Internship - Finance Sustainability

Finance Domestic Bank is responsible for the financial accounting and Statutory/Regulatory reporting of all Retail activities in ING’s home market. One element which becomes more and more important is reporting on (finance) sustainability, from an internal and external perspective! Due to the increasing importance and continuously changing regulations, we are constantly exploring, investigating and implementing new Enviromental, Social and Governance (or ESG) reporting requirements in our reporting structure. Would you like to be part of this transition and work in an enthusiastic, no-nonsense team, that is willing to help you grow and learn? If your answer is yes, then this role will be perfect for you!

Internship opportunity: Finance Sustainability

The purpose of this assignment is to improve the current ESG reporting process and extend it with all the changing regulations and internal ESG commitments that enable compliance with all the (future) financial sustainability reporting requirements on ESG.

Roles and responsibilities

Support in drafting an implementation plan, including but not limited to providing:

• Assistance in investigating all ESG related financial disclosure requirements and the applicable timelines;
• Assistance in determining which requirements are applicable for Domestic Bank NL and to which products they apply;
• Assistance in performing a gap analysis;
• Assistance in drafting a roadmap.
• Support in designing governance processes to safeguard data quality;
• Support in implementing the applicable ESG disclosure requirements applicable for 2025 and beyond;
• Support various events, meetings, calls, reporting, project coordination activities, and project reporting.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

Since you will immediately operate as a member of the team, we expect you to be or have:

• A Master student with a profound interest in Sustainability/ Sustainable Development and Finance
• Strong communication skills
• Great relationship skills with stakeholders from different levels and areas
• High ambition/ energy level
• Strong organisational/project management skills
• Structured, proactive and good at teamwork
• Perseverance
• Fluency in English is required and proficiency in Dutch preferred
• Positive learning attitude

What can you expect?

You can expect a challenge, as we offer you the opportunity to start working directly in the team and be part of the transition of sustainability finance reporting!

In addition, you will be able to learn a lot about sustainability and related financial disclosure requirements: one of the key priorities of ING’s management, their stakeholders and society.

We offer

• 6 Months internship (extensions can be discussed)
• Challenging and constructive environment
• Working with highly skilled people, experts in their domains
• Working in an area which is one of the key themes of ING’s vision of the future as laid down in our Horizon ’28 program
• An international atmosphere
• Great training and learning opportunities

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).

Questions?

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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.