Quantitative Modelling Intern - Statistics

The Programme

The Team: 

The Analytical Innovation & Development Group (AIDG) is an elite, global team of highly skilled and versatile individuals (including PhDs, CFAs, FRMs, economists, statisticians, etc.) who employ advanced machine-learning techniques to develop, maintain and improve statistical models used by analysts at Corporations and Financial Institutions to automate, speed up and scale the credit risk assessment of multiple asset classes (Corporates and Small and Medium Enterprises).

The Impact: 

The AIDG develops the statistical models that power the Credit Analytics products/offering, within one of the fastest-growing businesses of S&P Global Market Intelligence. Our client base includes large corporations, banks and insurance companies. 
 
The team also provides analytic support to Sales Team and current clients and is engaged in regular market outreach activities (in coordination with other teams) to incorporate external feedback into our models or to build new tools that enable clients to make decisions with conviction.

What You Will Do

• End-to-end analytic model development (data gathering, cleaning, model training, etc.) 
• Technical Documentation.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Excellent knowledge of Python and statistical modelling. 
• Basic knowledge of machine learning. 
• Majors in Statistics, Econometrics, Quantitative Finance, Financial Engineering, or related fields. 
• Good knowledge of Excel with functions, VBA, SQL. 
• Good English command (both verbal and written).  
• Results-oriented, flexible/adaptable, keen to learn, dedicated.

At S&P Global, we don’t give you intelligence—we give you essential intelligence.  
 
The essential intelligence you need to make decisions with conviction. Together, the divisions of S&P Global -- including S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Dow Jones Indices, and S&P Global Platts -- are the foremost providers of essential intelligence for the capital and commodities markets. 
  
Whether it's analyzing data, innovating technology, or developing market insights, we're always looking for intellectually curious, progressive and passionate thinkers to join our team.  
 
With over 20,000 employees working across 95 offices around the globe, the diverse and vibrant community at S&P Global is unlike one you’ll find anywhere else.