Bank of America Internships 2025 (South Africa)

Bank of America Internships 2025 (South Africa)

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Bank of America Internships 2025 (South Africa)

Deadline: 25 October 2024

Location: Johannesburg, , South Africa

Bank of America Internships

The Bank of America Global Markets Off Cycle Analyst programme is typically 3-6 months and gives interns intensive exposure to a single Sales and Trading desk. Interns will work in an exciting and fast paced environment fully supported by their manager, buddy, mentor, and HR.

Responsibilities

As an off-cycle analyst, your key tasks and responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

Sales

  • Supporting the sales force in their daily activities 
  • Gaining exposure to client relationship management 
  • Preparing marketing material and working on client presentations 
  • Exploring sales leads through market and company research 
  • Delivering analytical projects around client profitability and market trends

Trading

  • Supporting traders in their daily activities 
  • Shadowing senior members of the team and undertaking mock trading as a hands-on approach to learning the basics of risk management and market making 
  • Analysing client and market data to help develop and execute trades
  • Following and analysing macro and company specific events as they unfold real time and anticipating the upcoming path and outcome.

MORE OPPORTUNITIES:

Structuring

  • Supporting senior structurers, traders, and salesforce across GM in their daily activities gaining maximum exposure to all of GM’s clients and products. Activities might include preparing a pitchbook for a client meeting or analysing, designing, and marketing a new client solution.  
  • Gaining front to back exposure of GM transactions, ranging from client relationship management with Sales to risk management and pricing with Trading.
  • Be part of the analytical engine of GM and deliver projects around topical themes across various asset classes (Equities, Rates, FX, and Credit) by working with other key business stakeholders such as Quants or Research.
  • Following and analyzing macro, markets, and industry specific events as they unfold real time and providing solutions to a diverse set of institutional clients.

Eligibility

  • Candidates are required to be pursuing either an undergraduate or postgraduate degree from an accredited college or university, with a graduation timeframe between April 2025 and June 2026, or recent graduates for roles starting from September 2025
  • Achieved minimum of 112 UCAS point (or equivalent) and on track for a minimum 2:1 degree classification (or equivalent)
  • Must be available to join the programme anytime from January until December 2025

What Bank of America is looking for:

Essential:

  • You’ll need to demonstrate drive, innovation and a genuine interest in the financial markets
  • Team-working, leadership and problem-solving skills, plus creativity are key qualities, as is the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, multi-task and interact with a variety of people
  • You’ll need to demonstrate accountability and productivity and display analytical and problem-solving skills
  • You’ll need to Influence decisions and outcomes through effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • You’ll need to promote cooperation and commitment within a team environment to achieve goals and deliverables
  • You’ll need to demonstrate integrity and ethics by earning other’s trust and respect through consistent honesty and professionalism in all interactions

Desired:

  • Programming languages/software abilities
  • For certain roles language skills will be advantageous

Application

To apply, visit Bank of America recruitment portal.

Note: Late applications will not be considered.

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