Are you interested in banking operations, trade finance, and risk management? Ready to apply your university knowledge in a practical environment? Eager to gain hands-on experience supporting international trade transactions? This internship offers an excellent opportunity to learn how Trade & Commodity Finance products are managed throughout their lifecycle and how Middle Office teams contribute to operational excellence and risk control.

Internship Overview

Our Global Trade Services (GTS) Department is seeking a proactive, analytical, and detail-oriented intern to join the TCF Middle Office Team. You will work alongside experienced professionals and support the monitoring, administration, and control of Trade & Commodity Finance transactions while gaining valuable insight into banking operations, risk management, and client servicing.

This internship is designed to help you develop the knowledge and practical skills required to grow into a professional within Trade & Commodity Finance.

Key Responsibilities

Here's what you'll explore:

• Supporting the administration and monitoring of Trade & Commodity Finance transactions throughout their lifecycle.

• Assisting with the review and maintenance of transaction documentation, ensuring completeness and compliance with internal procedures.

• Supporting collateral and limit monitoring activities.

• Assisting with data quality checks, reconciliations, and operational controls.

• Monitoring transaction milestones, outstanding conditions, and follow-up actions.

• Supporting the preparation of internal reports, management information, and portfolio analyses.

• Collaborating with Front Office, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth transaction execution.

• Supporting investigations and resolution of operational issues, exceptions, and client queries.

• Learning how regulatory, compliance, and risk management requirements are applied within Trade & Commodity Finance.

• Contributing to process improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing efficiency and strengthening controls.

• Ensuring adherence to the bank's policies, procedures, and compliance standards.

What You'll Gain: This internship offers a comprehensive learning experience that will empower you to develop essential skills in researching, questioning, gathering, analyzing, and documenting information from our bank's business clients. You will also enhance your understanding of application management processes and their critical role in the financial industry.

Who are we looking for?

Key Competencies We Value:

We are seeking interns who embody the following competencies:

• A commercial mindset and logical thinking.

• Results-oriented individuals dedicated to self-improvement.

• Curiosity, open-mindedness, and a passion for the finance industry.

• The ability to manage multiple tasks and meet tight deadlines with ease.

• Proactive problem-solving and the capacity to collaborate effectively.

• Creative thinking to thrive in a fast-changing, complex environment.

Skills and Qualifications:

Our ideal candidate possesses the following attributes:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for effective interaction.

• Effective time management abilities to excel in a fast-paced environment.

• Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accuracy in all tasks.

• Proficiency in multiple languages, a plus in our global context.

• Basic data analysis skills and the ability to draw meaningful insights.

• Presentation skills to convey project findings and recommendations effectively.

Education:

• Pursuing a degree in Business Administration, Finance, or Economics

What we offer.

• Full/part time internship for a period of 6-9 months

• We offer you an environment where you can accelerate your learning curve at a reputable mid-size bank in The Netherlands, part of a global Bank BBVA.

• Becoming part of a dynamic team in an international working environment.

• Learning library of Garanti BBVA International

• Monthly meetings with fellow interns and company leaders

• Internship gratification of €650, -

• Compensation Travel Costs

• Internet costs €45, - per month

What we offer.

• Full/part time internship for a period of 6-9 months

• We offer you an environment where you can accelerate your learning curve at a reputable mid-size bank in The Netherlands, part of a global Bank BBVA.
  

• Becoming part of a dynamic team in an international working environment.

• Learning library of Garanti BBVA International

• Monthly meetings with fellow interns and company leaders

• Internship gratification of €650, -

• Compensation Travel Costs

• Internet costs €45, - per month

Our organization:

Work at Garanti BBVA International
Garanti BBVA International (“GBI”) is a mid-sized European bank established in Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 1990 and serves to corporate and institutional and retail clientele. GBI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S. (Garanti) and has presence in Germany, Switzerland and Turkey. Our ultimate parent is BBVA. Aa dynamic “global boutique” bank, Garanti BBVA International offers fast, accurate, innovative, tailor-made and country-specific financial solutions in selected business lines though highly skilled and diverse talent management. We embrace creativity, are centered towards teamwork and oriented to create multicultural environment as we believe this to be a crucial element. Our vision is future-oriented and as a one big team GBI strives for corporate excellence and goal achievement. By joining our organization, you will find yourself constantly challenged and must be prone to apply out-of-the box thinking.

Life at Garanti BBVA International

GBI is a place for people who dream big and make their dream their goal. We look for people who will challenge the status quo in order to grow. We stand as one team, one family and together we are empowered to create our unique path, be agile, be curious and innovative. Strong partnerships ensure our success. Strong teams hold our foundation. We believe that diversity drives innovation and fosters personal development. We aim to create a working environment where employees are able to learn through support and coaching while contributing visibly to the success of bank.

Our Core Values

GBI is part of BBVA, an integrated and innovative financial institution that looks to the future, created with the mission of financing people’s dreams. That spirit continues to inspire us today and encourages us to transform people’s lives by helping them make the best decisions to fulfil their dreams. This mission is underpinned by our Purpose: “To bring the age of opportunity to everyone”. We live these values, which make us strong and allow us to achieve our purpose so we can keep creating opportunities.

Customer Comes First
We see our work from the customer's perspective, as we incorporate their point of view in every decision we make and always put their interests first. We meet our customer's needs in an agile way, overcoming any difficulties that arise.

Think Big
We want to amaze our customers with the best solutions to generate unique experiences. To achieve this, we set ambitious and inspirational challenges for ourselves, while questioning everything we do and posing new ways of doing things.

One Team
We are committed both to our individual role and the company's objectives as our own. We work as one team, trust our colleagues and break silos between units and hierarchical barriers.

Application:

If you are ready to join our team and contribute to the success of company, we encourage you to apply by submitting your resume and a cover letter via Online Application: Click on the link below to access our online application portal and submit your application.

We appreciate your interest in our organization and look forward to reviewing your application. Should you have any questions or require further information, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Please note that we do not appreciate any acquisition efforts for this vacancy by recruitment agencies.