Global Banking Private Funds Group (PFG) - Off-cycle Intern Program (Start ASAP)

About UBS

UBS is the world’s largest and only truly global wealth manager. The company operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal and Corporate Banking, Asset Management, and Investment Bank. The Bank's global reach and the breadth of its expertise have set it apart from competitors.

Your role

• UBS is looking for someone to be part of a business that provides integrated advisory and fundraising solutions across the different verticals of the Private Funds Group (“PFG”): Primary Fundraising, Liquidity / Strategic Solutions and Real Estate Advice / Fundraising solutions

In this role, you will be involved in the origination and execution of the mandates and also provide distribution and general marketing support across the verticals.

• Primary Fundraising: working closely with the GP clients throughout a fundraising process from preparation through to final closing
• Liquidity / Strategic Solutions: be involved in restructuring funds and assisting institutional investors seeking to liquidate or monetise their holdings
• Real Estate: gain insight into fundraising, advisory, restructuring and recapitalisation assignments across a broad range of real estate market sub-segments
• Support the team’s origination efforts across the verticals, contributing to pitch presentations and gaining an understanding of market trends and participants
• You will get the chance to work on several projects concurrently across the different verticals with exposure to the global Advisory and Distribution teams as well as establishing working relationships with teams across the wider Global Banking business

Training & development

As a member of PFG, you’ll be working in the Alternative Capital Group (“ACG”) within Global Banking, providing advisory services to private fund sponsors. In this role, you will gain in-depth knowledge of the primary and secondary fundraising markets as well as the real estate sector. You’ll play an important role in advising clients on a range of market and strategic matters including primary capital raises and secondary market solutions.

Benefits

UBS offers competitive salaries, benefits, and a working environment where you’re valued as part of the team alongside this, you may get great secondary benefits such as:

• Physical well-being
• Emotional well-being
• Financial well-being
• Family well-being

Career progression

On this internship, you’ll be a real part of the team, working with the experts and learning about the industry, the clients, the firm and a specific area of it. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to develop new skills and make contacts. And if you impress the team, UBS might invite you to join the Graduate Talent Program once you’ve graduated.

Work-life balance

UBS embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. The company offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid office and home working. The purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help UBS connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all business needs.

Culture & vibe

UBS has a strong and inclusive culture grounded by its three keys to a successful business. From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, the company know that great work is never done alone. UBS know that it's their people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive the ongoing success. UBS respects and seeks to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within the workforce.

About you

Your expertise

• You need to be in the penultimate or final year of your degree, or recently graduated but no more than 6 months from the start date of the internship. In addition, you need to have or be on track for a 2:1 (UK grading system) or the equivalent in your first undergraduate degree.

It doesn’t matter what you’re studying. But UBS likes to see evidence that you can:

• Analyse a problem, take a view and come to a decision
• Plan, organise and communicate well
• Make things happen
• Stick with a task
• Work in a team
• Come up with ideas

Alongside evidence for working well as part of a team, as part of demonstrating data analysis and content creation skills UBS is looking for candidates proficient in MS Office notably Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, with an ability to draw out and present key conclusions from their work. For Global Banking you need to be a high-performing candidate who can multi-task effectively, and showcase strong time management skills, with an ability to work to defined deadlines.

Sources

The following sites were used in researching this page:

• youtube.com/@UBS
• ubs.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/
• ubs.com/global/en/careers.html