Central Trading Desk Intern

Role Overview

The Central Trading Desk (CTD) serves as the firm’s hub for cross-asset execution coordination, liquidity management, and market analytics. As a CTD Intern, you will support the desk in analyzing trading activity, managing data and reporting, and coordinating with investment and operations teams on execution-related workflows. This role provides a comprehensive view of institutional trading processes — spanning market structure, order flow, execution quality, and equity capital markets (ECM) coordination.

Key Responsibilities

• Support trading analytics and performance reporting, including transaction cost analysis (TCA), liquidity studies, and execution benchmarking across asset classes.

• Assist in ECM coordination and new issue monitoring, tracking deal calendars, allocations, and post-deal performance to support investment teams and traders.

• Maintain and enhance trading-related data sets, dashboards, and internal reports to improve visibility and decision-making across the desk.

• Collaborate with trading, operations, and risk teams to analyze trade workflows, identify bottlenecks, and propose process or automation improvements.

• Prepare daily trading summaries, market updates, and desk reports for senior traders and portfolio managers.

• Provide ad hoc analytical support to the desk on best execution and trade management topics as required.

Learning Outcomes

• Deep exposure to institutional trading operations, market microstructure, and execution workflows across asset classes.

• Practical understanding of ECM processes, including deal coordination, allocation tracking, and new issue analytics.

• Hands-on experience with trading data analysis, performance metrics, and system-driven workflow improvement.

• Cross-functional collaboration experience with Trading, Operations, Risk, and Portfolio Management teams.

• Enhanced proficiency in Bloomberg, Excel, and Python/VBA/SQL for data analysis and process automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree candidate in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Data Science, or a related discipline.

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with a keen interest in trading and market dynamics.

• Proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools; programming experience (Python/VBA/SQL) preferred.

• Detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team setting.

• Demonstrated interest in financial markets, particularly in trading, market structure, and ECM activity.

To apply, email CV to careers@arrowpointfund.com