The European Central Bank has launched: Traineeship – Financial Analysis in the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments

Your team

You will join the Financials team in the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments. Our Directorate General manages all issues relating to Eurosystem market infrastructure, platforms, applications and associated services in the fields of cash settlement, securities settlement and collateral management. We are currently consolidating our two major services/market infrastructure products (TARGET2 and TARGET2-Securities) while exploring new technological and business initiatives.

The Financials team is responsible for the development and implementation of pricing policies, as well as accounting, financing and billing/invoicing for all of the Directorate General’s projects and services.

The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.

Your role

As a trainee, you will:

• contribute to the analysis of functional, regulatory and operational scenarios;
• help to shape the pricing policies for TARGET services;
• support the invoicing, accounting and financial reporting processes for the Directorate General’s projects and services;
• collaborate with relevant teams within the Directorate General and in other ECB business areas in order to successfully accomplish the tasks of the Financials team.

This traineeship will allow you to familiarise yourself with the work of the Directorate General through a variety of tasks and projects. You will be assigned a supervisor, but you will be expected to use your own initiative and work with a large degree of autonomy in order to complete your projects. You will have opportunities to develop your skills and will quickly have a tangible impact on the work we do.

This position will offer excellent opportunities to contribute directly to one of the most dynamic and multifaceted areas of central banking, from both a business and a technological perspective. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

Qualifications, experience and skills

Essential:

•  a bachelor’s degree or higher in finance, management, economics, computer science or a related discipline;
•  experience of presenting complex concepts to various stakeholders and audiences, including the visualisation of technical concepts and data;
• an advanced knowledge of the MS Office package (including programming macros and pivot tables in Excel);
• an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages 

Desired:

• knowledge of international financial markets, payments and securities business;
• experience in accounting and finance;
• experience of working with Tableau or other data visualisation tools and databases;
• a working knowledge of one or more programming languages (such as VBA, Python or SQL);
• experience with financial and IT business analysis.

You are curious and eager to learn, and want to further develop your ability to analyse complex information. You are keen to collaborate with others, pursue team goals and learn from other people’s diverse perspectives. You strive to know and anticipate stakeholder needs, and will signal any need for change and propose alternative solutions.

You are motivated to contribute to the ECB’s mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution and to work with colleagues from all over Europe. You are keen to be part of our team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the objectives of this position.

Who can apply:

EU nationals eligible for our traineeship programme.

All candidates should:

• be a national of a Member State of the EU or of an acceding country;
• be at least 18 years old;
• have completed at least a first cycle qualification (minimum bachelor’s degree);
• be fluent in English and in another official language of the EU.

Following their most recent qualification candidates should:

• have a maximum of 12 months’ professional experience;
• have been a trainee for no more than six months;
• not have been an ECB trainee or have worked for the ECB previously.

Closing date: 19.04.2022

Further information

Traineeship of between 6 and 12 months in total.

Application and selection process

Further information on how to join us is available on our website.

The recruitment process for this position will include an online interview and a remote written exercise.

If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list for 12 months from the closing date for applications, from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.