Job Description

The Team

Portfolio Management & Distribution (PMD) is part of Transaction Services within ING Wholesale Banking Financial Institutions. Based in Amsterdam, the team plays a leading role in risk diversification, mitigation and distribution of ING's Financial Institutions and Trade Finance portfolio, supporting ING's Originate-to-Distribute strategy.

PMD works closely with Trade Finance Services (TFS) Originators, Risk, Legal, Product Management and Operations. Our counterparties include leading international banks, insurance companies and multilateral organizations. PMD operates in a multicultural and international environment characterized by diversity, complexity, accuracy and creativity.

This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in both trade finance origination support and portfolio distribution activities.

Role and Responsibilities

Distribution & Secondary Market Activities

• Support PMD professionals in analysing portfolio exposures and identifying opportunities for efficient limit utilization through participation and distribution.
• Assist in sourcing and executing trade finance transactions with secondary market partners such as banks, insurers and multilateral institutions.
• Contribute to market research, pricing analysis and preparation of portfolio reports.
• Assist PMD lead in maintaining relationships with external partners and collecting market intelligence on risk appetite and pricing trends.
• Support the team with transactional due diligence activities, including compliance and ESR-related reviews.

Miscellaneous & Projects

• Depending on business needs and individual capabilities, contribute to strategic projects and departmental initiatives.
• Support continuous improvement activities across the Transaction Services platform.

Your Work Environment

PMD offers a dynamic and fast-paced working environment with exposure to international trade finance transactions and portfolio management activities. You will collaborate with colleagues and clients from various cultures and jurisdictions and gain broad exposure to trade finance products, risk distribution structures and secondary market transactions.

How to succeed

Prerequisites

• You must remain enrolled as a student at a Dutch University throughout the internship period.
• You reside in the Netherlands and are available to work from our Amsterdam office.
• Minimum internship duration is 6 months.

Personal Profile

• Final-stage Bachelor's student or Master's student.
• Strong interest in Banking, Trade Finance, Transaction Services and Financial Markets.
• Entrepreneurial and commercially minded.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• High level of self-motivation and professional attitude.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Team player with attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Additional language skills (French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Chinese, etc.) are considered a plus.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Familiarity with trade finance products such as Letters of Credit, Guarantees, Standby Letters of Credit, Trade Loans, Risk Participations or Insurance Covers is an advantage.

What We Offer

• A challenging internship within a highly international environment.
• Hands-on exposure to trade finance, portfolio management and risk distribution activities.
• Observe and support communications with leading international banks, insurers and multilateral institutions as part of live transaction processes.
• Direct interaction with experienced professionals across Origination, Risk, Legal and Operations.
• Valuable experience within ING Wholesale Banking and its Transaction Services platform.
• A dynamic and collaborative team culture based in Amsterdam.

Rewards and benefits

This is a great opportunity to train with highly skilled people who are experts in their field. You’ll do a lot and learn a lot – not only about your specialist area and the bank, but also about yourself and whether this type of environment is right for you.

You’ll also benefit from:

• Internship allowance of 700 EUR based on 36 hours work week
• Your own work laptop
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

During the duration of your internship at ING, it is mandatory to be enrolled at a Dutch university (or EU-university for EU passport holders).

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About our internships

Every year, more than 350 students join our internship program. While there are no guarantees about your future, many of our former interns move into a permanent role or onto our International Talent Programme (traineeship).

Whatever happens, an internship at ING is the ideal opportunity to meet a wide variety of people, to build up your own network, and to learn about many different aspects of banking – put simply, it’s a great start to your career.