Monday, August 24, 2015

S&P Ratings CREDit Graduate Program – McGraw Hill Finance (posted on 24 AUGUST 2015)

Company
McGraw Hill Finance
Industry
Finance
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Graduate Program
Post Date
24 August 2015
Closing Date
20 September 2015

Employer Description
McGraw Hill Financial is a leader in credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics for the global capital and commodity markets. MHFI includes Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Dow Jones Indices, J.D. Power, Platts, and McGraw Hill Construction.

The program begins with a comprehensive four-week training course in New York focusing on a variety of areas, including: Accounting, Ratings Methodology, Risk & Compliance, Capital Markets, etc.  Participants will continue with additional training throughout the remainder of the program.  They will also be required to successfully complete required certifications exams during the program and pass a rigorous evaluation process.

Responsibilities
The S&P Credit Ratings Excellence Development (CRED) Program is a three-year training development program commencing in August 2016.

Demonstrates an understanding of rating principles and methodology; has a working knowledge of S&P Rating’s criteria and aids in researching criteria development needs.
Contributes to the analysis of credit using S&P rating methodology and standards, financial models, financial data, and financial statement analysis, ultimately producing ratings recommendations.
Takes responsibility for performing variance analysis and interpretation of results.
Aid in identifying market trends, client developments and client’s financial projections.
Coordinates with global & regional offices to ensure data is treated consistently across international borders and available to S&P's global network.
Carries out research for industry monitoring including examining corporate or municipal financial information.
Prepares and submits detailed reports and summaries incorporating information required for evaluation by the rating committee. Participates in rating committee meetings as assigned.
Provides analytical support on a portfolio of credits under the guidance of a lead analyst.

Qualifications
  • Completion of Bachelor's / Master's degree by May 2016 within Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related business/quantitative discipline
  • Learning agility, Creativity, and Problem-solving ability
  • GPA equivalent to 3.0 or 2:1 degree & above
  • Strong verbal & written communication skills
  • The ability and the desire to learn to conduct analysis and research
  • The ability to work in a deal-driven, collaborative work environment is required
  • Interpreting financial statements and writing reports in Chinese hence proficiency in Chinese is a must
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Graduate Program – GTP Securities Trading – UBS (posted on 24 AUGUST 2015)

Company
UBS
Industry
Investment Banking
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Internship
Post Date
24 August 2015
Closing Date
05 October 2015

Employer Description
UBS Investment Bank's Securities (Investment Client Services - ICS) business provides services to professional investors across financial markets. These investors could be asset managers, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds or other large pools of professionally-managed capital. Our Investment Bank's Securities (Investment Client Services - ICS) business provides services to professional investors across financial markets. These investors could be asset managers, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds or other large pools of professionally-managed capital. Our offering incorporates investment advice and all trading and post-trade services. We're a top-tier global equities house with leading franchises in research, cash equities, derivatives and prime brokerage. We also offer sophisticated structured solutions on our market leading FX and precious metal platforms. Our rates and credit business provides secondary trading capabilities, primary issuance capability and more structured solutions across government and corporate bonds.

Responsibilities
You keep on learning once you join your team. You may be rotated through a number of desks and departments to broaden your product knowledge and extend your network of contacts. In some departments, regular lectures and presentation events allow for the sharing of knowledge as well as promoting team spirit. Ongoing training and development encourages your career progress. Customized programs build your core competencies and enhance your skills.

Qualifications
Graduates with a range of perspectives, experiences and skills, who have the potential to make a real difference. Highly talented individuals who can bring something different to our organization and offer them superb career opportunities to match their potential.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

TURF Graduate Program - Audit – KPMG (posted on 18 AUGUST 2015)

Company
KPMG
Industry
Audit, Tax, and Advisory
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Graduate Program
Post Date
18 August 2015
Closing Date
28 August 2015

Employer Description
KPMG is one of the largest professional services companies in the world and one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Its global headquarters is located in Amstelveen, the Netherlands.

Responsibilities
KPMG will sponsor a 3-month full time training program for Audit Trainees with no accounting background to help them gain foundation knowledge of accounting and auditing. During this period, you will be given an allowance and a mentor (managerial level) will be assigned to provide the necessary support and guidance to you. Once you have completed the foundation program, you will join the Audit function as an Audit Associate.

