Munite® Investor Relations Internship Opportunities (Summer 2021)
Overview
ABOUT PFM
PFM is a recognized national leader in providing financial, investment, and consulting advice to public sector, non-profit and other institutional entities. For more than forty years, PFM has advised many of the country’s largest municipal and institutional entities including states, counties, municipalities, townships, boroughs, authorities, school districts, not-for-profit organizations, and pension funds. The firm has more than 650 employees located in every region of the country.
PFM is proud to help our clients make well-informed and prudent decisions regarding the capital markets, investments, and municipal management. The functions that they serve and decisions that they make contribute directly to the communities in which we all live and work. PFM’s role with our clients allows us to have a tangible impact on these communities and their citizenry.
ABOUT MUNITE®
Munite®: Munite® is a one-stop shop investor relations platform that bridges the gap between the municipal issuer and investor communities, helping to ensure that issuers are optimizing their investor relations outreach when accessing the capital markets to secure funding for critical public projects.
The platform leverages PFM’s role as a leader in the municipal market, leveraging our expertise to benefit bond issuers with an optimal approach to investor relations. The intuitive and efficient internet-based platform allows municipal bond issuers to put their information and data into the hands of those that help fund their projects – investors. Munite® subscribers can provide highly organized, accessible sector-specific information that helps to inform the investors decision-making process. Munite® subscribers also gain unparalleled insight into investor decision-making criteria as well as issuer comparison of key metrics amongst issuer-defined peer groups.
Munite® Internships are based in:
- Philadelphia, PA
Responsibilities
BUILD YOUR CAREER FOUNDATION WITH PFM
PFM’s Interns are a critical part of the project teams that serve our broad base of clients. Each role provides a solid foundation for a meaningful and growth-oriented career with the firm, and many of our Managing Directors and project managers have spent their entire careers with PFM.
Your core objective is to serve PFM’s practices by providing analytic resources and solutions that support key client engagements and transactions. Your career with PFM can grow based on your unique development goals and the firm’s ongoing client support needs. No matter the path you choose, you’ll receive an exceptional foundation of training, a collaborative and challenging work culture, and meaningful work that results in tangible benefits to the communities PFM serves.
Repeat / multi-year internships are encouraged for superior performers who wish to gain exposure to PFM’s varied practice areas, and a successful internship with PFM has the potential to lead to an Analyst employment offer.
Responsibilities:
Your day to day challenges include:
- Familiarize yourself with how the Munite® investor relations platform aligns with PFM’s mission.
- Understand Munite’s® position within PFM and the municipal bond market.
- Assist team members with new issue weekly dashboard updates.
- Participate in Munite® demonstrations with bond issuers and investors.
- Become comfortable with client success tracking (Trello, CORE, Workflow).
- Brainstorm new marketing techniques (LinkedIn, email campaigns, video tutorials, etc.)
- Learn how to update various Munite® modules and dashboards.
- Assist team members with the following projects / assignments as needed:
- Demo preparation
- Marketing efforts
- Workflow collaboration
- Product development
- Administrative tasks
- Actively participate on weekly Munite® team calls and twice weekly QSG team calls
- Shadow investor presentations and panel discussions.
- Shadow issue bond transactions in the municipal market.
Qualifications
Key attributes PFM seeks include:
- Evidence of strong academic achievement in pursuit of an undergraduate or graduate degree program (minimum GPA of 3.25 / 4.0 encouraged)
- Compelling interest in building a career in finance, consulting and/or investment management (ideally evidenced by related coursework, internships, or other transferable experience)
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills
- Strong work ethic with a proactive attitude
- Developed problem solving skills and a solutions-focused approach to addressing challenges
- Ability to dig into the details but also see the big picture
- Ability to think and act strategically and independently
- Outstanding teamwork and project execution skills with multitasking capability
- Unwavering integrity and ethics
- Professional credibility and ability to instill confidence in others
- Flexibility, adaptability, and desire to take on additional responsibilities
PFM is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
PFM is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, M/F/D/V) and maintains a drug-free workplace.