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2024 Fall DMFI Macro Research Intern

New York, New York, United States

The Role

We are excited to offer a talented student an opportunity to join the Schonfeld internship program. You'll spend your Fall, and potentially Spring, semesters with Schonfeld's Macro Research team within the Discretionary Macro and Fixed platform and interact with portfolio managers and trading. Examples of projects for the macro internship would entail automating economic data chartpacks, cleaning economic data models, track central bank communication, and alt data collection and analysis.

What You’ll Bring

  • Currently pursuing a Bachelors/Masters/Ph.D in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, or another quantitative field
  • Strong programming skills in Python and experience with some time series analysis skills desired
  • Understanding of economic data would be recommended but not required
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing requirements
  • Availability to work a combination of in-person at our 590 Madison office and remotely 15-20 hours per week
  • Preference to New York City area candidates who can intern in person for part of the time

 

Who We Are
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-strategy, multi-manager investment platform that harnesses the transformative power of people to perform in all market environments. Our dynamic culture inspires better outcomes for our team, our investors, and our partners. We aim to consistently deliver risk-adjusted returns, with people driving performance.

We specialize in five core strategies: Quantitative Trading, Fundamental Equity, Tactical Trading, Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income, and Emerging Markets & Delta One. We capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets, drawing from a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure, and risk analytics.

We invest through internal portfolio managers and external partner funds, pursuing alignment among investors, investment professionals, and the firm. Our footprint spans 7 countries and 19 offices.

Our Culture
Talent is our strategy. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative, and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning & educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact.

We foster a sense of belonging among all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. Our employees value diversity across identity, thought, people and perspective which serves as the foundation of our culture. As a firm, we are committed to creating a hiring process that is fair, welcoming and supportive.


The annual base pay for this role is expected to be between $50,000 and $60,000 which will be prorated based on internship start and end date. The expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications and experience and level of education.

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