Finance Trainee

It is more than a traineeship.

Your work as a finance professional at Kuehne+Nagel powers our ability to create both everyday and extraordinary moments for people around the world. From managing budgets and strategic planning to optimizing financial operations, your expertise enables colleagues across the company to stay focused on their mission, whether it’s delivering vital healthcare products to those in need or ensuring fresh fruit reaches children playing in the park. At Kuehne+Nagel, finance means more than we imagine. This program offers more than a steppingstone—it’s a launchpad into leadership.

Starting in autumn 2025, you will follow a structured 22 month’s curriculum that includes:

• Rotational assignments across key functions and international markets
• Learning blocks focused on technical finance, leadership, and competency development, such as communication, decision making, influencing, and stakeholder management.
• A global mentoring and exchange program to develop a broad, cross-cultural mindset
• A final capstone project where you present your impact to senior stakeholders

How you create impact

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Tackle real business-related financial challenges, contributing insights that drive financial performance
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and value creation across processes
• Apply your analytical skills to support data-driven decision-making
• Collaborate across functions and cultures, strengthening alignment across our global network
• Present ideas with impact, helping shape the future of finance at Kuehne+Nagel

What we would like you to bring

We’re looking for professionals with curiosity, commitment, and the drive to grow into impactful finance leaders within our global organization. Our ideal candidate brings:

• A bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or Economics, alternatively with a (proven expertise or) genuine interest in these fields.
• Sound understanding of financial matters, even if your current role isn't in finance
• Minimum 1 year of professional experience preferably in finance or related fields
• Fluency in English (spoken and written), with strong communication skills
• Strong drive to relocate globally and work in international settings
• A collaborative mindset, respectful of different cultures and perspectives
• A genuine interest in finance and the forwarding/logistics sector

What's in it for you

This is not a traditional graduate or trainee program. It’s a tailored development journey to prepare you for leadership roles in our global finance organization. You will benefit from:

• A global and diverse peer group—learn together, grow together
• Intensive learning blocks
• First-hand access to senior leaders, subject matter experts and mentors and coaches
• An international assignment to expand your network and skills
• A clear path toward first-level leadership or key expert roles at KN after graduation

If you’re driven by purpose, energized by global challenges, and ready to lead with impact—this is your pathway.

Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.

As a global leader with a strong heritage and a vision to move the world forward, we offer a safe, stable environment where your career can make a real difference. Whether we help deliver life-saving medicines, develop sustainable transportation solutions or support our local communities, your career will contribute to more than you can imagine.