Internship ING Financial Markets | eFX Sales

Financial Markets (FM) is the Bank’s gateway to the professional markets around the world. Our primary function is to service the needs of ING’s clients with products, services, and guidance. FM aims to be a significant player in our market leader and challenger markets, with an additional presence in all the major international markets and specialist expertise in selected emerging markets and products.

The team
The eFX sales team is an integral part of the ING Financial Markets business and is involved in driving the bank’s ambition for digitalisation. Our clients are based all over the world and are both institutional and corporate clients. Our main goal is to help our clients execute foreign exchange transactions electronically, as well as helping clients navigate the electronic FX landscape and make informed trading decisions. We offer a range of products, including FX spot, forwards, swaps, NDFs, options and algorithmic order strategies.  

Role & Work Environment
As an eFX Sales intern you will help shape the future of electronic foreign exchange by using data to uncover opportunities that create value for clients and improve business performance. Working closely with sales, trading, and technology teams, you will translate insights into tangible solutions and contribute to strategic initiatives across the FX business.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support projects aimed at improving client experience and strengthening ING's electronic FX franchise.
• Analyse FX data to identify opportunities and areas for optimisation.
• Create reports, dashboards and visualisations that help teams make data-driven decisions.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative research in market developments.
• Work alongside sales, trading and technology specialists to investigate business questions and develop solutions.
• Present your findings and recommendations to stakeholders across Financial Markets.
• Support initiatives that improve efficiency, collaboration and knowledge sharing.

How to succeed
A colleague with a talent for taking it on and making it happen, enthusiasm for helping others to be successful and a knack for always being a step ahead. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s student in the final year of study (year 3) or Master’s student at a Dutch university (requirement).
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a strong advantage.
• Proactive, organized and willing to take ownership of your work. 
• A strong team player who enjoys working in diverse and multidisciplinary teams.
• Interested in global markets, data analytics and technology.
• Comfortable working with data and eager to develop analytical skills.
• Experienced with Excel; knowledge of Power BI, Python, SQL or similar tools is a plus.
• Good or excited to learn to communicate findings and ideas to different audiences. 

What we offer

• A unique opportunity to gain practical experience within ING Financial Markets.
• Meaningful work with visible impact on client outcomes and business growth.
• Mentorship from experienced professionals across sales, trading and technology.
• Exposure to global markets, clients and digital trading solutions.
• A collaborative and supportive team environment where learning and development are encouraged.
• The opportunity to build a strong professional network across ING.

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.