Job Detail

Kepler Cheuvreux is a leading independent European financial services company specialized in advisory services and intermediation to the investment management industry. Founded in Paris in July 1997 as the equity brokerage business of Bank Julius Baer, the Swiss private bank, Kepler Cheuvreux has diversified its business model along the following lines:

• Equities


• Debt & Derivatives


• Investment Solutions


• Corporate Finance

The foundation of our business is the Research product which is leveraged across all four business lines.

In April 2013, the combination of Kepler and Cheuvreux created a multi-local equity brokerage powerhouse in Europe with services in Research, Distribution, Sales Trading, Trading, SmartConnect, ETFs, Corporate Brokerage and Research & Execution services to European retail networks.

Kepler Cheuvreux has established a unique European Platform in Equity Capital Markets through strategic partnerships with five European leading banks (UniCredit, Crédit Agricole CIB, Rabobank, Swedbank & Belfius).

During the course of these strategic developments, the Management of the Company has been promoting the key Kepler characteristics: Independence,  Entrepreneurship, Tailor-made solutions, Research-focus while remaining open to Partnerships & Strategic Alliances.

The company is present in fourteen major financial centers, including North America. This unique business model allows our analysts to be close to the companies which they research and our sales people to be close to their clients. Kepler Cheuvreux has the largest Equity Research footprint in Continental Europe.

Responsibilities

Financial Engineer Assistant (Eysins)

You will be part of the Cross Assets Structured Products business line, more precisely within the Financial Engineering team. In this position, you will be involved in:

• Cooperating with the Sales Force : flow pricings, checking products valuation


• Booking deals, drafting termsheets


• Conducting analysis to detect market opportunities : volatility, dividends, CDS…


• Assisting the team to build the Investment Solutions architecture in terms of automation


• Back-testing strategies & structured products


• Daily interactions with sales teams and counterparties

Index Structuring Assistant (Paris)

You will be part of the Index Structuring team and in collaboration – amongst others – with the Products Structuring and Sales teams, you will contribute to the elaboration of our quantitative index offer:

• Generation and improvement of monthly reportings


• Analysis and reverse valuation of existing indices


• Development of back-testing tools for new quantitative strategies


• Preparation of marketing supports for meetings aimed at defining the quantitative indices offer

Profile & Skills

Candidates should meet the following requirements:

• Student from a top-tier business/engineering school or at a top-ranked university with an academic background in financial markets 


• Previous experience in finance would be a plus


• Good computation and computer skills (C++, VBA…)


• Proficiency with statistical and programming packages


• Willing to learn in a demanding environment


• Dynamic, diligent, with excellent interpersonal skills


• Fluent in French and English

Internships start dates:

• Financial Engineer Assistant (Eysins): October 2018 and January 2019


• Index Structuring Assistant (Paris): January 2019

Please note that Kepler Cheuvreux promotes equal opportunity. All applications will be given due consideration.