What are the responsibilities and job description for the Student, Public Equities Investment Risk Management (Summer 2025) position at Alberta Investment Management Corporation?
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Opportunity
Work our way from Edmonton, or Calgary. Our flexible work style lets you work remotely while allowing regular visits to our vibrant offices, where you can soak up our culture and collaborate with colleagues.AIMCo has the responsibility of ensuring prosperity, security, and opportunity across generations of Albertans. The Investment Risk Management team is responsible for independently identifying, analyzing, assessing, monitoring, and reporting on the investment and non-investment risks associated with AIMCo’s investment portfolios.
The Public Equities Investment Risk Management team is responsible for supporting AIMCo’s senior leadership with analytics and advice on AIMCo’s Public Equities asset class and supporting the CIO and the portfolio managers with optimizing the balance of risk and return within the investment portfolios by providing information, quantitative tools and advice.
Note: This is a 4-month, full-time term from May 2025 through August 2025, with the possibility of extension.
***Job Posting will expire at 11:59pm MT on March 8, 2025.
Responsibilities Include:
Monitor and assess the changes in the risk profiles of Public Equities strategies using daily risk reports
Conduct risk assessments on new or existing Public Equities strategies
Developing working knowledge of AIMCo’s portfolio and strategies to assist risk analysis, monitoring the changes in portfolio risk profile
Enhance existing risk reports and create new risk reporting processes via programing languages such as Python or R
Collaborate with other Investment Risk Management teams to provide Public Equities risk insight in the context of other asset classes or the AIMCo Total Fund
Collaborate with colleagues across Risk Management to assess risk measurement methodologies and identify enhancements in risk measurement
Our Ideal Candidate Qualifications:
Undergraduate or Master student enrolled in in Business or Quantitative programs (Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, etc.)
Returning to studies Fall 2025 or finishing a formal work experience program (ex. co-op)
Proficiency with programming language (e.g. Python, R, Matlab, SQL) is desired
Keen interest in the financial markets and good knowledge of finance, statistics, and risk concepts
Exceptional attention to detail, and an ability to manage multiple tasks and work under pressure to meet deadlines
Demonstrates a strong commitment to AIMCo’s core values of excellence, transparency, humility, integrity and collaboration, and inspires the same in others
Success Measures:
Your success in the role will rely on your ability to finish tasks independently and support various risk projects. You will finely-tune your attention to detail as the results of your work will be client-facing. Your enthusiasm and passion for learning will be supported by the whole Risk Management team.
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Next Steps
We are excited to meet you. Please submit your resume or CV to be considered for this opportunity. Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis and we will be in touch with any questions.
Final candidates will be asked to undergo a security screening, which includes a credit bureau and a criminal record investigation, the results of which must be acceptable to AIMCo.
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