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INTERN - Risk Product Specialist
CompanyNumerix
LocationNew York
Work ModeOn Site
PostedDecember 15, 2025

Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The Risk Product Specialist Intern will analyze product gaps and enhancement requests, draft technical specifications, and assist in prioritizing developmental efforts. They will also serve as a business and technical expert on pre-sales and post-sales projects, working cross-functionally with various departments and clients.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
553
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
20 hours
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About The Company
Since our founding in 1996, we have been at the vanguard of financial technology, providing groundbreaking expertise, quantitative analytics and software that redefines pricing and risk management in the financial markets. With the strategic acquisitions of FINCAD and PolyPaths, Numerix has further strengthened its leadership position empowering financial institutions worldwide, to transform risk into opportunities with confidence.
About the Role
<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Since our founding in 1996, we have been at the vanguard of financial technology, providing groundbreaking expertise, quantitative analytics and software that redefine pricing and risk management in the financial markets. With the strategic acquisitions of FINCAD, PolyPaths and Kynex, Numerix has further strengthened its leadership position empowering financial institutions worldwide, to transform risk into opportunities with confidence.</span></p></div><p><span data-contrast="none">Reporting to the SVP, Market Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk Analytics , the </span><strong><span data-contrast="none">Risk Product Specialist Intern </span></strong><span data-contrast="none">will work within the Product and Engineering Group to help develop the next generation risk management product offerings for the financial markets industry, with a core focus on Market Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk. The role will entail working internally across business, research and development teams as well as externally with clients to determine product features and enhancements that will be commercially successful in providing solutions to capital markets participants.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">What You'll Do:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Product Specialist:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":120,"335559739":120}"> </span></li>
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<p style="padding-left: 80px;"><span data-contrast="none">Work with Clients, Financial Engineers and R&D to analyze product gaps and enhancement requests, draft technical specifications and assist in prioritizing developmental efforts.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 80px;"><span data-contrast="none">Understand requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, tasks and workflow analysis. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 80px;"><span data-contrast="none">Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Pre- and post- sales Engineer:</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></li>
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<p style="padding-left: 80px;"><span data-contrast="none">Serve as business and technical expert on pre-sales and post-sales projects as needed. Work may include serving as business and technical resource for active client implementations.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 80px;"><span data-contrast="none">Develop prototypes based on the aforementioned business analysis by leveraging, Numerix SDK, Python and other tools.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 80px;"><span data-contrast="none">Work cross functionally with various departments, our clients, as well as the entire Numerix organization as a member of a Risk team.</span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">What We’re Looking For:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Bachelor's degree in finance, mathematics, economics or related field</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"> Masters in Quantitative Finance or MBA in Finance degree preferred</span> <br><span data-contrast="none">* FRM, PRM, CFA a plus.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"335559739":315}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Strong analytical and communication skills are required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret business needs and translate them into functional and technical requirements.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Good understanding of market risk analytics and counterparty credit risk analytics including MtM, Greeks, Stress Testing, VaR, PFE and XVA.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Intermediate coding skills are required with Python preferable. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Familiarity with Product Structures, Curve Building, Pricing Models, Market and Reference Data.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
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<p><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Extra Credit:</span></strong> <br><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Familiarity with banking regulatory standards such as Basel III endgame/FRTB is a plus.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="8" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Working knowledge of front office or middle office systems a plus: Bloomberg, Calypso, Murex, Misys, RiskMetrics, Calypso, Algorithmics.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="9" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Knowledge of listed and OTC Cash and Derivative products including valuation models and methodologies. Exposure to multiple Asset Classes (FI, Commodities, Credit, Equities and FX) a plus.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="10" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Good understanding of Derivative transaction life-cycle management from both a Front and Back Office perspective is a plus.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":true,"134233118":true,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
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<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="11" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Experience in the Financial Services industry a plus. Front or middle office experience at a sell-side institution, hedge fund or asset manager a plus. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134233279":true,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong><br>Where You’ll Work:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This is an on-site position, open to all who reside within a commutable distance from our NYC headquarters (100 Park Avenue, NYC). This Internship will be a three (3) month term, with the possibility of extending beyond that. The successful candidate will be able to work for a minimum of 20 hours/week, and start in January 2026 if not sooner.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong><br>Compensation on Offer:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The successful candidate will earn $17/hour.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong><em><br>Also note that unsolicited contact from third-party recruiters or agencies will not be considered at this time. We respectfully request no outreach from agencies.</em></strong></span></p>
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