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About us

Symbiotics is the leading market access platform for impact investing in emerging and frontier markets, offering market research, investment advisory and asset management services. We are regulated by FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority and our daughter company Symbiotics (UK) Ltd has an investment firm license from the FCA in the UK. Symbiotics currently employs 135 people and is headquartered in Geneva, with further offices in Zurich, London, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Singapore and Cape Town. Since 2004, we have invested over USD 4bn in more than 350 microfinance institutions across around 80 emerging and frontier markets, working with more than 30 investment funds and many institutional investors.

We are a fast-growing, market-leading company, offering a dynamic work environment in the growing impact investment space.

We are looking for an intern for a period of 3 months renewable (part time possible) to conduct a research project involving the Credit Risk assessment and Portfolio Management units.

Requirements

Job description

• Analysis of the impact of country risk and social performance factors on the credit risk level of Symbiotics investments


• Compile country risk indicators for the investment universe and lifespan of Symbiotics


• Compile social performance indicators on Symbiotics investments


• Explore predictive power of compiled variables on historical defaults, using different statistical methods


• Propose various predictive models and rank them on their relevance for Symbiotics


• Deliver report highlighting key findings regarding relations between country risk metrics, social performance metrics and observed defaults


• Provide recommendations on potential enhancements of investment decision process

Skills and qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an advanced degree in applied mathematics and statistics (Master or PhD)


• Data analysis skillset: R, Python, SQL and database management


• Some experience of data sourcing through APIs


• Strong analytic and quantitative skills


• Excellent command MS Office (especially Excel and VBA)


• Proactive and able to work independently


• Solid interpersonal communicative and presentation skills


• Interest in Impact Investing, Development finance, International Development


• Ability and interest to work in multicultural environment


• Swiss/EU National or valid Swiss Work Permit

Benefits

What makes us different?

• The chance to contribute to improving the lives of people in emerging and frontier countries, to work towards supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals


• A flexible work environment with colleagues from 34 countries


• The opportunity to become part of a growing business that pushes you to excel every day while having a positive impact on others