Investment Risk Quant Intern: Professional Placement Year Internship

Primary Location: UNITED KINGDOM-LONDON-GB LONDON 22 BISHOPSGATE

Organization: AXAIM General Secretary

Contract Type: Regular

Shift: Day Job

Schedule: Full-time

Business unit: Global Risk Management – Investment Risk Analysis and Standards

Contract type: Internship

Preferred start date: June-September 2026

Eligibility: Undergraduate students studying for degrees that include a professional placement year during their 3rd year of study (4-year degree)

Duration of the placement: 12 months

Location: 22 Bishopsgate, London

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is now part of the BNP Paribas Group since 1st July 2025 following the closing of its acquisition. BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) is the asset manager of BNP Paribas, a leading banking group in Europe with international reach.

Description Of The Department:

• The main role of the Risk Management department is to provide the firm’s General Management with an independent view of the firm's risks across all investment platforms and entities and to support risk mitigation efforts.
• Within Risk Management, the main roles of the UK Investment Risk Analysis team are:

• To provide an independent identification, analysis and communication of Investment Risks (Market Risk, Credit and Counterparty Risk, Liquidity Risk, Performance Risk) for investment activities based in the UK.
• To support Investment Risk transversal streams (Liquidity Risk, Counterparty Risk…) according to department organisation.
• To support other Risk Management teams for their risk analyses when needed.

Your role and responsibilities will include:

• Regular reporting/oversight (50%):

• Run regular monitoring carried out by the team, analyse exceptions and elevate issues to investment teams and/or to management as needed.
• Prepare monthly summaries of investment risk overview covering various UK investment platforms.
• Participate to regular and ad hoc tasks on the Pricing and Valuation risk stream.
• Provide analytical support to the SERMs (Senior Expertise Risk Managers) and UK CRO (Chief Risk Officer) where required.
• Provide support to wider Investment Risk and Risk Management teams.

• Contribute to the enhancement of monitoring and reporting, in terms of quality, depth, efficiency of production, etc.
• This part of the internship is likely to involve using Python programming to transform and analyse data within the firm’s internal environment.

Qualifications:

• Education: Studying on a 4‑year University degree with 3rd year work placement included.
• Preferable study in a degree linked to evidencing the skills and experiences in numerical and analytical abilities, programming experience, interest in financial markets and risk analysis.

Skills And Experience:

• Must have strong numerical and analytical abilities.
• Must demonstrate strong relevant experience with programming (e.g. in Python, or R).
• Must demonstrate a strong interest in financial markets and risk analysis.
• Preferable prior knowledge on financial instruments and financial risk management techniques.
• Can be advantageous: previous relevant work experience.
• Can be advantageous: knowledge of financial data/risk systems e.g. Bloomberg, FactSet, RiskMetrics.

Competencies:

• Autonomy: is able to complete tasks of a certain technical or relational complexity unsupervised.
• Rigour and reliability: demonstrates thoroughness and exercises judgment to provide, in a timely manner, quality analysis and deliverables.
• Pragmatism and results orientation: delivers timely, tangible, exploitable results which create value.
• Ability to summarise and communicate: provides clear summaries and presentations to management, highlighting key points and control outcomes.
• Effective management of subjects on several fronts: proactively acts to anticipate possible difficulties and escalates to management where necessary.
• Team spirit: ability and desire to work as part of a team; will support others and build relationships within and outside of their immediate team.

What We Offer:

• This internship is an excellent opportunity to discover an international working environment.
• You will be fully integrated into our team, and you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively and discover other departments.
• You will be given end‑to‑end ownership of processes allowing you to see the impact of your work, and take on real responsibilities rapidly.
• GBP 28,000 basic salary + competitive benefits package.

What We Expect From You:

• Workplace professionalism.
• Physical attendance to the office 2‑3 days a week.
• Curiosity.
• Commitment.
• Willingness to learn & grow.

Please join us to realise your potential to drive progress, for yourself, our clients and the world in which we live.