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Job Description Summary

Job Description

As a Nationwide Investments intern, you’ll get a chance to experience our culture and see firsthand how our team contributes to our company’s overall strength and stability. Our internship program is designed to help undergraduates immerse themselves into the Investments field through education sessions, meaningful project work, and connections with our talented team.

Throughout your internship time at Nationwide, you’ll contribute to key business assignments that impact our mission and vision, all while developing and enhancing your understanding of investment-related concepts. 

Position description/key duties:

The Nationwide Investment organizations manage more than $150 billion across insurance company general account portfolios and other accounts.  We are seeking 3 interns that will support our Credit Research, Real Estate Investments, Alternative Investments and Client Advisory Services teams, with the opportunity to work together with our associates and fellow interns in a collaborative, team-based environment.

Each team’s intern will have the opportunity to partake in hands-on Investments projects and efforts, gain a comprehensive understanding of each area within the Investments team, and align with a team within Investments, such as:

Credit Research: Conducting portfolio and / or fundamental credit analysis to assess risks and opportunities.Real Estate Investments: Support and contribute to commercial mortgage loan (CML) due diligence activities, conduct CRE research, support new Real Estate web site development, and assist with tax credit efforts, such as syndicator reviews and underwriting, as well as other projects as assigned.Client Advisory Services / Alternative Investments: Collaborate on client-oriented tasks, including reporting and due diligence. Research and analysis of external manager investment opportunities.

Ideal Candidate should have the following skills, strengths or interests: 

Intellectually curiousExceptional analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving capabilitiesResourceful individual contributor who also enjoys working in a team environment both within and outside of InvestmentsDemonstrable drive to solve problemsResearch orientedSteps up to new challengesStrong financial acumen and communication skillsExcels at analyzing data and looking for patterns / “a-ha” findingsHigh energy, positive attitude, and team orientedAbility to work with individuals at all levelsDriven, self-motivated, and initiative to succeedCoding and programming knowledge (e.g., Python and Tableau skills) a plus

Reporting Relationships: Reports to Investment Leader or Senior Investment Professional.

Education: Candidates could be pursuing, but not limited to, degrees in the following academic fields: Finance, Economics, Accounting, Math, Statistics, Data Analytics, Econometrics.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: Basic understanding of Microsoft Office products, programming languages, and data analytic tools. Basic level of business perspective and analysis, customer focus, and dealing with ambiguity. Proficient level of problem solving, learning on the fly, and making the best use of system capabilities.

This internship is required to work in office.

Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program. At its sole discretion, Nationwide determines whether to offer sponsorship for qualifying positions based on business need and budget. However, it is not usually available for entry level roles.

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