Global Clearing Traineeship
Business and IT track
At a glance
Do you want to be part of an international company, a global leader? Work for a business that plays a vital role in financial markets around the world. Do you want to work with the newest technologies, find new markets, clients or products? Then the ABN AMRO Clearing Global Talent Programme might be just what you are looking for. You will work together globally to serve the best trading firms via our network and proximity to market infrastructures on four continents.
Your job
Applying in the Netherlands means you are going to be based in Amsterdam. In the first weeks of the programme, all graduates will attend the joint Global Talent Programme training weeks in Amsterdam (or online). In these weeks, you’ll get to know the ins and outs of the financial markets and the Clearing business in particular. Besides this, working on your personal development is a key component of the programme. Industry experts, professional trainers and ABN AMRO Clearing managers facilitate the different sessions. Together they will give you a solid basis for your future role within Clearing. You will be part of an international group of graduates allowing you to build a global network; a great start to your ABN AMRO Clearing career!
In the 12-month programme, you are offered either 3 rotations. You take full responsibility for your own assignments. Included in the programme are 2 rotations in your ‘home’ country – the office where you applied - and 1 rotation abroad to gain international working experience. How does Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Chicago, London or Amsterdam sound? After successfully finishing the programme, you’ll be ready to start in you first role at ABN AMRO Clearing. Depending on your Track, Business or IT you are working in different fields on different assignments.
In the business track you could, for instance be working on product or service improvements or you may be involved in developing a new risk model. During your rotations, you’ll get to know different parts of the organisation and branch out into the fields of Risk, Finance, Operations or Commerce; broadening your knowledge-base and network.
In the IT track your first assignment will be based upon your personal interests. After this assignment you will take full responsibility for finding your assignments within the IT and Grid departments. These assignments could for example focus on transforming business wishes into IT requirements, or writing code for one of our applications.
Your working environment
In banking, Clearing denotes all activities from the time a commitment (buy or sell) is made for a transaction until it is settled. ABN AMRO Clearing acts as an intermediary between clients and the exchanges these clients trade on. We become the buyer to the seller and seller to the buyer, taking over the risk to reconcile orders between the parties in the transaction. Processing around 20 million transactions a day. We do so for professional traders, investment managers and large corporates. We understand them and strive to deliver the same high-quality service across the globe. As clients are highly demanding and the market environment fluctuates, you’re guaranteed to learn a lot in a short space of time. Working at ABN AMRO Clearing means thriving in an international, professional yet informal, fast-paced, Tech-driven environment.
Your profile
You’re attracted to the global financial markets, you are highly analytical and you embrace technological developments. You have the ability to bring colleagues from different backgrounds, expertise and cultures together in order to optimally serve our clients. The continuously changing environment in which regulations and sustainability play an important role requires an adaptive mindset. You are curious by nature, drawn to continuous improvement and innovations. Of course, you have a bachelor's degree (preferably followed by a Master's degree), you are result driven, have an inquisitive mind and you enjoy learning new things in an international environment.
Charlotte Hülsenbeck
Manager Global Clearing Traineeship