Internship opportunity in Treasury & Philips Capital
Your role:
Working closely with the Philips Capital (PC) team, you will support a strategic benchmarking project focused on understanding how leading vendors structure and deliver customer financing solutions. Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting a comprehensive market benchmarking study on customer financing offerings (e.g., financing product programs, pricing models, go-to-market approaches, partnerships with financial institutions).
- Mapping and analyzing competitive financing structures such as loans, leases, pay-per-use models, subscription models, and bundled equipment-service financing.
- Identifying best practices, innovation trends, and differentiators in vendor financing.
- Supporting the PC team in translating benchmarking insights into actionable recommendations for PC’s product roadmap and commercial strategy.
- Assisting in the development or refinement of customer financing products, programs, and value propositions based on benchmarking outcomes.
- Preparing clear, structured deliverables including presentations, comparison frameworks, and executive summaries for internal stakeholders.
- Collaborating with PC colleagues globally to validate findings and ensure alignment with Philips’ commercial priorities.
To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:
- Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Finance, International Business, Economics, Strategy, Market Research, Business/Data Analytics, or a related field
- Strong understanding of Asset Finance, Financial Markets, and Accounting principles
- Analytical mindset with the ability to structure research, compare complex offerings, and synthesize insights
- High proficiency in Generative AI (Copilot, ChatGPT, etc.), with the ability to build clear prompts to generate compelling analysis and models
- Proactive, self-driven personality with strong organizational skills and the ability to work independently
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset; enjoy working in international teams
- Previous internship experience in finance, consulting, banking, or market research is desirable
- Excellent command of English; working knowledge of French, German, or Spanish is an advantage
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
We offer you:
- Monthly full-time allowance between €500 - €700 gross, depending on your education level and if you need to relocate to The Netherlands. Part-time internships receive the allowance pro-rata.
- Housing compensation. Should you need to relocate to near our office, we’ll offer you a monthly allowance of €300,- net if location is in the vicinity of Amsterdam, €255,- net for all other Philips locations. To be eligible, we’ll just ask for the rental contract from your landlord, and your usual home-work travel distance needs to be more than 50 km or 1.5 hours of travel time (for a one way trip).
- Travel compensation, if you are not eligible for a free public transport card; you will receive max. €192,- net as a monthly allowance.
- Paid holidays per internship term.
- The opportunity to buy Philips products at our Philips shop.
- A non-stop growth opportunity within a global multinational company.
About Philips
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