Junior Coverage Banker (VP or senior associate) | Corporate Sector Coverage NL

Boost your career at the very heart of ING Wholesale Banking!

If you have a profound background in for example debt advisory, capital structuring or corporate finance, and when you are ready for the next step in your career, the position of Junior Coverage Banker will offer you the opportunity to gain a deep understanding of ING’s client-base, product offering and sustainability strategy, while acquiring the skills that will set you up for success as an all-round finance professional. Are you up for the challenge? Do your thing!

The Opportunity & Work environment

ING is a global bank with a strong European footprint. Our purpose is to empower people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. With 38 million customers and almost 60,000 employees, our priority is to give our customers a superior experience and access to our sector expertise and global network.

Within ING, Wholesale Banking (‘WB’) Netherlands is catered to our corporate and institutional clients to which we provide a suite of strategic products and services combined with profound sector expertise. As market leader, we are a strategic partner for our clients, both in daily banking services and financial advice, mergers and acquisitions, sustainability and capital markets.

We are looking for an ambitious young professional with up to 3-6 years of working experience who is eager to join our dynamic client-facing Corporate Sector Coverage (‘CSC’) team.

You will be working within a team of 14 colleagues including 5 Senior Coverage Bankers. The CSC team is responsible to originate, develop and manage the relationship with the largest corporates in the Dutch market.

You will have the unique opportunity to manage your own portfolio of clients, engage in strategic dialogues with CEO’s, CFO’s and Treasury teams alongside senior Coverage Bankers and to support the broader team on the preparation of complex analysis and pitches. You will build up profound finance and market knowledge to apply to projects and commercial initiatives alongside the team, with your strategic advisory (or comparable) experience you will lead and inspire the team to further enhance the strategic dialogue – also for clients also outside of your own portfolio.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Responsibility for a portfolio of clients including clear targets to further enhance our strategic positioning and grow our P&L

• Joint responsibility alongside senior Coverage Bankers for some of the largest clients in our portfolio.

• Support and inspire the team to further enhance (financial) analyses on clients, sectors, and peers in an international environment.

• Actively manage, guide and participate in the preparation of financial models and client pitch books, client briefings, etc.

• Develop and apply in depth sector/industry/product knowledge to develop, maintain and grow relationships with prospective and existing clients to stimulate and manage demand for financial products and services offered by the organization and also create valuable relationships with our clients

• Coordinate and lead Virtual Client Teams in account planning, execution and monitoring efforts for the assigned client portfolio

• Liaise with all product teams within the wholesale bank (Transaction Services, DCM, ECM, Corporate Finance, Lending, Client Services, etc.) to ensure superior client experience

• Have frequent contact with the client on day-to-day business

• Share knowledge and foster a culture of collaboration and inclusiveness, client focus, continuous improvement and innovation

You are

• An enthusiastic person who gained in-depth advisory/capital structuring or comparable skills and is now looking for an opportunity to take on commercial client responsibility while inspiring, guiding and managing the team to further enhance the strategic dialogue

• A person with strong analytical, modelling and organisational skills, can process requests with diligence and speed

• Able to work under pressure and prioritise tasks

• A self-starter, able to take ownership and have a talent for taking it on and making it happen

• An excellent communicator, able to efficiently co-ordinate a multiple stakeholder environment

• A collaborative spirit and strong team player

• A person with client focused mindset able to understand and cater client needs

• A person with high-level of integrity. You live by the ING Orange code - display honesty, prudence, and responsibility.

You need

• Commercial drive, empathy and strong interest in clients

• Academic master’s degree

• Minimum of at least 3-6 years working experience in an advisory(-like) environment

• Excellent analytical and communication skills, interest in sustainability

• Excellent verbal and written skills both in English and Dutch (strongly preferred)

 We offer

• Excellent career opportunity at VP level to gain experience in a client facing role within a dynamic professional working environment and an ambitious team who will be supporting your endeavours

• Exposure to high profile transactions, sustainability market leadership and client relationships

• Full Virtual Client Team and P&L responsibility for your assigned clients

• Opportunity to develop your own extensive network within ING

• The possibility to grow your job and personal skills through trainings and courses, talent management programs

Location: ING Maple building in Amsterdam

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 back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at https://careers.ing.com/en/benefits-NL

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience

• A salary indication 6,176 EUR – 9,871 EUR based on 36 hours per week

• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract

• Pension scheme

• 13th month salary

• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary

• 8% Holiday payment

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

• Work Agile, so new ideas come to life faster

About us

With 60,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us. Apply today.

Questions?

Contact the recruiter attached to the advertisement for more information. Want to apply directly? Please upload your CV and motivation letter by clicking the “Apply” button. Please note, multiple interview steps involving various business stakeholders will be part of the selection process.