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ABN AMRO offers a full range of innovative services to our retail, private and commercial clients, not just in the Netherlands but wherever their business takes them. ABN AMRO started in 2010 merging with Fortis Bank Nederland.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, we have offices across Northwest Europe with over 19,000 people. In the UK we work alongside 350 of those employees. We are a bank that is committed to playing a sustainable and future-focused role in society. Technology helps us to bring personal banking in a digital age to our clients. Our areas of focus are sustainability, social entrepreneurship, innovation and inclusion. Robust corporate governance is key for us to achieve our strategic ambitions and helps us to support our clients with our banking expertise, reliably and professionally, both in the Netherlands and abroad.
We serve millions of clients in the retail, private banking and corporate banking sectors. Our UK branch reports up to the Corporate Banking business and operates within the following areas:
- Corporate and Institutional Banking which includes Corporate Banking, Custody and Securities Clearing, Global Markets - Sales & Trading and Financial Institutions
- Commercial activities including Asset Based Finance and Transaction Banking which provides cash management and trade finance to over 500 corporate clients
What we do (our strategy)
We want to be a personal bank in the digital age
How we do this (our core values)
Care, Courage, and Collaboration
The reason why (our purpose)
Banking for better, for generations to come
Our core values of Care, Courage and Collaboration shape our culture. We are looking to live these values in everything we do, for our clients and for each other. It is through our values that we connect and that we are able to create an environment where everyone can be themselves. As a result, we enjoy working together, always wanting to stretch ourselves and we’re keen to go that extra mile. We feel embodying this ethos is important in a challenging environment where change is all around us and expectations are high.
Together, these principles foster a culture of working together and permanent learning. It’s only with this mindset that we bring the best in ourselves to deliver a high standard of performance. Our culture is the catalyst for the evolution in which we find ourselves: our people are imaginative, trust each other and do just that little bit extra to help clients.
You can learn more about ABN AMRO via our website.
We are delighted to offer short-term internship placements of various lengths across several departments within our London office.
What do we offer?
- Valuable insight into Financial Services
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic, inclusive and flexible environment where you are encouraged to grow and develop
- Collaboration on various activities and meaningful projects that drive towards the bank’s objectives and support our clients
- Work with a wide range of people with different backgrounds, opinions and ideas
- An environment where you will be challenged on a daily basis to refine your professional and soft skills
- Mentoring by the line manager of the department, who will equally ensure you are sufficiently supported through guidance and any training required
Your job
Transaction Banking provides UK payments solutions to ABN AMRO corporate clients to help them setup their UK business, generate revenue from customers, pay their suppliers, manage their employee and tax payments, handle Foreign Exchange risk and mitigate their supply chain risk in order to create sustainable growth.
Our key product offerings are cash management and trade finance which includes corporate bank accounts in 16 currencies, automated cash pooling, credit interest solutions, payments and ebanking, corporate credit cards, foreign exchange services, and trade services products such as performance bonds. These solutions enable our clients to manage their working capital efficiently to grow their businesses.
What will your responsibilities look like?
- Build an understanding of cash management products, learn how these are used to meet our client’s’ requirements.
- Data Quality projects including picking up a key data integrity project that will require strong excel skills and attention to detail
- Stakeholder management including finding out where data is sourced, and then connecting with stakeholders to gain access to that data to complete the integrity project
- Supporting relationship managers to drive forward a client revenue project to create a monthly holistic client-level revenue report that brings in data from various sources
- Help with ad-hoc KYC projects
Your working environment
ABN AMRO is an enterprising bank with a primary focus on Northwest Europe. We serve clients in the retail, private banking and corporate banking sectors. We are also present internationally in a number of specialist activities, such as Corporate and Commercial Banking, Asset Based Finance and Clearing.
At ABN AMRO we have a clear purpose: Banking for better, for generations to come. The shift towards sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. Supporting our clients at times that matter has always been our role and our responsibility. Together, we aim high and work towards lasting relationships that are relevant and responsible, both now and in the future. We want to be the bank that leads the way.
Our strategy goes far beyond financial value: we want to accelerate the transition to sustainability. We do this by supporting and advising our clients in order to facilitate their sustainability shift. Our commitment to clients, employees, investors and society calls for clear direction, focus and dedication.
We concentrate on our three strategic pillars
- Support our clients transition to sustainability
- Reinvent the customer experience
- Build a future-proof bank
Our strategy requires a culture of working together and permanent learning. It's only with this mindset that we unleash the best in ourselves to deliver a high standard of performance. ABN AMRO's culture is the catalyst for the evolution in which we find ourselves: our people are imaginative, trust each other and do just that little bit extra to help clients.
ABN AMRO UK is part of the Corporate Banking business line and operates the following businesses in the UK:
- Corporate and Institutional Banking which includes Corporate Banking, Clearing, Global Markets - Sales & Trading and Financial Institutions
- Commercial Banking which includes Asset Based Finance and International Desk, which provides transactional banking services
Our business lines are supported by a number of functions such as Risk, Compliance, Legal, IT, Finance (Including Tax), Business Management and Human Resources. We currently employ approx. 380 people in the UK.
Your profile
- Penultimate year undergraduate student (studying a relevant degree) or a recent graduate.
- Enthusiastic individuals with contemporary values, initiative, and a willingness to learn
- A motivated interest in Financial Services
- Ability to communicate clearly and comprehensively with a variety of audiences
- Solid IT skills; proficiency in Word and PowerPoint; strong proficiency in Excel
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships
- Excellent collaboration skills
- Effective at following instructions
What we offer
Joining ABN AMRO means working on meaningful projects. Projects that have an impact on our clients. Working with a wide range of people with different backgrounds, opinions and ideas. In the UK, in the Netherlands or elsewhere in our international network. We offer an environment where you will be challenged on a daily basis - professionally as well as on a personal level - so that you can grow to become the professional you want to be.
Hybrid working arrangement with 4 days in office and 1 day working from home (likely to be Friday)
Right to Work Requirements: Please note you must be a British National or have an existing UK Right to Work status to apply
