I was a summer intern on the PCA team Daytoday I would be involved with creating presentations formatting and admin tasks I was also able to participate in some external calls Once a week there was an internal team meeting where we would all come to
I worked on data analytics to maintain and monitor deployed models that Jefferies has in production mostly involving information security aspects I also was part in conversations held about ways to bring a model into production by going through use cases
I rotated round the different areas of HR so my daily tasks changed all the time Some of my work was shadowing and attending meetings but I was often involved in work that the team I was with did This included emailing people ringing people designing
Business Analyst Role going to different traderssales people taking requests looking into what tech changes would be beneficial to them planning and sometimes implementing said changes
Provide PFG Distribution support for all sales inquiries Provide quantitative analysis maintains online data room supports all document preparation Initiates responses to and populates investor due diligence requests Keeper of the investor status summar
My role consisted of making slides for valuation decks bake offs as well as due diligence work ie research on a company or industry I also took notes on all meetings that I sat in on and often had to circulate them to the team and I worked with per
Individual project work for the duration of the whole internship I had to research talk with stakeholders and end users complete online courses document my project and deliver the logic and code
Average typical working hours 9530pm At the start of the day there039s meetings to go over what we did recently what we need help on etc Then you just work on your project independently with support from mentors people in your team or outside
Log on reply to all emails and teams chat Usually allocated a project which is on a decently long term scale therefore employees are expected to be proactive and complete these projects in a timely manner Therefore day to day is usually continuing on
Daily tasks involve interaction with external media consultancies monitoring coverage of the firm and responding to the EMEA Marketing team039s ad hoc requests These can involve drafting up content for social media liaising with intrafirm teams o
Partook in networking lunches stock pitches and a simulation run by Amplify Me
Hearing from experienced professionals about the day to day operations and engaging in hands on tasks around case studies and simulations to aid us in our learning
The insight programme consisted in many different activities such as general overview of the company team work and team building some work shadowing but also some case studies and assessed tasks
The programme was 4 days long The first day contained a series of talk about the firm and its various divisions as well as training on how to read the Financial Times Day 2 contained a more detailed overview of each division within IB as well as a cas
Gave great insight into IB business areas including MampA ECM and DCM In addition we were given the opportunity to hear from and speak with Jefferies employees during networking events as well as panel discussions Interactive sessions were also a c
Investment banking insight week involved overviews of sectors and culture case studies IPO simulation day and interviews for Summer conversion
Got to learn across the different divisions in Jefferies from equity research to banking to sales and trading Final day was interviews
The spring week involved a series of presentations given by various industry teams working in the investment banking division There was also a case study where we need to present on an asset we will invest in if we had 50000 to a team of senior bankers
Professional Skills Training In depth Business Area Overviews Presentations and Group Exercises Work Shadowing Interactive Case Studies and Presenations Firmwide networking events Consideration for converting to Summer Internship offer
Fast pace software development Constant communication with traders and quants Frequent meeting with the senior developers and managers
