AXA IM Alts - Mortgage Analyst Intern (July %2725)

At AXA IM, we act for human progress by investing for what matters, actively and responsibly. Join us and you’ll build a career in a truly diverse, entrepreneurial organization. You’ll be part of a mission to tackle some of the world’s most stimulating challenges, pushing boundaries and exploring fresh ideas that aim to deliver long-term prosperity.

1. AXA IM Alts
With over €184bn assets under management, AXA IM Alts, the alternatives business unit of AXA IM, is a global leader in alternatives investment, operating in real estate, private debt & alternative credit, private equity & infrastructure and hedge funds. Our 600+ employees operating from 15 offices around the world are serving the needs of more than 600 clients worldwide.

Our goal is to enhance the value of assets we manage on behalf of our clients by adopting a proactive approach to responsible investment. We fully integrate ESG criteria into our investment decisions and advise clients on both financial and non-financial risks and opportunities.

We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of high performance, which means we seek to recruit and retain people who are not only technically qualified, but also open to the world, innovative and able to harness their unique perspectives and life experiences to support our success as a business.

2. Description of the department
The Management, Securitized & Structured Assets team consists of 32 people (managers, analysts, business developers, IT & modelling). The team manages €36bn of CLOs, ABSs, ILS, Mortgages etc. through funds in various formats, for institutional and family office clients.

3. The main responsibilities of the role

1. Mark-to-model reporting and valuation of managed portfolios
2. Quantitative data analysis, developing and/or maintaining quantitative decision support tools
3. ESG scoring and carbon footprint assessment of collateral assets
4. Monitoring the European property and mortgage markets (publications/ bank research/ rating agency reports, etc.)
5. Implementation of VBA/Excel/Python tools for the analysis of collateral portfolios
6. Contribution to presentations and business development efforts for existing and prospective investors
7. Helping to improve external (for clients) and internal reporting

4. Profile
Education/Qualifications
- University or Engineering school degree from a top institution with background in Math, Physics, Finance or Computer Science

Experience
- Proven quantitative analysis experience gained in an asset management or financial markets environment

Competencies
- Candidate must be efficient, proactive, well organised and have high attention to detail
- Coding, programming languages such as Python/R/Excel, VBA
- Candidate will be asked to demonstrate some degree of autonomy to be able to respond in a timely fashion to urgent requests
- Excellent communication skills
- Team player, multi-tasking and ability to work under pressure, very thorough mind and capacity for synthesizing
- Fluent in English
- Curious
- Rigorous

5. What do we offer
- This internship is an excellent opportunity to discover an international working environment. Due to our leading position on the market you can gain a strong exposure to an interesting asset class.
- You will be fully integrated to our team and you will have the opportunity to work together and discover other departments.

Please join us to realize your potential to drive progress, for yourself, our clients and the world in which we live. #JoinUs