Investment Risk Analyst Intern at State of… · Madison…

Summary: The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) is a premier global investment organization responsible for managing significant assets for the Wisconsin Retirement System and other state funds. The Investment Risk Analyst Intern will assist in assessing, monitoring, and reporting various investment risks while developing knowledge of investment management and risk management processes. Responsibilities: - Understand the Investment Management business and develop knowledge of the investment management portfolios/strategies, investment processes and Risk management processes - Investment Risk Intern will work on projects related to the investment risk management reporting and processes to ensure consistency and accuracy - Intern will work to develop and update procedures and controls for the investment risk function - Intern will work to design risk report templates and produce accurate risk reports for Investment Committee and daily investment risk - Intern will work to on ad-hoc risk analysis projects on an ex-post and ex-ante basis Required Qualifications: - Ability to work in Madison, WI for an approximate 10-week period beginning late May/early June 2026 - An advanced degree in finance, computer science, math, statistics, or related field - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - An ability to be adaptive and thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment - Superb work ethic, attention to detail, team orientation, and commitment to excellence - Team player - ability to work independently as well as work as part of a team - Flexible - ability to work in a rapidly changing environment and to tight deadlines Preferred Qualifications: - CFA/FRM/PRM will be a plus - Work experience related to risk analytics or investment risk management work supporting risk systems will be a plus - Knowledge of risk systems (including FactSet, Aladdin, Risk Manager) is desirable - Experience in ideally gained at the multi-asset level within a buy side investment manager - Experience in working with/understanding the various lifecycles of data management, extraction, loading, transformation to its applications in risk measurement and reporting - Working knowledge in composing SQL queries and handling large structured and financial data sets - Working knowledge of programming skills in Python, VBA etc. will be a plus - Quantitative and statistical analysis skills is a plus Required Skills: Risk management, Investment analysis, SQL Important Skills: Python, Data management, CFA/FRM/PRM