a strong commitment to AIMCo's core values of excellence, transparency, humility, integrity and collaboration, and inspires the same in others
  • Completion of undergraduate studies in Business or Quantitative programs (Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, etc.)
  • Proficiency with programming language(s) (e.g. Python, R, Matlab, SQL) is desired
  • Keen interest in the financial markets and good knowledge of finance, statistics, and risk concepts
  • Exceptional attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple tasks and work under pressure to meet deadlines
  • Exceptional research and problemsolving abilities.

Success Measures

As a successful student or intern, you learn about the functions of a high performing Investment Risk Analytics team and will assist the team in delivering on team objectives.

Daily, you will play a key role in validating and analyzing risk results. You will be coached and developed to continue to gain unique skills.


Job Reference:
CA00539
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