Rabobank Traineeship Wholesale Banking - Trading & Treasury

Rabobank Traineeship Wholesale Banking - Trading & Treasury: Would you like to learn how financial markets operate in practice and contribute to trading, treasury and balance sheet management?

• Studenten & Starters
• Utrecht (NL)
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Gross monthly salary between EUR 3,516 and EUR 5,021 (scale 07) for a 36-hour work week.
• 40 hours per week
• Fulltime
• The traineeship starts on 1 April 2027.
• You are located in the Netherlands and do not require relocation from another country.

This is what we offer you

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 3,516 and EUR 5,021 (scale 07) for a 36-hour work week.
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

Summary

As a Wholesale Banking Trainee at Rabobank, you will learn how financial markets operate in practice and contribute to trading, treasury and risk management activities. You will work alongside experienced professionals and develop your analytical, commercial and personal leadership skills. The Treasury and Trading departments work closely together where you will become part of high-impact teams that sit at the heart of our organization’s financial engine. From day one, you’ll work alongside seasoned professionals, gain hands-on experience in trading, liquidity management and build the skills to become a future leader in finance.

The Trading team acts as market maker and provides competitive pricing and liquidity to clients. This means that Trading warehouses risk or lays-off risk direct in the market. When direct lay-off is not suitable, risk positions that have been acquired from clients (‘risk on’) can either be redistributed to other clients (‘risk off’) or managed through risk transformation (‘hedging’). Additionally, Trading manages risk positions, within appropriate risk limits, and benefits from yield curve and curve movements. The market positions are based on extensive fundamental and technical market analysis, comprehensive market research and current market behaviour.

Treasury plays a key role in managing the bank’s own interest rate, liquidity and FX-risk positions that have a significant impact on its risk profile and results. Our value chain ranges from taking in raw-data and modelling to balance sheet steering and execution of transactions in financial markets.

At a glance:

• Work on trading and treasury activities within Wholesale Banking.
• Learn from experienced professionals in financial markets, liquidity management and risk management.
• Contribute to transactions, analysis and market-related decision-making.

What will you learn and do as a Wholesale Banking Trainee?

During your rotations in Trading and Treasury, you will learn how client needs, market developments and Rabobank’s balance sheet come together. Depending on your assignment, you will:

• Support the structuring, origination and execution of transactions within Trading and Treasury.
• Analyse client, market and risk-position data to develop trading ideas, hedging solutions and input for balance sheet steering.
• Prepare and share market intelligence, trends, market dynamics and trading strategies with internal and external stakeholders.
• Assist traders with daily activities, position management and collaboration with Sales.
• Learn how derivative products, liquidity management, foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk are managed in practice.
• Build a strong internal network and contribute proactively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Skills, tools and areas of expertise

• Financial markets.
• Trading.
• Treasury management.
• Risk analysis and hedging.
• Market intelligence and market research.
• Liquidity management.
• Data analysis.
• Derivative products.

Your development as a trainee

In the Rabobank Traineeship, you will work on your personal development, relevant skills and the content of your role for 18 months.

You will regularly meet fellow trainees from across the bank and gain exposure to different business areas through rotations and assignments. You will be supported by a Young Talent Manager who will help you reflect on your development and strengthen your leadership capabilities.

What do you bring?

Must-haves:

• You have completed, or will complete before the start date of the traineeship a master's degree at university level. Preferably in Economics, Econometrics, Maths, Physics, Engineering or similar field.
• A maximum of two years of work experience.
• Strong analytical and data-driven problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills in English, both written and spoken.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• You can work on several assignments while collaborating closely with others.
• You take initiative, focus on results and are willing to take responsibility.

Nice-to-haves:

• Genuine interest in Wholesale Banking and financial products.
• Commercial awareness and curiosity about clients and market developments.
• Coding and Programming skills.
• A proactive and entrepreneurial mindset.
• You have some experience with AI tools or applications, or you are curious to explore how AI can support your work.
• Experience gained through studies, projects, internships, volunteering or part-time work related to finance or financial markets.

A reliability assessment is part of the procedure.

The traineeship starts on 1 April 2027.

This role is for 40 hours per week.