{"id":3086,"date":"2019-03-25T14:10:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T14:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2024-05-04T13:50:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T13:50:03","slug":"bluebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/?p=3086","title":{"rendered":"BlueBay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have just been forwarded the following advertisement, which apparently initially went to our Physics department. Clearly some of these jobs are relevant to you, although the advert doesn&#8217;t explicitly mention computer science or software engineering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:selassie@sanctuarygraduates.co.uk\">selassie@sanctuarygraduates.co.uk<\/a> &lt;<a href=\"mailto:selassie@sanctuarygraduates.co.uk\">selassie@sanctuarygraduates.co.uk<\/a>&gt;<br \/>\n<strong>Sent:<\/strong> 11 March 2019 13:40<br \/>\n<strong>To:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Subject:<\/strong> STEM degrees wanted for 12-month placements\/graduate roles with London-based asset manager, BlueBay<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>12-month Placements\/Graduate Roles with Europe\u2019s Largest Fixed Income Manager BlueBay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are you studying for a STEM degree? Are you looking for a placement or graduate role with real responsibility from day one? Do you want invaluable experience and knowledge of the inner-workings of an industry-leading asset manager? BlueBay are looking to hire placement students and graduates from STEM degree backgrounds for roles across many areas of asset management\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>These roles are open to graduates and placement students from any STEM degree subject, however you must be on track for or achieved a 2.1. You will receive support throughout the entire application process!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Company:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>BlueBay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Location:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Mayfair, London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Roles:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Graduate Roles and 12-month placements in:<\/p>\n<p>1. Performance 2. Risk 3. IT Service Desk 4. Quantitative Analyst 5. Tech &amp; Operational Risk 6. Process Improvement<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Salary:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>\u00a324,000<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Assessment dates:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1st &#8211; 10th May<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Start Date:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Week Commencing 8th July<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Degrees:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Any STEM degrees preferred<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Apply here:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk%2Fbluebay-stem-19%2F%3Fref%3DDEPT&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca7a9736e180041f95dc908d6abb87324%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C636885206040476764&amp;sdata=AeURp24HE0GeQbBLvcIbshz3c7viPjK9keBDOKNMuI0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk\/bluebay-stem-19\/?ref=DEPT<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Deadline:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>08\/04\/19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is the company?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; With around $50 billion under management and offices across the globe, BlueBay is one of Europe\u2019s largest specialist fixed income managers<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Established in 2001, BlueBay is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada, with full investment autonomy and substantial operational independence<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Located in beautiful, modern offices in Mayfair, BlueBay pride themselves on their core values of integrity, transparency and respect, taking a collaborative and innovative approach with their clients<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the roles?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> Performance<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8211; BlueBay invests money from clients, and the performance function calculates how well the fund has done by running reports<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will be working alongside the front office investors and delivering data on performance, as well as helping to implement new performance systems<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Am I right for this role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You must be studying <strong>maths, physics, economics or any other quantitative degree<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You must be confident and have the ability to challenge others on the decisions they make<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong> Risk<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8211; The Risk team run reports to analyse the risk in funds as well as answering ad-hoc client and broker queries<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will investigate changes by liaising with the data, operations and finance teams to ensure all positions are correctly reflected in the risk system<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Am I right for this role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You must be studying a quantitative degree such as <strong>finance and mathematics<\/strong>, and have some experience with <strong>VBA (preferred) and R (desired) programming languages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong> IT Service Desk<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8211; As the IT face of BlueBay, you will be providing internal IT support to everyone in the business, including senior stakeholders<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Includes use of Windows 7\/10, Citrix, Office 365, in-house apps, Service Now and more<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will deal with email communications, initial problem solving and liaising with all levels of the business. Anyone with a technical issue will come through to you first, no matter how senior<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Am I right for this role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You must have an interest in IT, be self-sufficient alongside a positive, \u2018can-do\u2019 attitude to all aspects of work<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong> Quantitative Analyst<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8211; The Quantitative Analysts provide the analysis that supports the investment process and decision making, using R Shiny<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will also support the quantitative research environment and help automate the data cleansing process<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Am I right for this role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You must be studying for a degree in <strong>IT, mathematics or any technical degree<\/strong>, and some experience programming with at least one of <strong>R, R shiny, Python or Javascript <\/strong>is necessary<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong> Technology &amp; Operational Risk<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8211; The Technology and Operational Risk team manage the risk in these areas of BlueBay, by investigating past incidents and analysing current processes and activities to ensure risk is minimised<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will help to identify risks, including threats to cyber security, analyse this information and report on findings<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Am I right for this role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; This role is not available as a 12-month placement, so you must be in your final year to apply<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You must be studying a <strong>STEM degree<\/strong>, be an <strong>analytical thinker<\/strong>, have excellent attention to detail<\/p>\n<p>and great communication skills<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><strong> Process Improvement<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8211; The Process Improvement team has complete oversight of all teams in BlueBay, and looks at how internal processes can be improved to make them more efficient and reduce costs<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will help to write reviews, work on reports for the Project Management Office and help to digitalise processes such as the onboarding of clients to make them more streamlined<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Am I right for this role?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You must be studying for a <strong>STEM degree <\/strong>and be comfortable with data analysis<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Any experience with <strong>coding is desired<\/strong>, but not necessary<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should you apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; These 12-month placement and graduate roles offer an entry-level route into this exciting firm, with hands-on experience in a specialist department<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will gain <strong>invaluable experience and knowledge of the inner-workings of an asset manager <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will have the opportunity to work for a highly regarded, well-established firm who are experts in their area of fixed income<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will have the opportunity to be part of a sociable graduate community that spans across many different teams who often work together<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will be offered training in all areas of financial services, providing you with great exposure to the asset management industry<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You will have the chance to attend hedge fund events to broaden your knowledge of the asset management industry<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to be considered for all graduate\/placement roles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk%2Fbluebay-stem-19%2F%3Fref%3DDEPT&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7Ca7a9736e180041f95dc908d6abb87324%7Cd47b090e3f5a4ca084d09f89d269f175%7C0%7C0%7C636885206040476764&amp;sdata=AeURp24HE0GeQbBLvcIbshz3c7viPjK9keBDOKNMuI0%3D&amp;reserved=0\">https:\/\/www.sanctuarygraduates.co.uk\/bluebay-stem-19\/?ref=DEPT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It only takes 30 seconds to register your interest and you will receive support throughout the full application process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have just been forwarded the following advertisement, which apparently initially went to our Physics department. Clearly some of these jobs are relevant to you, although the advert doesn&#8217;t explicitly mention computer science or software engineering. From: selassie@sanctuarygraduates.co.uk &lt;selassie@sanctuarygraduates.co.uk&gt; Sent: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/?p=3086\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3087,"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourfuture.dcs.aber.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}