Qualifications
  • Only for Non-Accountancy Students
  • Able to work in teams to acquire an in-depth understanding of our client`s business, carry out the audit based on audit planning, prepare appropriate audit work papers
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Monday, August 17, 2015

Internship - Technology – Amazon (posted on 17 AUGUST 2015)

Company
Amazon
Industry
Web Services
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Internship
Post Date
17 August 2015
Closing Date
n.a

Employer Description
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud (“cloud computing”). Customers across Asia Pacific (APAC), as well as hundreds of thousands of customers in more than 190 countries are able to use compute power, storage, and many other services – gaining access to a suite of elastic IT nfrastructure services as your business demands them.

AWS is seeking a talented, self-directed Marketing Intern to join the ASEAN Marketing team to drive the awareness and adoption of the AWS cloud through online/offline marketing campaigns.

Responsibilities
  • Execute on the ASEAN marketing programs and events and work with the Sales team in ASEAN to drive business growth and achieve targets.
  • Event management support : pre-event and post-event logistics support, event survey analysis/follow-up e-mails and reporting.
  • Customer Communications Support: general marketing enquiry /event related follow ups
  • Marketing Operations Support: assist in the development and administration of data quality initiatives within CRM and marketing automation platform to improve the accuracy of reporting, SFDC lead tracking/management and Marketo workflow setup to ensure campaigns/programs launched on time.
  • Research on 3rd party event to define the best option for AWS to attend in terms of ROI
  • Digital Content/Marketing Assets (Sales Tools, Videos, Collateral) Management
Qualifications
  • Final year undergraduate degree, or current MBA student who is looking to build a career in IT marketing.
  • Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, technology, or relevant field of study.
  • Demonstrated success in event management, campaign execution, and/or project management.
  • Ability to work independently and autonomously.
  • Fluency in English.
  • Passion for technology
  • HTML knowledge
  • Highly driven and able to develop original ideas, approaches, and solutions to typical, unusual, or difficult situations or problems.
  • Salesforce.con or Marketo experience;
  • Strong attention to detail, and ability to evolve in an ambiguous environment
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Thursday, August 13, 2015

*Offer Guaranteed* BestTop Workshop: Get First Job in Singapore Banking Industry


Overview
2015 campus recruitment season is about to begin. Together with mentors and HRs from top financial institutions, BestTop will use validated experience to help you stand out among your peers and get your first job in Singapore banking industry. This is the only career workshop program we offered in year 2015, so do seize the opportunity and pursue your dream!

Offer Guaranteed: Pay only when you get the job. We are on the same boat with you. Thus, your success becomes our responsibility. We are determined to push you to the next highest level.
Expert Mentors: You don't have to do it alone. Receive weekly instruction, feedback and evaluation from mentors who are banking professionals and experienced career advisors. You get to expend your banking network from day one.
Structured Approach: Learning by doing. Our workshop is a structured, 1-month curriculum of weekly training courses and skill-building tutorials. The curriculum strictly follows Singapore banks' recruitment period and provides you a step-by-step guidance to teach you how to land a banking job.
Practical Skill: Forget about dry theories. What you learn from the workshop are practical skills proved effective in securing banking jobs. You will walk away with shining resume, outstanding interview skills, and profound financial industry knowledge.


Course Details
We follow “4+4+1=50”course design philosophy. You will attend 4 career workshops during 4 weekends, each lasting for 6 hours. They are delivered by banking professionals and HRs, and you will acquire all essential soft skills and hard skills to apply for banking jobs. During each week, BestTop will arrange 4 tutorial sessions to help you apply what you learnt into practices. After all workshops and tutorials, you will get chances to tour around Bloomberg Singapore office and attend professional aptitude test.

