WUIMC manages WashU’s $14.5 billion endowment, investing across public and private markets to generate long-term returns that support the University’s mission in perpetuity. Details below.
WUIMC will also host two office hour sessions for any questions about the role, application process, or what it’s like to work with us. Registration and Zoom links can be found on our Handshake page.
Session times include:
- Thursday, August 27th, 6:00–7:00 pm (CT)
- Monday, August 31st, 6:00–7:00 pm (CT)
WashU IMC offers a full-time analyst internship each summer. Summer Analysts will join a ten-week program featuring weekly teaching sessions on investment strategy, case studies of fund and direct investments, due diligence on prospective investments, and competitive compensation. The IMC’s internship program is the primary recruiting channel for full-time Investment Analyst opportunities.
Required Qualifications
- Recently completed Sophomore or Junior year
- Intellectually curious about investing, business models, corporate finance and portfolio construction
- Excellent written and verbal communication, quantitative analysis, and reading comprehension skills
- Ability to operate independently, meet deadlines, take initiative, understand priorities, and consistently deliver exceptional work
- Maturity and integrity to work with confidential/sensitive information
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience allocating capital through entrepreneurship, student groups, or paper/personal investment accounts
Responsibilities
- Perform qualitative and financial analysis on current and prospective investments
- Participate in due diligence meetings with external investors and business executives
- Prepare financial analysis, investment memos, periodic reports, and exhibits
- Pursue thematic investment research projects
- Audit existing investment valuations, returns, exposures, liquidity, cash flows, and underlying holdings
Message from Allocator Jobs: To help prepare you for this role, take a look at the Institutional Allocator (IA) program from our partnership organization, the Allocator Training Institute. The IA program curriculum gives you a solid foundation of investing from the allocator’s perspective. You’ll learn how to evaluate investment managers, create an ‘endowment-model’ multi-asset class portfolio, and the quantitative tools necessary to succeed in the role. The three-part program can be completed in less than one year and exams are available every quarter-end month. This is the program that will help you start and then accelerate your allocator career. Reach out if you have any questions.
