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Traineeship Finance & Risk

De Volksbank Utrecht

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What is required?

  • Relevant academic education
  • Max. 1 year work experience
  • Relevant secondary activities
  • Critical mindset
  • Eagerness to learn

What will you get?

  • €2,600 gross p/m
  • 40 hour work week
  • 25 vacation days
  • Rarely work in weekend
  • Personal development program

What will you do?

  • 30% Data analysis
  • 30% Project at department
  • 15% Personal development
  • 15% Meetings
  • 10% Write summaries & recommendations

This vacancy has been created based on interviews with employees to help you get a realistic preview of the job.

Vacancy

As a Finance & Risk Trainee, you will complete four different assignments over the course of two years to discover what suits you well. The first assignment will be assigned to you based on your profile. Along with your mentor, you will look for your next assignment within the organization. You will use the network that you will build within the company to get new assignments. You will work in the field of Risk & Finance, dealing with Financial Markets, Accounting & Reporting, and Balance Sheet Management, among other things. The responsibilities vary by assignment.

Working week

Trainee Finance & Risk
Koen Slob

On good days, I learn a lot by being actively involved with co-workers in the department in which I carry out my assignment or by attending a meeting.

Less pleasant days occur when you spend a lot of time answering emails or having conversations, as a result of which you don’t really have time for your own tasks.
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  • 19:00
    • Weekstart with team
    • Administration
    • Work with colleague
    • Lunch
    • Work on recommendation
    • Meeting mentor
    • Fin Tech conference
    • Mail + create summary
    • Lunch
    • Administration
    • Work on summary
    • Mail
    • Explanation training day persuasiveness
    • Theory of persuasiveness
    • Lunch
    • Individual case
    • Group practice
    • After work drinks
    • Mail + Data analysis
    • Join meeting
    • Lunch
    • Work with colleague
    • Data analysis
    • Friday drinks

Firsthand experience

You are invited to give a small update on the background of new laws and regulations within banks during a meeting of Finance & Risk managers. During the discussion that follows, you feel that the laws are misinterpreted. What to do?

It is appreciated if you, as a Trainee, demonstrate a proactive attitude and dare to ask questions. Through questions and comments, you try to clarify your interpretation of the laws, but at the same time, you do not want to ask too many questions.

After the meeting, you cannot let it go, because your interpretation differed from that of the managers. You arrange a meeting with the department head, who was also present at the meeting and who is open to discussion. Trainees at de Volksbank get plenty of room to ask questions and to be actively involved in order to learn. The department head appreciates your refreshing view of the laws, and after the discussion, you also understand the managers’ interpretation of the laws better.

Growth

For your personal development, you will complete an external program with your peer trainees. During this program, personal development is central, and you will get to work with themes such as leadership, collaboration, and influencing. In addition, you will get a personal training budget that you can spend on substantive training courses or external events.

Trainee Finance & Risk
Various possible next steps

Working at De Volksbank

De Volksbank focuses on the Dutch retail market and is the umbrella organization of the following brands: ASN Bank, BLG Wonen, RegioBank and SNS. A centralized back-office and staff organization and a powerful IT-organization make it possible for de Volksbank to work effectively and efficiently .

View company profile of De Volksbank
  • Headquarters in Utrecht
  • Active in the Netherlands
  • 40% / 60%
  • Average age 39
  • 3,500 employees in NL
  • 3,500 employees worldwide

Colleagues

Samir Elarabi (25) - Digital Marketing Trainee

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I wanted to work more on the customer side instead of the business side where I worked before. What also interested me was the informal atmosphere, personal development opportunities and the freedom in the company.

What was your previous job?
Digitaal Media Planner at an agency

What do you do in your spare time?
Football, fitness, play the guitar and doing stuff with friends.

Kirsten Kruizinga (24) - IT Trainee

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I started working here because I saw in the job description that you get to chose your own projects and that you get a lot of freedom. That suited me because I wasn't sure what area of IT I liked most.

What did you study?
Match in Groningen

What do you do in your spare time?
My biggest hobby is playing the violin.

Koen Slob (23) - Finance & Risk Trainee

Why did you decide to work for this company?
I wanted to work at a financial company with an open atmosphere and strong focus on society. I was excited about the people and the program of the traineeship after going to the inhouseday.

What did you study?
Master Financial Management

What do you do in your spare time?
Sports, football, making music and meeting friends.

Levi Melis (24) - Business & Retail Trainee

Why did you decide to work for this company?
What I liked during the inhouseday was the down to earth mentality and the focus on social responsibilty.

What did you study?
Hotelschool Den Haag and Internationale Business Nyenrode

What do you do in your spare time?
Traveling and going out to dinner.

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