Intern

About Morningstar

Morningstar is a leading global provider of independent investment insights, serving both individual and institutional investors across public and private markets. Our offerings include a wide range of data, research, and investment management services, with $300+ billion in assets under management. Operating in 32 countries, Morningstar supports financial advisors, asset managers, retirement plan providers, and more with comprehensive investment solutions.

The Role

The Indexes Derivatives Sales team is seeking an additional individual who will be assisting in the day-to-day business conduct of our Morningstar index franchise linked to derivatives products. The position is a 6-month internship and will be based in London.

Following a rapid growth of our index creation outputs linked to structured product in EMEA, the team is looking for a direct team support with cross functional ties reporting to the head of EMEA Derivatives Products Sales - Index.

The individual will be involved in the full life cycle of product launches (from index ideation to full index dissemination) and will play a central role to ensure efficient and robust processes alongside with helping the sales team in growing the numbers of product launches.

The new team member will be in constant contact with internal and external stakeholders and will be responsible for swift business conduct and reducing Sales team workload.

Key responsibilities:

• Assisting Business team in the index ideation process linked to Structured products.
  • Creating hypothetical portfolios based on client’s constraints and requirements and external trends using AI and other internal tools

• Monitoring the product development phase of the prototypes
  • Making sure timelines are being respected and prioritization if needed
  • Checking basic results (portfolios and time series) versus client requirements

• Coordinating the Launch process and assisting in the following tasks:
  • Product Configurations and Rulebooks
  • Coordinating with the Implementation team

• Assisting in CRM task
  • Helping business team with administrative tasks

• Building & maintaining tracking and monitoring tools for the Derivatives team
  • Maintaining the pipeline tracking sheet
  • Monitor external databases and raise market intel to the business team

• The new team member will also be included in client discussions throughout the lifecycle of the projects.

Key Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Excell skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Highly motivated and ability to handle multiple tasks
• Focused
• Interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with AI tools

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Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.