Architas is a dynamic Investment Company, focused on delivering multi-manager investment propositions. Our consistent investment process enables us to design multi-manager solutions as well as act as a center of investment excellence for the AXA Group. We are a member of the global AXA Group, bringing multimanager expertise to the whole company.

Within Architas France, Hedging Modeling Services was set up as a transversal initiative to offer investment products with guarantees throughout Europe and Asia. In Hedging Modeling Services, we design, manufacture, deliver and distribute unit linked investments with guarantees. 

MAIN MISSIONS 

The intern will take part in:

• Understand the products and the principles of financial hedging
• Improve existing tools in Access/VBA used for daily asset reconciliation
• Study the risk exposure evolution of variable annuity books

Beside these missions, the intern could work on other specific technical subjects to be defined according to needs and candidate profile. 

The Hedging Strategy and Pricing team is based in Paris. The team mandate is to develop and maintain the DFA model for Variable Annuity, to control the daily valuation and estimate financial risks within the framework of the hedging strategy and to perform the Solvency II quarterly reporting for Variable Annuity.

QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS 

Qualifications

• Master degree level student in mathematics or fin

  QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS 

  Qualifications

• Master degree level student in mathematics or finance, or engineering school : gap year or graduation internship

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  Technical Skills

• Advanced financial mathematics, asset modeling, derivatives products and stochastic techniques.
• Good knowledge of financial markets and saving products, insurance related risks and hedging techniques. Knowledge of Variable Annuities is a plus. 
• Knowledge of VBA, C++ and SQL. Experience on Bloomberg is a plus. 
• Languages: French,English.

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  Interpersonal Skills

  Must be organized, rigorous and able to prioritize tasks.  

• Flexibility to adapt to dynamic projects in a multi-cultural environment
• Autonomy, results oriented, willingness to improve processes and suggest innovations, capacity to share information and best practices  
• ance, or engineering school : gap year or graduation internship

Technical Skills

• Advanced financial mathematics, asset modeling, derivatives products and stochastic techniques.
• Good knowledge of financial markets and saving products, insurance related risks and hedging techniques. Knowledge of Variable Annuities is a plus. 
• Knowledge of VBA, C++ and SQL. Experience on Bloomberg is a plus. 
• Languages: French,English.

Interpersonal Skills

Must be organized, rigorous and able to prioritize tasks.  

• Flexibility to adapt to dynamic projects in a multi-cultural environment
• Autonomy, results oriented, willingness to improve processes and suggest innovations, capacity to share information and best practices