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New York, NY

Sector Data Associate – Intern (US)

Internship
Finance
Finance
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Citadel

Multi-strategy hedge fund asset manager
74.2
Palpable Score
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Job Description:

Citadel is focused on acquiring, cleaning, and analyzing large, unstructured data sets to generate new insights. Given the vast amount of data being produced, Citadel is implementing new research methodologies to identify significant trends. The Sector Data Analyst Team is committed to generating sustained alpha using a scientific approach to generate fundamental investment insights.

Key Responsibilities:

·       Learn fundamental investor approach and how data can enhance the research process

·       Assist investment teams in understanding the key data drivers of companies and sectors

·       Analyze data from multiple sources to test complex investment theses

·       Quickly digest data, recognize inflection points, and determine data relevancy to the investment question at hand

·       Perform research and present to SDAs and investment teams in a clear and digestible manner

·       Work with existing and new data sets to push significant ideas and decision support tools to investment teams

Education and Qualifications:

·       Pursing a bachelor’s degree in statistics, engineering, economics, business, computer science, or physics

·       Intellectual curiosity with a genuine interest in investment

·       Professional demeanor, a capability to learn, think, and react quickly, along with exceptional communication and presentation skills as required for interaction with investment teams

·       Creativity/ability to innovate, combined with a strong work ethic and organizational skills

·       Comfort identifying, analyzing, and presenting

·       Interest in finance and working in the investment industry

·       Experience with Python, SQL, and Excel

Opportunities available in New York.

About the company

Citadel

Company overview
Citadel is a multi-strategy alternative investment manager that runs hedge fund strategies across global markets. The Citadel organisation also includes Citadel Securities, a market-making firm that provides liquidity across asset classes and trading venues. The work spans investing, trading, quantitative research, software engineering, and a large set of supporting functions like risk, operations, legal, and finance. Citadel recruits heavily from top universities and competes in the same talent market as elite quant and trading firms.

Locations and presence

Citadel and Citadel Securities have major hubs in the United States and an international footprint across Europe and Asia-Pacific, including global finance centres. Roles are typically office-based due to the trading and collaboration model, with location depending on team and strategy.

Palpable Score

74.2
/ 100
Citadel provides high-quality early-career entry through structured internships and named programs across investing, quant, and engineering, but access is highly selective and not designed for mass graduate hiring. Citadel is clearer than many finance employers on interview format in key tracks and offers strong on-the-job learning, yet pay transparency and published early-career outcomes are limited.
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