Careers in Investment

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in investment? Here's an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have entry level and internship opportunities that will interest you.

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When you think investment, you might think “lots of money”. And while it’s true that people who work in investment deal with lots of money (and in some cases make lots of money), not everyone working in investment works with millions of dollars. If you’re interested in a career in investment, here are a few options:

Investment banking is the one that springs to mind most immediately: working with companies and their assets. As a recent grad you’ll likely start out as an analyst and work your way up. This job invites only the best and demands long hours, but pays very well.

You can also become a financial planner, a generalist who coordinates and makes sense of a wealthy individual’s recommendations from all their financial advisors. Depending on the state you may need a license to become a financial planner. Another option is to become a securities analyst and research various companies’ prospects in an industry.

You’ll need a bachelor’s degree and lots of initiative for all of these jobs, as many of them are performance-based, so get your hustle on.

Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Investment

Conrad N. Hilton Foundation - Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is an Agoura Hills, CA based non-profit “family foundation established in 1944 by the man who started Hilton Hotels.”

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Job Title	Location
Program Manager II	Baltimore, MD
Coordinator, Hilton Humanitarian Prize	Agoura Hills, CA
Investment Analyst	Agoura Hills, CA
Director, Grants and Knowledge Management	Agoura Hills, CA

See all 4 job postings

eVestment - eVestment is a Marietta, GA based company that provides "insight and intelligence to the institutional investing community through" data and analytics tools.

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Job Title	Location
Investment Risk Analyst	Boston, MA
Product Analyst	Atlanta, GA
Investment Management Research Analyst - New York	New York, NY
Portfolio Analyst	New York, NY
Performance Test Engineer Intern	Norman, OK

See all 101 job postings

Mercy Corps - Mercy Corps, a Portland, OR non-profit, helps “people in the world’s toughest places survive the crises they confront and turn them into opportunities to thrive.”

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Job Title	Location
Clinical Care Providers	United States
Clinical Care Providers	United States
US Research and Learning Intern	Washington, DC
Kosovo - Market Development Analysis Internship	United States
US - Creative Services Video Intern	Portland, OR

See all 32 job postings

Bailard - Bailard is a Foster City, CA based “employee-owned investment firm that has served institutions and private investors for over forty years.”

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Job Title	Location
Quant Research Intern (Investments)	Foster City, CA
Director of Enterprise Sales - East Region	Los Angeles, CA

See all 2 job postings

The Rockefeller Foundation - The Rockefeller Foundation is based in New York, NY and is putting its $3+ billion endowment to work promoting "the well-being of humanity throughout the world.”

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Job Title	Location
Research Assistant	New York, NY
Research Specialist	New York, NY
Research Aide	New York, NY
Research Nurse - Part Time	New York, NY
Research Nurse Specialist	New York, NY

See all 140 job postings

CB Insights - CB Insights is based in NYC and “helps you track the world’s most promising private companies, their investors, their acquirers and the industries they compete in.”

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Job Title	Location
Project Manager – Client-facing Online/mobile & Web	San Diego, CA
Summer Intern - Health Plan Finance	Madison, NJ
Oper, Data Entry I - Billing	Irving, TX
Rep, Phleb / CS I - Exam One - Charlotte, NC	Charlotte, NC
Clinical Research Associate ll	Cypress, CA

See all 384 job postings

PitchBook - PitchBook is a Seattle, WA based company that provides “clients with the highest-quality PE and VC data, news and information."

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Job Title	Location
Sales/Marketing Assistant for Downtown Manhattan Real Estate Office	New York, NY
Consulting Associate - Restructuring & Turnaround	New York, NY
Platinum Program Client Strategy – Business Manager	New York, NY
Associate - Restructuring & Turnaround	New York, NY
UX Designer (Internship)	Seattle, WA

See all 62 job postings

J. Crew - J. Crew is a New York, NY based apparel retailer that started with a catalog in 1983 and is known for its preppiness, but that may be changing.

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Job Title	Location
Summer Internship 2014	New York, NY
Landscape Maintenance Account Manager - 5 years exp.	Marshfield, MA
Plant Healthcare Technician, Applicators License Required	Marshfield, MA
Store Director	Washington, DC
Superintendent heavy and highway	Brookfield, CT

See all 940 job postings

SmartAsset - SmartAsset is a New York, NY based company that provides “all the information and analysis you need to make the best possible financial decisions.”

