About the Role
As a Leadership Rotation Network (LRN) Analyst Intern, you will work directly within a dedicated middle or back-office team. Over the course of your 10-week internship, you will contribute meaningfully to your team's objectives and gain in-depth knowledge in your specific area of placement.
Responsibilities
- Apply acquired knowledge and skills to deliver tangible value in your assigned team.
- Analyze situations, develop solutions aligned with strategic goals, and respond constructively to feedback.
- Collaborate effectively within diverse teams and build lasting relationships with cohort members and the LRN community.
- Contribute to projects and daily processes, gaining insight into your team’s scope and their collective role in supporting the trading business.
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of the business and how trading functions work together cohesively.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Business Analytics, Economics, or a related field, with a graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028.
- A strong desire to learn, a curious mindset, a commitment to integrity, and the ability to deliver results both independently and as part of a team.
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to learn quickly, act with urgency, and communicate effectively.
- The ability to work independently while building strong relationships across business groups.
- Work authorization in the United Kingdom without the need for sponsorship in the future.
- An interest in the trading and technology industry, with a specific aspiration to build a career in the middle/back-office.
- A desire to live and work in London.
Skills
- Strong Excel skills
- Comfort working with large, structured data sets
- Foundational knowledge of SQL, Python, or similar data tools
- Ability to use AI-enabled tools to accelerate analysis, troubleshoot issues, draft queries or scripts, summarize information, and identify opportunities to improve workflows
- Sound judgment when validating AI-generated outputs, protecting confidential information, documenting assumptions, and escalating uncertainty
- Demonstrated analytical mindset
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to investigate data discrepancies, reconcile information across systems, and communicate conclusions clearly
- Interest in automation, process improvement, and using technology to reduce manual effort and operational risk
Location
- London
Work Type
- Internship
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Intern
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
Benefits
- Fully furnished apartments located close to the office
- Mentorship program
- 5-day market fundamentals course
- Speaker series
About the Company
- DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.
- We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
- Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets.
- We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.
- We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds.
- The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it.
- DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.