15 Aug: Financial Knowledge and Trading Essentials
·         Learn Essential Financial and Product Knowledge
·         Shape Skills to Read Financial Market
·         Acquire Strategies for Effective Trading

22 Aug: Financial Modeling and Valuation
·         Analyze Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement
·         Learn Advanced Excel Functions for Financial  Jobs
·         Construct Your First Financial Model

29 Aug: All You Need to Know for a Banking Job
·         Overview of Roles and Responsibilities in Banks
·         Write Outstanding Resumes and Cover Letter and Receive Customized Feedback
·         Discover Ways to Stand out in Interviews and Assessment Center

5 Sep: Career Planning in Financial Industry
·         Design Your First Personalized Career Development Plan
·         Acquire Important Networking Skill to Succeed Your Job Application
·         Learn How to Make an Impact before and after Entering Financial Industry

28 Sep: Bloomberg Office Tour
·         Attend Company Presentation and Office Tour
·         Take Bloomberg Aptitude Test and Get Immediate Feedback


Mentors
Seng Yong
I started off as a graduate trainee with British Petroleum (BP) Singapore Pte. Ltd., Integrated Supply and Trading arm of the oil major in 2004, after graduating from NUS Business School. I was subsequently trained to work in the treasury department dealing with hedging and proprietary trading of mainly the FX market (also have mandate to deal with equities and interest rates futures). I left BP in 2015 and co-founded Clover Global Capital Pte. Ltd., proprietary trading financial instruments and also oil related products.

Allen
Allen has extensive experience in financial modeling in his current role in KPMG Advisory. He has previously worked in Deutsche Bank. He holds a Master Degree from Singapore Management University and Bachelor Degree from Northwest University of Politics and Law.

Austen
Austen has 8 years of working experience in banking and more than 6 years of HR career consulting experience in the Banking and Finance space. His previous working experience include private wealth management, relationship management and talent acquisition.

Matthew
Matthew has over 8 years experience in training and development, facilitation, coaching and leadership development, having worked at both Barclays and Morgan Stanley. In addition, he has a wealth of experience in reviewing resumes, conducting interviews, designing and developing graduate assessment centres and defining recruiting strategy. He has worked with C-Suite Executives, Middle Managers, Graduates and Universities in the UK and Singapore, including LBS, Oxford, NTU, SMU and NUS. He holds MBA from NUS.


Who Should Attend
·         Fresh graduates who want to apply for 2016 graduate trainee program in Singapore banking industry
·         Year 2 & year 3 college students who want to apply for 2016 summer internship program in Singapore banking industry
·         Working professionals and students who are looking for full-time jobs in Singapore financial service industry


Application
To maintain quality, only limited seats are available for qualified applicants. Interview and assessment will be conducted.

Please fill up this form to indicate your intention, and BestTop will contact you shortly.


Promotion
20% off for early bird registration and group attendance (minimum 2 pax)


Internship – Quantitative Research – J.P Morgan (posted on 13 AUGUST 2015)

Company
J.P Morgan
Industry
Investment Banking
Location
Singapore
Position Type
Internship
Post Date
13 August 2015
Closing Date
n.a

Employer Description
J.P. Morgan is one of the most respected financial institutions in the world – which is why we can offer you an outstanding career. We have been doing first-class business in a first-class way for more than 200 years. Throughout our history, we have played a leading role in helping companies grow and markets develop. Globally we work together to deliver the best solutions and advice to meet our clients’ needs, anywhere in the world. We operate in more than 100 countries, and hold global leadership positions in each of our businesses. We have an exceptional team of employees who work hard to do the right thing for our clients, shareholders and the firm every day.

Responsibilities
Through the diversity of the businesses it supports and the variety of functions that it is responsible for, the Quantitative Research group provides unique growth opportunities for its new intern to develop their abilities and their careers. Roles and responsibilities include the following:
  • Developing mathematical models for pricing, hedging and risk measurement of derivatives securities
  • Supporting trading activities by explaining model behavior, identifying major sources of risk in portfolios, carrying out scenario analyses, developing and delivering quantitative tools, and supporting analytics
  • Evaluating quantitative methodologies - identifying and monitoring model risk associated with derivative valuation models
  • Assessing the appropriateness of quantitative models and their limitations for valuation and risk management
  • Implementing risk measurement and valuation models in software and systems
  • Designing efficient numerical algorithms and implementing high performance computing solutions
  • Designing and developing software frameworks for analytics and their delivery to systems and applications
Qualifications
  • Enrolled in a PhD OR Masters OR equivalent degree program in math, sciences, engineering or computer science
  • Exceptional analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills
  • Mastered advanced mathematics arising in financial modeling (i.e., probability theory, stochastic calculus, partial differential equations, numerical analysis) or should have exceptional software design -and development skills using C++/Matlab
  • Knowledge of equities derivative modeling and options pricing theory preferred but not required
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