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Job Title	Location
Data Analyst	New York, NY
Editorial Intern	New York, NY
Digital Marketing Analyst - PR	New York, NY
Digital Marketing Intern	New York, NY
Financial Analyst	New York, NY

See all 11 job postings

Chopper Trading - Chopper Trading is a Chicago, IL “technology-based proprietary trading firm that operates in a range of global markets and trades on several major exchanges.”

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Job Title	Location
WPF/.NET UI Developer	Chicago, IL
WPF/.NET UI Expert with an elite trading organization	Chicago, IL
Network Engineer challenge in an ultra-high-performance network	Chicago, IL

See all 2 job postings

AxialMarket - AxialMarket is a New York, NY based company that “is revolutionizing the capital formation process for private companies.”

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Job Title	Location
Front-End Engineer	New York, NY
Product Manager	New York, NY
Account Manager	New York, NY

See all 3 job postings

Belvedere Trading - Belvedere Trading is a Chicago, IL based proprietary trading firm that has been specializing “in equity index and commodity derivatives” since 2002

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Job Title	Location
Winter Internship - Trader Trainee	Chicago, IL

See all 1 job postings

Blueleaf - Blueleaf is a Cambridge, MA based company that provides super simple software that helps financial advisors more easily communicate information to clients.

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Job Title	Location
Communications Intern - PT	Cambridge, MA
Account Management / Customer Satisfaction Intern	Cambridge, MA

See all 0 job postings

ByAllAccounts - ByAllAccounts is a Woburn, MA company that offers a technology solution that aggregates “account data from virtually any online financial source.”

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Intern - User Experience / Web	Woburn, MA
Business Development Representatitve	United States
PortfolioServices - Data Aggregation Associate	Overland Park, KS
Portfolio Administrator	Atlanta, GA
Institutional Sales Executive	United States

See all 7 job postings

Betterment - Betterment is a New York, NY based company that is making investing frictionless for the average person, and they have a ton of job openings.

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Job Title	Location
Online Advertising Operations Coordinator	New York, NY
Cash Applications (Las Colinas)	Irving, TX
Online Marketing Specialist, Marlborough FT	Marlborough, MA
Controls Engineering Intern -- Summer 2014	Wilmington, DE
Data Analyst	Ridgefield Park, NJ

See all 892 job postings

LearnVest - LearnVest is based in New York, NY and helps women "live a richer life" by providing personal finance content and tools, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Editorial Assistant	New York, NY
Accounting/Finance Intern	New York, NY
Editorial Intern	New York, NY
UX Researcher	New York, NY
INTERNSHIP- Software QA Engineer	New York, NY

See all 30 job postings

Wolverine Trading - Wolverine Trading is a Chicago, IL based trading firm with a ton of entry level career opportunities for new grads.

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Job Title	Location
Hedge Fund Operations / Accounting Associate	Chicago, IL
Trading Operations Engineer	Chicago, IL
Trading Application Support	Chicago, IL
HW- Database Administrator	New York, NY
QA Software Engineer	Chicago, IL

See all 7 job postings

Benzinga - Benzinga is "an innovative news and analysis service that focuses on global markets," and they have some fantastic jobs for new and recent college grads.

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Job Title	Location
Conceptual Interactive Developer	Auburn Hills, MI
CONTRACT: Web Developer/Programmer Database/CRM Cr...	Troy, MI
Front End Developer (Benzinga)	Southfield, MI
Business Development	Southfield, MI
PHP Developer	Southfield, MI

See all 4 job postings

YCharts - Interested in investing? YCharts is a company that provides investors with easy access to objective information, and they're hiring.

