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Commodities Summer Analyst Program - 2027

Bank of America · Houston, TX · 1 mo ago
FinanceFull-time

Program Overview

Our Global Markets business offers sales and trading services, including research, to institutional clients across fixed‑income, credit, currency, commodity, and equity businesses. The Commodities Summer Analyst Program provides formal training and rotations through commodity desks such as structuring/origination, sales, oil, natural gas, power, and investor products, giving interns the opportunity to work across sales and trading functions.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain client relationships by matching services to client needs, interacting with portfolio managers, research analysts, and traders, and relaying investment research, market information, and marketing ideas (Sales focus).
  • Support trading activities by reading financial publications, shadowing traders, communicating with sales, generating and monitoring trade ideas, and other support tasks (Trading focus).
  • Work on specific commodity‑related transactions, including deal valuation and structuring.
  • Participate in internal and external discussions to develop structured deal solutions for customers.
  • Assist market strategists and traders in integrating fundamental points of view with trading strategies.
  • Develop marketing presentations, build models, assimilate historical data, and generate reports that create interest in commodities and help develop new business.

Qualifications

  • Pursuing a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a graduation timeframe between November 2027 and August 2028; minimum 3.2 GPA preferred.
  • Demonstrated academic aptitude, quantitative skills, strategic and creative thinking, and strong written and oral communication skills.
  • Superior analytical and organizational abilities; ability to manage several projects simultaneously.
  • Effective individual contributor and team player.
  • Integrity, attention to detail, assertiveness, initiative, leadership, strong work ethic, and team focus.
  • Strong interest in global financial markets and the commodities sector; keen interest in complex structures.
  • Knowledge of financial derivatives and global energy markets; background in accounting, economics, mathematics, engineering, statistics, or programming is a plus.

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