Summer Finance Intern

FHLBank Topeka; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 12,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

FHLBank Topeka offers a paid summer internship designed for a student pursuing an undergraduate degree in finance or accounting. The role focuses on financial analysis, investment management, debt issuance, hedging strategies, and pricing of member products within Capital Markets.

The intern will assist with volatility analysis, research, and documentation of risk exposures; develop analyses and presentations of strategies; and gain exposure to the Bank's balance sheet and business strategies.

Qualifications

• Twelve hours of college accounting or finance or the completion of at least sophomore year of college working toward an undergraduate degree in finance or accounting is preferred.
• One year of similar or related work experience is preferred but not required. Ability to work independently.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Prefer a candidate with some knowledge of Bloomberg, or other financial data source.
• Knowledge and proficient use of MS Office products, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Assist with identification of sources of volatility in the investment and derivative portfolio.
• Assist in research of member products.
• Assist in research and documentation of various risk exposures.
• Assist with development of analysis and presentations of various strategies.
• Assist with identification of potential portfolio transactions.
• Research and summarization of current financial topics.
• Review, analysis, and updating of various procedures and spreadsheets.
• Begin to develop an understanding of financial instruments the Bank utilizes.
• Begin to develop an understanding of the Bank's business, balance sheet, and general strategies.

Skills

Verbal & written comm

Independent work

Communication

MS Office proficiency

Education

College accounting/finance coursework or sophomore year in progress

Tools

Bloomberg

MS Office

Job description

This is a paid summer internship designed for a student to work while completing their degree. The emphasis of this position will be to utilize financial, statistical, and communication skills to improve the understanding of strategies executed in and managed by the Capital Markets department. The focus will be on investment management, debt issuance, hedging strategies and member product pricing at FHLBank. The responsibilities for this position may include, but are not limited to, the following.

• Assist with identification of sources of volatility in the investment and derivative portfolio.
• Assist in research of member products.
• Assist in research and documentation of various risk exposures.
• Assist with development of analysis and presentations of various strategies.
• Assist with identification of potential portfolio transactions.
• Research and summarization of current financial topics.
• Review, analysis, and updating of various procedures and spreadsheets.
• Begin to develop an understanding of financial instruments the Bank utilizes.
• Begin to develop an understanding of the Bank's business, balance sheet, and general strategies.

Qualifications

• Twelve hours of college accounting or finance or the completion of at least sophomore year of college working toward an undergraduate degree in finance or accounting is preferred.
• One year of similar or related work experience is preferred but not required. Ability to work independently.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Prefer a candidate with some knowledge of Bloomberg, or other financial data source.
• Knowledge and proficient use of MS Office products, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.Must be able to operate all types of general office equipment.

FHLBank Topeka EEO Policy

FHLBank Topeka is an equal employment opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, parental status, citizenship status, disability, genetic information, military status, gender identity and expression or marital status.

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