We are looking for a student to join our ESG Quant team in Responsible Investment.

København S, DK, 2300

Job ID: 28160

About our team
Nordea Asset Management (NAM) is the centre of investment management in the Nordea Group and in the Asset & Wealth Management division. NAM is the largest asset manager in the Nordics with the vision of being a leading European Asset Manager. We want to do this by delivering returns with responsibility. We meet customer demands and guide our customers in the right direction in asset selection while ensuring prudent ESG practices. NAM has around 900 employees and more than 475 Nordic and international institutional clients.

Responsible Investment in Nordea Asset Management (NAM) is a sizeable team of professionals with passion for Sustainability, ESG, Climate and data. As a student in the ESG Quant team, you will play a valuable role in implementing and shaping NAM’s ESG data and analytical tools.

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

What you’ll be doing
Main responsibilities in this role:

• Support the creation of quantitative analytical tools; and enhancing existing climate or ESG related tools used by NAM
• Support the team with ad-hoc deliverables
• Work in the junction between investment and ESG
• Be a part of our agile development team, responsible for NAM’s ESG Data analytics platform
• Display our tool and research in a web application

You’ll join a small team of internationals, based in Copenhagen and Stockholm, in a student position with 20 hours/week based in Copenhagen.

Who you are

Your background and skills include:

• Have a critical mindset and ability to draw relevant conclusions
• Are thorough and methodical in your approach to work and able to work with limited supervision
• Appreciate working with data, coding python, R and collaborate on projects through git
• Have knowledge and understanding of the Investment universes: portfolio construction, benchmark, different instruments etc.
• Have an interest in climate and the broader ESG space
• Are comfortable in an environment with varied workloads according to stakeholder needs.

It would be ideal if you also:

• Currently a student at a relevant university program (such as IT University, DTU, Economics, etc.) and will continue to be for at least the next 12 months
• Proficient with Python or R
• Knowledge of git is seen as a valuable skill
• Are fluent in written and spoken English

What we offer
People come here when they want to get somewhere. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion

are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

If this sounds like you, get in touch! If you don’t have all the relevant qualification we are also open to hearing from you.

Next steps
Submit your application no later than 15/01/2025.

For more information, you’re welcome to contact Morten Bo Prince at +4551902004.

The recruitment process consists of the following steps:

• Preliminary CV selection
• Phone conversation with the recruiter
• Interview with the hiring leader
• Background check

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.