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Job Title	Location
Customer Service Representative	Chicago, IL
Sales Development Representative	Chicago, IL

See all 2 job postings

Crain Communications - Crain Communications is a publisher that covers all kinds of different business niches, and they have some really exciting career opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Account Coordinator (Retail) - Rockaway, NJ	Rockaway, NJ
Production Associate - San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Content & Communications Intern	New York, NY
Production Manager (Overseas) - New York, NY	New York, NY
Corporate Recruiter - Chicago, IL	Chicago, IL

See all 207 job postings

Medallion Financial Group - Medallion Financial is a NYC based company that helps taxi cab drivers finance their businesses, and they have some interesting job opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Assistant Branch Manager	Vernal, UT
Marketing Manager	New York, NY
Member Service Representative	Concordville, PA
Z-Line Specialist I	West Valley City, UT
Branch Manager	West Jordan, UT

See all 6 job postings

New Profit - If you're intrigued by how New Profit is translating venture capital to the world of non-profits, you may want to check out their job opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Assistant Nurse Manger Registered Nurse Critical Care RN CCU	Boynton Beach, FL
Sales Exec PR / Marketing Software Base+% = $100K+	New York, NY
Business Development Associate	United States
Account Executive	Richmond, VA
Sales Executive - Direct and Digital Marketing Services	Brewster, NY

See all 53,896 job postings

Morningstar - If you have any interest at all in investment research or analysis, you have to check out Morningstar and their career opportunities.

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Job Title	Location
Wealth Management Advisor-Little Rock or Fayetteville, AR	Little Rock, AR
Associate Financial Planner, CFP	Westborough, MA
Wealth Management Advisor - Pasadena, CA	Pasadena, CA
Financial Advisor	Friendswood, TX
Financial Reporting and Operations Specialist	Mission Viejo, CA

See all 328 job postings

Kickstarter - If you’d like to be part of that growth and you love the idea of helping make creative projects happen, you have to take a look at Kickstarter’s Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
Support Intern	New York, NY
Internship: Green Business Marketing & Communications Intern	Washington, DC
Need a Digital Marketing Professional	Atlanta, GA
Need Digital Marketing Service	Atlanta, GA
eCommerce Project Manager - mdtclothier.com	New York, NY

See all 64 job postings

AlphaMetrix - AlphaMetrix is a rapidly growing Chicago company that helps provide investors with transparency into how hedge funds invest their money, and they're hiring.

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No current job openings.

The Receivables Exchange - The Receivable Exchange’s aims to "be the most trusted capital market in the world for small and mid-sized businesses,” and they're hiring new grads to help.

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Job Title	Location
Credit Representative	Cranberry, PA
Customer Support Specialist (CC)	Grayson, KY
Oracle Financial Business Analyst	Houston, TX
Property Management Bookkeeper	San Jose, CA
Bilingual Customer Support Specialist (CC)	Miami, FL

See all 418 job postings

Sandbox Industries - If you’re intrigued by venture capital but more interested in building businesses than buying pieces of businesses, Sandbox Industries might be a fit for you.

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Job Title	Location
Creative Director Capital One 360	Wilmington, DE
SAP MM/Procure to Pay Consultant	Memphis, TN
Sr. ETL Developer	Maryland Heights, MO
Product Specialist (Intern	Pittsburgh, PA
Product Specialist (Intern)	Pittsburgh, PA

See all 163 job postings

FactSet Research Systems - FactSet focuses their College Recruiting on Consulting and Engineering, but that doesn't mean that they don't have entry level opportunities in other areas.

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Job Title	Location
Investment Risk Analyst	Boston, MA
Research Analyst	Chicago, IL
Research Analyst	Chicago, IL
Research Assistant (Buffalo, NY)	Buffalo, NY
Legal Intern	Norwalk, CT

See all 88 job postings

MCG - If you're quantitatively minded and looking to work in an innovative and entrepreneurial environment, then you should consider a job at MCG in Providence, RI.

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Job Title	Location
DRD Interactive Media Software Engineer (CG) 2014 - 730873	Santa Clara, CA
Android Graphics Driver Developer - 732189	Folsom, CA
Markets Solutions Group, Wealth Management Professional, Analyst (New York) - Finance and Investment Industry Opportunity	New York, NY
Medical Case Manager RN	New York, NY
LMS Data Entry Administrator	Houston, TX

See all 249 job postings

SecondMarket - If you find markets and high finance fascinating, then a job at SecondMarket might be a perfect fit for you.

