At T. Rowe Price, we identify and actively invest in opportunities to help people thrive in an evolving world. As a premier global asset management organization with more than 85 years of experience, we provide investment solutions and a broad range of equity, fixed income, and multi-asset capabilities to individuals, advisors, institutions, and retirement plan sponsors. We take an active, independent approach to investing, offering our dynamic perspective and meaningful partnership so our clients can feel more confident.
We believe doing the right thing for our clients and our associates is good business. With a career at the firm, you can expect opportunities to create real impact at work and in your community. You’ll enjoy resources to support your career path, as well as compensation, benefits, and flexibility to enrich your life. Here, you’ll find a collaborative culture that respects and values differences and colleagues who share a spirit of generosity.
Join us for the opportunity to grow and make a difference in ways that matter to you.
Position Purpose
- Program that offers extensive individualized training and mentoring, designed to develop future investment analysts
- Daily opportunity to learn directly from our senior investment professionals
- Expectation to provide insight and impact the investment process
- Strong support for pursuing the CFA designation or other professional qualifications
- Competitive compensation with significant upside potential for high performers
- Exceptional performers have the potential to be promoted within the Global Sovereign Team
Principal Responsibilities
- Help build economic models/frameworks to inform the investment process of the Fixed Income platform. Projects would include but not be limited to creating in-house forward looking indicators of economic activity, build inflation forecasting capabilities, and thematic research to inform investment recommendations, such as analyzing the effects of tariffs and defense spending.
- Help build a framework for analyzing and modeling European bond yields and exchange rates. Analyze the interaction between economic variables and market measures of interest rates.
- Explore alternative and high frequency data sources for various economic indicators as needed. Build dashboards to present and summarize data/model results to internal stakeholders.
- Understand the depth and breadth of available European data through platforms such as Macrobond and Bloomberg in order to perform projects independently.
- Work on add-hock requests and data analysis to support client interactions and internal stakeholders e.g. Portfolio managers, CIOs and portfolio specialists. Ad-hoc requests would include preparing scenario analysis for various economic projects, building presentations etc.
Areas For Growth And Expansion Of Responsibilities
- Writing short commentary on data developments for distribution to internal stakeholders
- Publishing analytical reports and presenting research conclusions in internal meetings.
Required
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES / SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree required with a strong academic background AND
- 1+ years relevant work experience
- Experience in cross section and time series econometric analysis, strong coding skills in R and/or Python, Excel, Powerpoint etc. Familiarity with databases such as MacroBond, Bloomberg, and ECB databases
Preferred
- Strong academic background and intellectual curiosity
- Highly motivated, confident self-starter with the ability to work independently and with others
- Background and/or strong interest in economics and fixed income investing
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written)
- Intellectual curiosity and demonstrated ability to conduct in-depth thematic research across a broad spectrum of topics which can be additive to the investment process
- Demonstrated ability to derive meaningful insights from in-depth research and analysis
- Progress toward CFA designation is a plus
Commitment To Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion
At T. Rowe Price, our associates are our greatest asset. We thrive because our company culture is built on inclusion and because we sustain a work environment where associates can bring their best selves to work every day. The backgrounds, talents, and experiences of our global associates allow us to embrace new ideas and perspectives that move our business priorities forward and enable us to deliver strong client outcomes. Here, you can expect equal opportunity and fair and consistent treatment for all.
T. Rowe Price is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity of thought, gender, and race. We believe our continued success depends upon the equal treatment of all associates and applicants for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed, colour, national origin, sex, gender, age, mental or physical disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, pregnancy, or any other classification protected by country, federal, state, or local law.
