Graduate (Data Analytics) at PPS

Job Advert Summary    

Kick-start your career within the investment industry and join a diverse data analytics team in 2024!

Are you eternally curious and eager to learn and grow your capabilities? Our 12-month graduate program offers an opportunity to start a career in the investments industry offering a comprehensive learning experience.

This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience while working with a team of seasoned professionals. You will have exposure to understanding the investments landscape whilst continuing with functional training in an incubated learning environment.

Bring your technical skills and fresh thinking to support investment decision making process and assumptions. Be part of our dynamic team and take your first step in your journey to achieve your development goals and, long-term ambitions.

Minimum Requirements    

We are looking for exceptionally talented graduates with a completed Bachelor’s or Honour’s degree qualification within the following disciplines or areas of specialisation:

• Investments, Economics, Statistics, Data Science   

Knowledge and competencies:

• MS Office – intermediate level of MS Word & Excel
• Strong interest in investments and data analytics
• Being resilient
• Curious
• Collaborative
• Client focused
• Performance and results driven 

Duties and Responsibilities    

• Build an awareness and understanding of the investments industry and the end-to-end client journey.
• Gain practical experience in supporting the product team in the developing new products, funds and investment strategies.
• Data governance (quality, accessibility, ownership and security). Engaging with stakeholders to obtain an understanding of their data practices to contract, manage and meet expectations.
• Identifying opportunities to influence the improvement or enhancement of business processes and methodologies by researching and recommending improvement initiatives and effective ways to operate and add value to PPS.
• Designing and implementing data strategies and systems, through collaboration with the IT and Business teams, to create and maintain the data architecture that will drive various initiatives across the organisation.
• Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our products into an innovative industry leader.
• Work closely with senior professionals who will provide mentorship and guidance throughout the internship.
• Actively contribute and be accountable within the team where you will be required to integrate and participate in department deliverables.
• Collaborate with a diverse team in a supportive and inclusive work environment.