At a glance

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 is right for you! You will structure the best deals for our clients and guide them in the complex world of financial instruments. Apply now for the Global Markets Traineeship starting in March 2025.

Working environment

Working at ABN AMRO means becoming even better at what you do. We understand our clients, translate their ambitions into joint successes and earn their trust. We want our clients to understand our products. That's why we sometimes say 'no' when the risk for the client is too big. Banking is our profession; the world is our challenge.

Global Markets is at the heart of ABN AMRO. We support our clients on the purchase and sale of financial products and services, such as securities or currencies. We also assist clients with a listing (IPO) or the issuance of bonds. We carry out transactions from our offices in Amsterdam, New York, Frankfurt, London and Paris.

Your role

As a trainee within Global Markets, you are following what is happening in the world and financial markets and how this influences the needs of our clients, products and the bank. It goes without saying that 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 an 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 who belong to the top of their field. Together they offer 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. The perfect start to your career!

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 our 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 our FID Trading teams. Learn to structure financial products for institutional and corporate clients.
•    Foreign Exchange Sales & Trading: Emerge yourself in the rapidly changing world of foreign exchange (FX). Help to improve our (electronic) FX trading platforms and understand how our FX Sales team serves our clients.
•    Debt Capital Markets (DCM): You are 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 (often front-page news) such as IPOs and follow-on share issues for our 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.

Your profile

You have the ability to understand complex matters and you have a keen interest in financial markets. We don't have to tell you that sharing knowledge and working as a team are crucial on our trading floor. You also have the ability to bring colleagues with different backgrounds together in order to optimally serve our clients. Achieving goals gives you satisfaction, you enjoy learning new things and you feel comfortable in changing environments.

You further recognize yourself in the below profile:
•    Master's in (for example) Econometrics, Quantitative Finance, Finance & Investments, (Financial) Economics, or similar studies and no more than two years of work experience
•    (Internship) experience at a financial institution
•    Relevant extracurricular activities or relevant experience abroad
•    Proven affinity with financial markets and financial products
•    Knowledge of data, experience with programming and data
•    Strongly motivated to work for ABN AMRO and Global Markets
•    Someone with proven affinity with financial markets and financial products
•    Ambitious, eager to lean and keen to explore different teams
•    Fluent in English

What we offer

The opportunity to get the best out of yourself and plenty of room to grow both personally and professionally. Furthermore, we offer you:
•    The opportunity to get the best out of yourself and enough room to grow both personally and professionally
•    A competitive salary based on a 40-hour working week
•    A benefit budget (part of the annual salary) that offers the opportunity to purchase flexible employment conditions (e.g. a bicycle or telephone)
•    A permanent contract after successfully completing the initial 12-month period of the talent program
•    An additional personal development budget of €1,000 per year that you can spend freely
•    An annual public transport pass valid throughout the Netherlands
•    A good pension scheme and health insurance
•    Do you want to get away for a longer period of time? Then you can take a sabbatical of 1 to 6 months every 5 years, while retaining 40% salary during the first 3 months

Interested or questions?

Are you interested? Then respond to the vacancy now, we would like to meet you! Apply via the button and upload your motivation letter, CV and grade list. If you have any questions, please contact us at recruitment.globalmarkets@nl.abnamro.com.

Important to know:
•    The deadline to apply is 22 December 2024
•    The hiring process consist of CV selection, an online assessment and three interviews
•    The interviews will take place mid-January 2025
•    The Global Markets Traineeship will start in March 2025

Equal opportunities for all

We think it is important that everyone can develop his or her qualities so that every colleague feels involved and valued. An interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience provides surprising insights and innovative solutions. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. 

Research shows that female candidates (compared to male applicants) are more hesitant to apply for positions for which they believe they do not meet 100% of the requirements. Do you recognise yourself in this challenge, but are you in doubt whether you meet all the requirements? Then we look forward to receiving your motivation letter, CV and grade list.