Rates Trading – Intern (Europe)

Citadel Securities; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 11,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

Citadel Securities in Amsterdam offers an 11-week internship to explore financial markets and trading with senior team members. You will collaborate to build tools, refine pricing, and run data analyses while networking with peers.

The program emphasizes learning, initiative, and adapting trading strategies to market events, with exposure to trading experts and real-time decision making.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's or master's in finance, business administration, economics, computer science, statistics, mathematics or related disciplines preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in financial markets and trading.

Responsibilities

• Develop in-depth knowledge of financial markets.
• Constantly learn and adapt trading approaches.
• Collaborate with the trading team to build new tools, improve pricing framework, and run data analysis.
• Learn how traders price and hedge client flow and help develop firm’s client relationships.
• Observe how traders develop trading strategies around technical and market events.

Skills

Markets passion

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Self-starter mindset

Communication skills

Multi-tasking under pressure

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in finance/ business/ economics/ CS/ stats/ math

Job description

At Citadel Securities, our traders make complex risk decisions and execute trades at scale, in real-time. You will work with markets and trading experts who use predictive analytics and advanced technology to monitor risk, respond to market signals, execute trading strategies, and provide liquidity to the world's most important financial institutions such as as central banks, pension funds and asset managers.

As an intern, you'll get to challenge the impossible in markets and trading through an 11 week program that will allow you to collaborate and connect with senior team members. In addition, you'll get the opportunity to network and socialize with peers throughout the internship.

Your Objectives:

• Develop in-depth knowledge of financial markets
• Constantly learn and adapt trading approaches
• Work with current trading team to build new tools, improvements to pricing framework, and run data analysis
• Learn how our traders price and hedge client flow/help develop firm's relationship with client base
• Observe how traders develop trading strategies around technical and market events

Your Skills & Talents:

• Pursuing a bachelor's or master's in finance, business administration, economics, computer science, statistics, mathematics or related disciplines preferred
• Passion and demonstrated interest in the markets
• Exceptional problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and good organizational skills
• Self-starter and hard-working, not afraid to question status quo, and has an entrepreneurial mindset
• Proactive, motivated, and self-drive personality with a strong desire to learn, adapt, and take initiative
• Superior written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to efficiently multi-task and has the capacity to handle high-pressure and fast-paced environments

Opportunities may be available from time to time in any location in which the business is based for suitable candidates.