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Job Title	Location
Marketing Communications Associate \| New York	New York, NY
Marketing Director - Finance, Banking, and Investing	New York, NY
Contract Senior Software Engineer \| Online Marketplace	New York, NY
Contract Senior Software Engineer - Ruby on Rails	New York, NY

See all 1 job postings

Root Capital - If you’re excited about international development, but also like the free market approach to investment, then you should check out Root Capital’s Jobs page.

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Job Title	Location
SAS CSD Strategy Analyst	Wilmington, DE
Production Tech Denver, Colorado	Denver, CO
Cost Estimating Engineer	Lancaster, PA
Advisory Services Manager - Financial Services Office - Technology Solutions Delivery - Compliance	New York, NY
Financial Service Office: Advisory Manager, Enterprise Intelligence - Data Quality and Governance	New York, NY

See all 2,562 job postings

Lattice Engines - Judging from Lattice Engines’ Jobs page, they’re looking for extremely smart, quantitatively minded people.

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Job Title	Location
Mechanic	Butler, IN
Crane Mechanic	Miami, FL
Engineering Intern	Boston, MA
IT Intern Boston	Boston, MA
Customer Solutions Manager/Director	New York, NY

See all 29 job postings

Ceres - Ceres is a Boston, MA based non-profit that aims to “integrate sustainability into capital markets" and they're hiring right now.

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Job Title	Location
Investigative Assistant	Madison, WI
Credit Analyst	Madison, WI
Heavy Equipment Mechanic	Houston, TX
Credit Processing Specialist	Johnston, IA
Tutor or Teacher - QuickBooks	Ceres, CA

See all 128 job postings

Lowercase Capital - Ranchhands is what Lowercase Capital calls their Jobs page, and right now they’re looking for a Cowpoke/Intern.

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Job Title	Location
VP of Product	San Francisco, CA
DevOps Engineer	San Francisco, CA
Sr. Product Engineer	San Francisco, CA
Sr. JavaScript Front End Engineer	San Francisco, CA
Sr Software Engineer - OpenGL, nodeJS, HTML5 browser based gaming	Palo Alto, CA

See all 3 job postings

Financial Engines - If you’re intrigued by what Financial Engines is doing with retirement investing, you should check out their Careers page.

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Job Title	Location
SEM Manager	San Francisco, CA
Account Director, Digital Advertising	New York, NY
Staff Web Analytics Leader - (SiteCatalyst or other Web tools)	San Diego, CA
Mortgage Consultant	Sacramento, CA
e-Banking Channel Manager	Salem, MA

See all 3,648 job postings

OpenView Venture Partners - Considering working at OpenView Venture Partners? Check out their Jobs page. They’re looking for a Market Research Analyst and open to hiring a new grad.

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Job Title	Location
Linux Systems Administrator	Honolulu, HI
Business Development Representative	Seattle, WA
Linux Systems Administrator	Honolulu, HI
Senior Technical Program Manager	Seattle, WA
Senior Manager of Product Marketing	Seattle, WA

See all 5 job postings

Union Square Ventures - Typically Venture Capital is an extremely difficult field to break into, but I just got word that Union Square Ventures is hiring, so I'm sharing it with you.

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Job Title	Location
Office Administrator / Executive assistant	New York, NY
Web Developer	New York, NY
Graphic Design Intern	New York, NY
Legal Internship	New York, NY
Software Engineering Intern	San Francisco, CA

See all 65 job postings

Jump Trading - Jump Trading relies heavily on entry level talent, which is why College Recruiting is one of the main sections on their site.

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Job Title	Location
Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst	Chicago, IL
Summer Intern - IT Support	Chicago, IL
Compliance Assistant	Chicago, IL
Python Developer	Chicago, IL
Security Engineer	Chicago, IL

See all 25 job postings

eRealInvestor - New college grads don't have the cash to start investing in real estate, so they have to work their way into the industry another way— like a job with eRealInvestor.

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No current job openings.

People Capital - If People Capital and its peer-to-peer lending platform gets you excited, then you should check out their job listings on Startuply.

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Job Title	Location
Account Executive, Not Your Typical Investment & Financial Sales Job	San Mateo, CA
Data Intern	San Francisco, CA
Presales Consultant - Capital Markets	New York, NY
Creative Director Capital One 360	Wilmington, DE
Sales / Marketing / Biz dev Associate - commission based	New York, NY

See all 18,361 job postings

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