Equities Associate Program

About Citadel

Citadel is one of the world’s leading alternative investment managers. The firm manages capital on behalf of many of the world’s preeminent private, public, and nonprofit institutions. Citadel seeks the highest and best use of investor capital to deliver market-leading results and contribute to broader economic growth. For over 30 years, Citadel has cultivated a culture of learning and collaboration among some of the world's most talented and accomplished investment professionals, researchers, and engineers in the world.

Your Role

This opportunity is a full-time role within the Citadel Associate Program. The Citadel Associate Program seeks to train and develop junior talent into successful investment professionals on Citadel’s platform. Key responsibilities include:

• Apply analytical and research skills to executing an investment process.
• Learn smart and efficient financial modeling techniques.
• Gain exposure to innovative research tactics including identifying and mining external data sources. 
• Experience best-in-class research technology and quantitative risk systems.

Training & Development 

You will experience first-hand long-short equities investing from the inside of one of the world’s most preeminent hedge funds. Participants will learn through instructor-led classroom training and rotations on investment teams. Citadel brings together the brightest minds across mathematics, engineering, finance, and beyond. An Investment team rotation will offer the chance to perform bespoke research projects while reporting directly to analysts and portfolio managers across different industry groups. 

Salary & Benefits

Citadel offers attractive benefits and perks, including free annual biometric screenings, employee assistance programs for accident, death, and dismemberment insurance, gym on-site, Paid time off, transport allowance, and a flexible spending account. 

Career Progression

Citadel empowers and rewards team members who deliver results. Citadel creates opportunities by consistently making career and compensation decisions on the merits, recognizing that doing so attracts and retains the best and the brightest. Citadel passionately pursues new ideas,  innovations, and new strategies that will strengthen its competitive advantage. A position at Citadel is an opportunity for lifelong learning. 

Work-Life Balance

The work vibe is generally fast-paced, requiring employees to adapt their strategies to an ever-changing market. While the fast-paced Citadel work may seem challenging, it soon becomes familiar and makes collaboration even more productive. All are empowered to test their ideas and develop commercial solutions that accelerate their growth and drive real impact.

Culture & Vibe

Citadel embraces bold ideas and seizes opportunities others don’t, from the way it operates to quickly entering the market for action, Citadel's work goes into the market quickly. That’s because when solving live problems, have to operate in real-time. The financial markets provide immediate feedback that propels the cycle of learning and the impact of Citadel. Its relentless focus on innovation raises the bar for what’s possible. That’s as true for the work in the markets as it is for your career. It’s a collective intellect, skill, and ambition that allows achieving far more together than ever could.

About You

• Strong organization skills to help create and maintain investment team infrastructure.
• Ability to leverage incomplete and imperfect information into a well-formulated thesis.
• Skill in utilizing third-party data sets to support or refute pillars of an argument.
• Interest in learning and applying new technology applications.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

How to Apply

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Source

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• citadel.com