Risk Thesis Internship - Strategy & Consulting

This graduate/thesis internship within Accenture Strategy & Consulting’s Risk & Compliance practice offers the opportunity to explore key trends in Financial Services while developing professional skills and in-depth knowledge of the sector.

Risk Thesis Internship - Strategy & Consulting

THE WORK

Are you a driven master student seeking to experience the dynamics and innovation of consulting, whilst exploring the ever-changing complex practice that is Risk & Compliance?

Are you interested in shaping future financial institutions through innovation and technology? Are you motivated to contribute to helping Accenture create value and deliver new solutions for its clients? Do you want to learn from experts and work within a young, dynamic, diverse and vibrant company?

This internship will give you the opportunity to work closely with quantitative and regulatory risk experts across technical topics such as credit and market risk, as well as transversal topics like technology applications and ESG initiatives. You will also have the opportunity to do research on topics that are driving the risk and banking agenda.

Team

Our people in Strategy & Consulting are changing businesses every day using deep industry insights, knowledge and innovative ideas. Positioned at the crucial intersection of business and technology, we devise creative new strategies based on trends, insights and data. With an eye for competitive advantage, digital disruption, operating models, risk & compliance, and the future workforce, we take on the challenge of designing and implementing transformative business solutions, using the newest technology.

Daily tasks

As an intern you will be able to work close to quantitative and regulatory risk experts across technical topics such as credit and market risk but also transversal topics like technology applications and ESG initiatives. You will also have the opportunity to do research on topics that are driving the risk and banking agenda.

Research

Within this internship we have defined 3 broad research themes on which you can focus: Credit Risk, ESG and Market Risk.

We support research topics that can be, amongst others, in line with one of the following topics:

• Credit Risk: Credit risk is at the core of the Banking agenda. As financial technology innovation increases in pace, new ways of estimating risk models are shaping a new financial services industry. Additionally, banks need to keep up with regulatory demands. Finally, post Covid-19 and inflation scenarios combined with recent geopolitical events are yet to be explored. This topic will allow you to explore how technology is shaping the risk domain, what are the main drivers of credit risk and how AI can be leveraged across the risk domain.
• ESG: ESG is here. The banking industry is turning its attention to ESG and integrating it across their risk environment. Additionally, banks need to pace to meet regulatory demands. This topic will allow you to explore a key trend across the banking and risk domain. You will investigate how banks can integrate and address ESG across the risk function, find new ESG risk drivers and study ESG’s impact on the Banking Risk agenda.
• Market Risk: The recent years have been shaped by extensive central banks’ monetary support, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. This led to a surge in inflation across the globe and a consequent increase in interest rates by central banks. These events pressured financial markets, households and businesses and banks. Hence, new ways to navigate these uncertain times are crucial for banks to stay competitive. This topic will allow you to explore how recent phenomena shaped banks’ profitability and investigate new patterns and relationships in financial markets data.

WHO WE ARE - ACCENTURE STRATEGY & CONSULTING

In today’s world, business leaders want to rapidly and confidently reinvent to increase resilience, mitigate risk, and grow with sustainable value. That’s where Accenture Strategy & Consulting comes in. We bring together strategic visionaries, industry experts, practitioners from across every enterprise function, business intelligence professionals, change specialists, data and AI authorities, and many other specialized skills to co-create each client’s unique path to reinvention.

You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformation and new kinds of value for your clients. Join our global network of people using the latest assets, platforms and partnerships to help bring ideas to life.

Strategy & Consulting is one of six services that make up one Accenture – the others are Operations, Technology, Song, Industry X & Security.