Associate Financial Institutions Group

You and your job The Orphan desk is a desk installed within FIG, and part of the FI Relationship Management Team. The Orphan desk takes over client ownership in the event that no new business is expected, but where transactions are still outstanding (run-off/legacy). The client will be off-boarded once the transactions have run-off, and the Orphan desk manages this process. The Associate Orphan Desk is - as the new client owner- the first point of contact for the FI client and coordinates the CDD process. You and your team As an Associate within the Financial Institutions Group (FIG), you work with client owners, multiple product groups and internal departments such as legal, risk and compliance, to coordinate the overall relationship with high value or strategically important FI clients of Rabobank. This includes (International) Asset Managers, Development Banks, (International) Banks and Insurance Companies. You will work closely with the Relationship Management team making sure business lines remain focused on doing business in a prudent manner. Your Role As an Associate, you are managing an existing FI portfolio and coordinate the offboarding as such. You will work with, and liaise with, your team members and the Relationship Management team. This will enable you to really get to know your clients and counterparties, which will help you to play a relevant role in the team, and to build and maintain a comprehensive network within the FI sector. To manage your portfolio, you need to collaborate with the FI Credit Analysis and the FI lending team within the FIG department, the various product departments, and the risk and legal department. This allows you to build a strong internal network. The product teams are very diverse, and you will get to learn the bank from multiple angles like Markets (DCM, Trading, Sales), Trade & Commodity Finance (TCF), Global Network Management, Transaction Banking, Treasury & Funding, Portfolio Management etc. You will have a shared responsibility for a portfolio of legacy clients originated across Wholesale, which have pending transactions but without regular contact (run-off portfolio). In close consultation with internal and external stakeholders, you will form and monitor the exit strategy within the off-boarding process. And if necessary, you will inform the clients. You will also coordinate the customer due diligence (CDD) process, including event driven reviews. These internal affairs allow you to work on your own projects, which sometimes will have an administrative angle. This way, you will get a deep knowledge of the international finance sector and internal processes. You and your talent We are looking for a candidate with the following core competences: customer-focused, strong communication skills, pro-active, result oriented, diligent administrative skills, and focused on continuous improvement. Furthermore, in this function you support the client owners in their daily activities to build and maintain a comprehensive network within the sector, you will help service our clients and counterparties and you will work on your own projects with a strong client focus. Important skills for this function are: Problem Solving, Decision Making, Story Telling and Self-reflection. For the position of Associate, you also have: HBO/ WO degree or working and thinking level; 1-5 years of experience in, and knowledge of, SME, Corporate or wholesale banking; A genuine interest in analysing the FI client’s needs and how financial institutions work; Interest or experience in financial markets business is a plus Fluent English and Dutch language capability (both verbally and in writing); Affinity, interest and experience with the LEAN / Agile way, or other project management ways of working. Continuous improvement and process management is a plus; Experience in, and knowledge of KYC/CDD and/or Credit is a plus. Facts & Figures The Financial Institutions Group is part of Markets, and consists of three teams: FI Relationship management, with a focus on high value, strategically important or complex FI clients of Rabobank, and the Orphan Desk (responsible for the off boarding of FI clients); FI Lending & Fund Finance, all FIG lending activities (i.e.: relationship loans, bridge facilities or other forms of lending related exposure) as well as fund finance facilities to private equity firms are centralised in this team; FI Credit Analysis. This team is in charge of the credit analysis and coordination of FI Clients. The FI Relationship Management team consists of 11 relationship bankers; 4 Senior Relationship Bankers and 7 Associates. They cover the key Financial Institutions that are of high (strategic) value to the bank and/or those which have a complex nature. The team has 4 strategic sectors: Banks, Insurance companies, Asset Managers and Multilateral Development Banks. Together we achieve more than alone Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do at the Financial Institutions Group department (FIG). The department brings talented people together to ensure strong relationship management for our FI clients, including the coordination of the FI business internally. Besides that, FIG is a fun department to work for, and we strive to get the best out of our people! We believe in the power of difference. Bringing together people's differences is what makes us an even better bank. Therefore, we are very curious about what you can bring to the team at FIG. The Orphan Desk has proven to be a perfect entry point to learn and discover more about the world of FIs. Mike de Groot, Associate at FIG: "Joining the FIG team offers you a deep dive into the international financial landscape, while working with various product lines and support departments." Rogier Everwijn, Global Head Financial Institutions Group: “As an Associate at FIG, you will really get to know the bank across all of the different product lines, whilst working with an interesting and complex group of clients in a very challenging environment.” Talking of Rabobank: We are a Dutch bank that operates in 38 countries for over 9,500,000 customers. With these customers, our members, and partners, we stand side by side to create a world in which everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands we work to create a country in which people are happy with how they live, work and do business. This is what we offer you Do you want to become the ideal version of yourself? We would love to help you achieve this by focusing firmly on your growth, development, and investing in an environment where you keep learning every day. We give you the space to innovate and initiate. In this way, we offer you numerous opportunities to grow and help you exceed your expectations, to do the right thing exceptionally well, and to therefore grow as a professional. In addition, with us, you can expect: A job in salary scale 8 with gross monthly salaries ranging from a minimum of € 3,700 to a maximum of € 5,300 An extra budget of 10% of your gross salary to be used at your discretion. This could for example be to buy extra holiday hours, add to your pension savings, or to be paid out A thirteenth month's salary and 8% holiday allowance This is a selection of the terms of employment for an Associate Orphan Desk, based on a 36/40-hour working week. This vacancy is for 36/40 hours per week. You can find all our terms of employment on rabobank.jobs/en/conditions-of-employment. You and the job application process Are you the person we're looking for? And are you ready to join FIG as an Associate, and to make a difference to yourself, our customers and to society? We look forward to receiving your application for this vacancy in Utrecht. The information below may be useful for you: Reply to the vacancy for Associate Orphan Desk at Rabobank no later than October 9 Any questions about the job content or about working at Rabobank and the process? Contact Yvette van Herpen, Recruiter, viayvette.van.herpen@rabobank.nl We will hold the interviews through a video call or face2face. You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions on rabobank.jobs/en/faq. A security check is part of the process. We respect your privacy.