2027 Risk Management - 12 Month Placement Intern (Frankfurt, June 2027 Start)

About the role

A 12-month Risk Management placement in Jefferies’ Frankfurt office, starting June 2027. The intern will work across risk teams and support projects covering market, credit, operational, quantitative, enterprise, and COO risk activities. Candidates need financial-markets knowledge, Excel or coding experience, strong organisation, problem-solving skills, and fluent English and German.

Responsibilities

• Support independent risk oversight by identifying, assessing, monitoring, and managing financial and non-financial risks.
• Contribute to risk management frameworks, policies, controls, and firmwide risk appetite statements.
• Measure current and potential risks using quantitative and qualitative methodologies, monitoring key risk metrics.
• Monitor limit utilisation against risk metrics and support compliance with established limits.
• Support independent reviews and challenges of risk-taking, hedging activities, exposures, and vulnerabilities.
• Work across Risk teams through extended placements and ad hoc projects.

Risk Areas

• Market Risk assesses potential losses from fluctuations in positions’ market values and market variables.
• Credit Risk assesses losses from adverse changes in counterparties’ creditworthiness or financial obligations.
• Operational Risk covers impacts from failed processes, people, systems, third parties, or external events.
• Quantitative Risk develops methodologies and models used to assess and measure risk.
• Enterprise Risk reviews overarching governance, management frameworks, and portfolio risk analysis.
• The Office of the COO enhances risk processes, projects, technology, resourcing, and model validation.

Requirements

• The posting states candidates should graduate in 2028 and have a placement year from June 2026 to June 2027.
• Work effectively in a team while remaining self-motivated, organised, and effective under pressure.
• Demonstrate problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with a focus on meeting deadlines.
• Have a basic understanding of financial markets.
• Have experience manipulating data in Excel or practical coding experience.
• Be fluent in English and German.