Rabobank Traineeship: Risk & Finance

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 3,447 and EUR 4,923 (scale 07) for a 36-hour work week.
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

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Do you have strong cooperative skills and a smart approach to solving complex problems? Do you aspire to become a true Chief Value Officer and learn more about Rabobank's strategic steering? Challenge yourself and make an impact with the Risk, Finance & FEC traineeship at Rabobank. We are now looking for 6 eager new trainees for our October 2026 cohort!

In just 18 months, trainees will master the details of Rabobank’s Risk and Finance management. You will have the opportunity to work in four different departments within the Risk, Finance, and Financial Economic Crime (FEC) domains. In the Finance domain, you will contribute to steering the bank through activities such as accounting, analysing, reporting, and advising the business. In the Risk domain, you will help maintain a strong risk and integrity culture across areas like Credit Risk, Operational Risk, Compliance, IT Risk, Market Risk, and Climate Risk. In the FEC domain, your analyses will help detect and prevent financing terrorism, money laundering, and fraud. 

The program is designed to give you a broad perspective by offering rotations across departments. You can shape your own future! In addition to day-to-day work, trainees engage inside projects and join Rabobank’s trainee network for a personal development journey. A buddy system will help you navigate the bank and join social events, while coaching from a Talent Manager will support your growth. 

Practical Information about the traineeship

• Length: 18 months
• Start date: October 1st, 2026 
• Hours per week: 36 

After the program, trainees can pursue careers in Risk, in roles such as:

• Risk Managers
• Data Scientists
• Specialists in Financial Restructuring
• Credit Analysts
• Compliance Officers
• Project Managers.

In the Finance domain potential roles could be:

• Business Controller
• Project Controller
• Treasury
• Balance Sheet Management
• External Reporting. 

In the FEC domain, you could start in departments such as:

• Customer Due Diligence
• Governance
• Risk & Change
• Transaction Monitoring & Sanctions. 

Examples of Rotations

You might contribute to our mission ‘Growing a better world together’ in our Climate Risk or Regulatory Adherence teams, support our data-driven decision-making process in a Credit model or stress test department, help prevent operational losses in our Compliance, FEC, IT Risk, or Operational Risk departments, or care for our customers in client-focused departments like Credit Approvals and Financial Restructuring and Recovery. Additionally, you could work within Control Wholesale & Rural to calculate Rabobank's Finance Emissions or support Balance Sheet Management, External Accountability, and stakeholder management. 

To become a specialist in your field, the first 18 months will primarily involve training courses directly related to your specialism and support your talent development. These courses are often led by experienced colleagues or trainers with a proven track record. You will build your network, gain valuable experience, and develop skills that will benefit your future career. We also challenge you and other young professionals to work on various cases and challenges one day a week. 

We are a Dutch bank operating in 35+ countries, serving over 9,500,000 customers. Together with our customers, members, and partners, we strive to create a world where everyone has access to healthy food. In the Netherlands, we work to create a country where people are happy with how they live, work, and do business. 

• You bring a master’s degree in Finance, Risk Management, Econometrics, Business Economics, Law, Business Administration, Cyber Security or other relevant studies 
• You live in the Netherlands
• IT, data-driven, and innovation skills are highly valued 
• Approximately 0 to 2 years of working experience and fluency in English 
• Solution-driven with a proactive attitude 
• Collaboration is central to your way of working 
• You inspire with your story and encourage others to grow 

• Salary: € 3.600,00 gross per month based on 36 hours (scale 7) 
• Extras: A 13th month’s salary, vacation pay, and an Employee Benefit Budget (10% of your monthly salary). You can use this budget at your discretion, for example, to buy extra vacation days or make an additional deposit in your retirement fund. You can also opt to have the EBB paid out as part of your monthly salary 
• Hybrid work environment: A combination of working from home and the office 
• Personal development budget: From 2027, you will receive € 1.400,- annually available for courses, study’s and trainings 

We believe in the power of diversity. Bringing together different perspectives makes us a better bank. We are eager to hear what you can bring to Rabobank.

Interested? Please apply by uploading your CV and motivation letter.

Since we have a limited number of spots available, we ask you to include a motivation letter including the answers to the three questions below:

1. Rabobank believes in ‘Growing a better world together’. What value will you bring into the Rabobank that goes beyond your job description?

2. Which development or innovation in the financial world inspires you? And how would you apply it during the traineeship if everything is possible?

3. Given that there are 4 rotations; what strategy would you use to create impact quickly in each rotation, even though you have to start from scratch every time?

• The first interviews take place via MS Teams 
• If the first interview is successful, a physical selection day will follow. We now have planned these days to be on 5 & 8 June.
• Please submit your application via our website. Unfortunately, we are unable to process applications sent by email due to GDPR regulations
• The vacancy will be open until 11 May. Please express your interest in time.
• We respect your privacy .
• For specific questions about the program and/or Risk & Finance domain, please contact Emelia Mulder-Ampomaah via Emelia.Mulder@rabobank.nl or Elisa van Helden via Elisa.Van.Helden@rabobank.nl.
• Questions about working at Rabobank and the application process? Contact our recruiter Neelke IJsseldijk.

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