Teaching Assistant – Girls Who Invest Summer Intensive Program
Program Dates:
Saturday, June 4 – Friday, July 1, 2022
FULL DETAILS OF TA OPPORTUNITY CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE
About the Organization
Girls Who Invest is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing gender diversity and inclusion in investment management with a focus on growing the pipeline of women in frontline investing positions. They accomplish this through education, mentoring, internships, and a supportive community. The organization’s flagship summer program enables college students to explore investment management careers through four weeks of free educational training with top university professors followed by a six-week paid internship at one of more than 100 leading investment management firms in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. Scholars can also apply for Girls Who Invest’s fully subsidized, self-directed Online Intensive Program.
In addition, all scholars receive support and career guidance from a community of partners, mentors, and alumni. Girls Who Invest’s vision is for 30% of the world’s investable capital to be managed by women by 2030. More than 1,400 women have completed the Summer Intensive Program and Online Intensive Program since 2016.
About the Opportunity
We require a passionate team of Teaching Assistants throughout our four-week in-person program at the University of Pennsylvania to reinforce investment foundations topics covered during and between lectures. TAs will be expected to attend all lectures and working sessions, assist with breakouts, lead capstone valuation group work, hold office hours, and assist with other duties as required.
About the Successful Candidate
Successful candidates will have graduated from an undergraduate or advanced program in Finance, Investment Management or Business by the time the program begins and will help support our lead academics and class of 200 undergraduate rising juniors.
- Open to seniors and MBA students who have successfully completed an investment management or investment banking internship
- Experience teaching or tutoring non-finance majors in a patient and engaging manner is an asset
Successful completion and understanding of the following core topics is required: o Financial Statement Analysis
- Intro to Discounted Cash Flows
- Time Value of Money
- Bond/Stock Valuation
- Intro to Investment Decision Making
- Capital Structure/Investing in Capital Structure
- M&A/Valuation
Key Responsibilities
Duties will include but are not limited to:
- Leading break-out sessions for a capstone valuation project
- Holding regular office hours
- Conducting review sessions on topics covered in class
- Sitting through assigned lectures and working sessions
- Other class assignments as required
- Attending training session(s) prior to program start
Opportunity Details
- Compensation: $5,000 for 4 weeks (plus 1-2 virtual trainings in May)
- Housing can be provided at the University of Pennsylvania for those outside the Philadelphia area.
- This position can function as a full-time or part-time role dependent on the candidate, with compensation adjusted accordingly.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.
Interested applicants should contact Dr. Burcu Esmer at besmer@wharton.upenn.edu