Financial Institutions Lending Internship - Wholesale Banking

The unit is part of Wholesale Banking (WB) Lending and works exclusively for and with the FI Sector organization. FI Lending represents an anchor product for cementing client relationships with banks and non-bank financial institutions such as insurance companies, asset managers and funds.

The team

The team has global coverage and manages and executes the full value chain of lending to financial institutions, from risk rating, analysis, preparation of credit applications to the tailoring, negotiation and signing of loan documentation. FIL partners with many different stakeholders including Relationship Management (Parent Account Managers), Trade Finance Services, Financial Markets, FI Advisory, Risk, Legal, Corporate Audit Services, and Lending Execution to ensure customer expectations are met and exceeded.

Roles and responsibilities

• Responsible for tracking and following up on approval conditions set by Risk Management (incl. stakeholder management).
• Supporting role in the execution and in-life management of standard and complex lending transactions.
• Work both independently and collaboratively as a team member. You need to be able to manage your own work and priorities will be set by your manager.
• Support transaction managers with in-depth counterparty and industry credit risk analyses covering bank and non-bank financial institution counterparties.
• Ensure the consistent use of Vantage applications, ING policies, and make sure regulations product requirements and data quality are applied and of the highest standard.
• Effective representation towards our stakeholders, including maintaining good relationships, sourcing information and clearly communicating developments and managing expectations on delivery.
• Active participation and cooperation in various potential projects (e.g. stemming from Basel IV) within FI Lending and with related stakeholders, e.g. Risk Management.
• Maintain a user-friendly process handover manual describing the above tasks.

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.

Knowledge and experience:

• Strong academic credentials-University degree
• Fluent English skills (verbal and writing)
• Sound communication skills

Competencies:

• Strong analytical skills and client focus
• Result driven
• True team player
• Accuracy and high-quality orientation
• Take it on and make it happen mindset

Other:

• Registered at a university in The Netherlands during the internship
• Available from July 2025 for a period of 6 months (preferred)

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?

Contact the recruiter attached to the advertisement. Want to apply directly? Please upload your CV and motivation letter by clicking the ‘Apply’ button.

Contact: Louise Humme/Oliver van de Merwe

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.