Graduate Corporate Banking

Are you social, curious and interested in financial markets? Have you always wanted to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment on the largest trading floor in continental Europe? Then the Global Markets Traineeship within Graduate Corporate Banking could be right for you. You will structure the best deals for clients and guide them in the complex world of financial instruments.

Your job

As a trainee within Global Markets, you follow what is happening in the world and financial markets and how this influences the needs of clients, products and the bank. During the traineeship you will have a lot of room to develop yourself, both personally and professionally.

Your first 5 weeks at ABN AMRO start with a Corporate Banking Traineeship introduction programme at Nyenrode Business University, where together with other trainees you will get to know the bank. During this period, you familiarise yourself with the corporate bank and participate in a training programme that includes both professional and personal development sessions. The trainings are provided by experts at the top of their field, offering you a solid basis to further develop yourself within the bank. At the same time, you build an international network of fellow trainees in different parts of the corporate bank.

After completing the 5-week introduction programme, you will start the Global Markets rotation programme. Over the course of 24 months, you will work in different teams on the dealing room and get the chance to branch out into one of the other departments within the corporate bank, thereby broadening your knowledge and network. It is also possible to gain experience abroad in one of the offices in Frankfurt, Paris, London or New York. After 24 months, you are ready to start in a team that best matches your skills and ambitions.

Possible rotations:

• Fixed Income & Derivatives (FID) Sales & Trading: Dive into the world of interest rate products and derivatives and improve your technical skills with one of the FID Trading teams. Learn to structure financial products for institutional and corporate clients.
• Foreign Exchange Sales & Trading: Immerse yourself in the rapidly changing world of foreign exchange (FX). Help improve electronic FX trading platforms and understand how the FX Sales team serves clients.
• Debt Capital Markets (DCM): Be involved in a wide range of DCM transactions such as bond issues from corporate and financial institutions, securitisations and syndicated loans.
• Equity Capital Markets (ECM): Participate in important and strategic transactions such as IPOs and follow-on share issues for corporate clients.
• Product Management & Strategy: Gain unique insights into the strategic choices for Global Markets in alignment with the broader ABN AMRO strategy.

As your role is constantly changing, you will learn a lot in a short time. With all the knowledge you gain, you guarantee yourself a solid basis for a great career at ABN AMRO.

Working environment

Working at ABN AMRO means becoming even better at what you do. The bank aims to understand clients, translate their ambitions into joint successes and earn their trust. It also wants clients to understand its products and sometimes says no when the risk for the client is too big.

Global Markets is at the heart of ABN AMRO. The team supports clients on the purchase and sale of financial products and services, such as securities or currencies. It also assists clients with a listing (IPO) or the issuance of bonds. Transactions are carried out from offices in Amsterdam, New York, Frankfurt, London and Paris.

Your profile

You have the ability to understand complex matters and a keen interest in financial markets. Sharing knowledge and working as a team are crucial on the trading floor. You also have the ability to bring colleagues with different backgrounds together in order to optimally serve clients. Achieving goals gives you satisfaction, you enjoy learning new things and you feel comfortable in changing environments.

You further recognize yourself in the profile below:

• Master's in, for example, Econometrics, Quantitative Finance, Finance & Investments, Financial Economics, or similar studies
• Internship experience at a financial institution, no more than two years
• Relevant extracurricular activities or relevant experience abroad
• Proven affinity with financial markets and financial products
• Knowledge of data, experience with programming and data
• Strong motivation to work for ABN AMRO and Global Markets
• Ambitious, eager to learn and keen to explore different teams
• Fluent in English

We are offering

Joining ABN AMRO means stepping into a role with impact, supported by employment conditions that foster job satisfaction, development and wellbeing.

In addition, ABN AMRO offers:

• An attractive gross monthly salary based on a 36-hour work week, including holiday allowance and a flexible benefit budget.
• An excellent pension scheme.
• Flexibility in working: working from home is possible in consultation with your team and depending on your role. An ergonomic home office setup will be provided.
• Five weeks of vacation per year, supplemented by two mandatory days off. You can also purchase up to four additional weeks of vacation annually.
• Five “Banking for better days”: extra days off that you can use for personal development or volunteer work.
• A development budget of €1,000 per year, which can accumulate up to €3,000.
• An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands for both business and private use.