Python Finance Index Intern – Hybrid (Canary Wharf)

Inspiring Search; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Inspiring Search seeks a recent graduate to join as an Index Intern in Canary Wharf. The 12-month internship pays £27K, with four days in the office and one hybrid day per week.

You will support index design, market research, data analysis and automation, work with sales, respond to inquiries on rules and methodologies, and liaise with data providers such as Bloomberg and Reuters to ensure timely data delivery.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mathematics, Engineering or Computer Science with finance understanding.
• Advanced Python and Excel skills.
• Knowledge of databases and SQL queries.
• Experience with market data sources (Bloomberg, Reuters, FactSet).

Responsibilities

• Supporting sales efforts through market research to identify growth opportunities across all trading products, while also providing client consultancy by responding to inquiries on index rules, compositions, methodologies, and data providers.
• Designing indices, including data analysis, modelling, back-testing, rule creation, and supporting the development of marketing materials and operational handovers.
• Automating processes to ensure consistency in internal databases and performing data quality checks.
• Handling operational tasks such as requesting ISIN codes, making announcements to data vendors, and liaising with data providers (e.g., Bloomberg, Reuters).
• Enhancing the index library with new tools (new calculation formula, risk models, performance attributions)
• Develop scripts to simulate investment strategies and automate reporting
• Ensuring consistency of internal databases, data quality checks for indices design
• Doing market research to identify areas of growth
• Assist in the definition of new index methodologies adapted to the demands of end investors

Skills

Python

Excel

SQL

Market data knowledge

Education

Mathematics

Engineering

Computer Science

Tools

Bloomberg

Reuters

FactSet

Job description

Inspiring Search seeks a recent graduate to join as an Index Intern in Canary Wharf. The 12-month internship pays £27K, with four days in the office and one hybrid day per week.

You will support index design, market research, data analysis and automation, work with sales, respond to inquiries on rules and methodologies, and liaise with data providers such as Bloomberg and Reuters to ensure timely data delivery.