Financial Analyst
Host Company:
Morningstar
Location:
Dates of Internship:
June 11 - August 3, 2012
Language Level:
2-3
Internship Description:
Morningstar offers a range of financial information to investors on portfolio planning, mutual funds, and stocks. Its publications feature reports on some 1,600 mutual funds Its software includes Morningstar Advisor Workstation, a Web-based investment planning system for financial advisors, and Morningstar Direct for institutional researchers.
Skill & Experience Required:
Intern should be interested in global financial markets and have comfort level with data management, research, and financial analysis. IT skills are beneficial and excellent programming opportunties also exist for qualified interns.
An additional financial analyst position is available for interns with Hebrew language skills. This intern will work specifically with markets in Israel.
Sample Projects:
Data department projects include running queries on European mutual fund market, researching financial regulations, and analyzing prospectuses. Intern will assist the Operations team with data collection, maintaining data quality, and searching for opportunities to enhance data. Intern will identify new funds, verify data accuracy by analyzing statistics, and will make sure data is complete.
Benefits for Intern:
- Work for an internationally recognized financial firm in a highly international, small group environment.
- Acquire deep knowledge of European mutual fund market.
- Build knowledge of Morningstar products.
- The ideal candidate will actively seek opportunities to enhance existing processes, develop new ones, and add new data to the product line.
Benefits for Company:
The company has a small team of 17 and would like to add a few interns this summer. Data entry and analysis is a key success driver for Morningstar and this type of project is well suited for interns.
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