2008/09 Summer Internship Program - Equities, Sydney

• 10 week program - starting December 1st, 2008

The Australian Equities Division of Citi focuses on advising investors about investment opportunities in the equity markets and on transacting equity business on behalf of our clients. The Division encompasses a wide range of products and services, including Equities, Equity Derivatives and Prime Finance.
Australian Equities is broadly divided into Cash and Derivatives, which offer different products, often tailor-made to suit our client's needs. Our clients include some of the largest institutional investment managers, mutual funds, pension funds, hedge funds, risk arbitrage funds, sector-specific funds and private banks.

As the largest financial services organisation in the world, Citi makes sure our clients can take advantage of change on a global basis. If you have an interest in the dynamics of the world's economies and markets, the operations of one of the world's most successful companies, and working with some of the best and brightest people in the financial services industry, then this is for you. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and we look for highly motivated individuals with strong academic performance and excellent communication skills. Having a genuine passion for the industry is crucial to becoming a success at Citi.

As a summer intern, you will be assigned to the Equities division in Sydney for the full ten weeks of the program. The Program will provide you with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience, work on challenging projects and learn more about Citi and our culture. Throughout the ten weeks, we offer structured training and opportunities to network. After the initial training you will then be rotate between desks within Equities where you will be allocated a project / projects to work on during your ten weeks.

As an Employer of Choice for Women, Citi strongly encourages applications from both female and male students

We consider students from a range of disciplines including: Accounting, Commerce, Finance, Economics, Business, Combined Law, Mathematics, Physics and Engineering.

Applicants should expect to complete their tertiary qualification in 2009 and must have current and valid documentation to live and work in Australia permanently.

Please include a cover letter, CV and academic transcript with your application.

Successful professionals in our Equities division share many common traits. They include:

• Creative in solving problems
• Enthusiastic
• Hard-working
• Quick-thinking
• Intellectually curious
• Able to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Articulate in oral and written communication
• Cooperative; focused in achieving group and client objectives
• Detail-Oriented
• Quantitative

Necessary skills:

• Ability to work in a high stress, fast paced environment - multitasking skills are essential
• Quick learner and analytical thinker - You must be able to absorb, process and tie together a vast range of detailed information including economic & political news and all market related information spanning the entire spectrum of equity securities
• Creative thinking skills - You must be able to take all of the market news, trends and flow from across products and regions and translate them into sales ideas and revenue for the firm
• Clear, concise & effective communication skills are critical - a mastery of "trading language" is vital
• Willingness, desire and enthusiasm to learn about the markets & products.
• Attention to detail
• Team work - Must have the capability to work as part of a large team