Data Young Professional Program

Data Young Professional Program

Are you enthusiastic about unravelling complex data and eager to cultivate your skills as a data professional specializing in the intricacies of financial data within our bank? Immerse yourself in the Data Young Professional Program at Rabobank, where you can challenge yourself, contribute significantly, and shape the future of our organization.

Start date of the Data Young Professionals Program 1th of April 2024

You and your future
As part of the Young Professional Program at Rabobank you launch your career for 18 months by learning on the job and put your skills into practice. You will work in the finance and risk domain. Exposed to your day-to-day activities in one of our teams, you work on collecting and modelling data, create datasets, and monitor and validate the data provided by different internal suppliers. A nd advising other professionals how to create or sustain value with that data. We work Agile in a cross functional teams.

Note; this is not a Data Scientist role.

You represent our department and your team, act as a liaison to various stakeholders, including regulators and the business. You will be supported by a buddy and your manager. Approximately half a day per week  you will join the other Young Data Professionals to be coached by a Talent Manager. Together you work on soft- and hard skills and will be provide all relevant tools to succeed.
 

These are different examples of roles available in this program

Data Analyst
Our Data Analysts work on a mix of run, change and data management initiatives within agile squads. Working as a Data Analyst you can expect to (further) develop the following skills: Business Acumen, Business Process Improvements, Data Insights, Data Quality, Data Visualization, Programming Languages, Requirements Analysis

Data Engineer
As a junior Data Engineer it is a pre to have knowledge of SQL an Python. Also knowledge of Databricks and basic data modelling. Working as a Data Engineer you can expect to (further) develop the following skills: Data Infrastructure, Data Governance, Data Modelling, Data Quality, Programming Languages.

Data Steward
Working as a Data Steward you can expect to (further) develop the following skills: Business Acumen, Business Process Improvements, Business Strategies, Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Warehousing (DW), Regulatory Compliance, Requirements Analysis. 

You will start in a group of young professionals on April 1st 2024. The first week you will spend with the other young professionals receiving training, getting to know each other and the bank to prepare you for your role in one of the teams. The program will guide you through a variety of assignments and teaches you both the soft skills and technical knowledge to succeed in your role. If you want, it is possible to rotate after nine months. If you enjoy the position that you are in, you are welcome to stay there! You will work in the squad for approximately 32 hours a week. The other 4 hours are spent on training or working on research projects and business challenges together with the other young professionals.

Projects

• Be part of the transition process to becoming a more data driven organization. You will take responsibility for data elements for their end-to-end usage true out the Rabobank.
• Tackle various data related issues and work on global and cross functional change projects to improve our processes and systems.
• Pro-actively align with regulatory data requirements and gather proper data for your stakeholders.
• Flag data quality issues and help support the business in the remediation of the identified historical data quality issues.
• Contribute to the implementation of the Data Management principles on the applications you support.

Practical

• Length: Data YPP: 18 months
• After which you will continue to work with us as Data Analyst, Data Engineer or Data Steward
• Hours per week: 36
• Every Friday afternoon is Data Young Professional Afternoon at the office! 

Learning from each other

Development is our top priority. Because the best way to learn is by doing, through mistakes and successes. At Rabobank we offer you the right balance between freedom and supervision. To develop talents you never thought you possessed. To specialize in a professional field or explore the things you're good at and enjoy doing. During your program you can count on us for excellent supervision. You'll work with experienced colleagues and have lots of contact with young professionals.

It has been a warm welcome and exciting journey joining the Rabobank as Data Young Professional. Together with the other Data Young Professionals we have had interesting trainings, learned and reflected on the change of coming from University into the real world! We`re all in different teams where we learn our trade as Data Analysts in practice. The Data YPP enables our learning curve, and assists us tailored to our needs, making it very personal and effective. – Ishani – Data Young Professional

Talking of Rabobank: We are a Dutch bank that operates in 38 countries for over 9,5000,000 customers. Together with these customers, our members and partners we stand side by side to create a world in which everyone has access to enough healthy food. In the Netherlands we work to create a country in which people are happy with how they live, work and do business.

You and your talent

• A relevant master’s degree in for example Finance, Business (Administration), Econometrics, Data, Statistics, Engineering, etc. Or a Bachelor’s degree or applied sciences degree with strong motivation.
• Experience with programming/coding for example SQL, Python or R, an interest in credit risk, treasury and/or commercial banking in general.
• Approximately 0 to 2 years of work experience.
• Excellent command of the English language, living in the Netherlands at the moment of application.
• You inspire with your story, have a proactive and positive attitude and would like to go for results,
• You believe that feedback makes you stronger,

This is what we offer you

• €3.416 gross per month (scale 7).
• A 13th month's salary and vacation pay; An Employee Benefit Budget (10% of your monthly salary). Use this at their own discretion, for example, it can be used to buy extra vacation days or to make an additional deposit in your retirement fund. Employees can also opt to have the EBB paid out to them as part of their monthly salary.
• A personal budget that you can spend on activities related to your personal development and career.
• A combination of working from home and from the office.

This is a selection of the terms of employment for a Data Young Professional based on a 36-hour working week. You can find all terms of employment on rabobank.jobs/en/conditions-ofemployment/

You and the job application process  

We believe in the power of difference, so your cover letter is your unique chance to stand out! Bringing together people's differences is what makes us an even better bank. We are very curious to hear what you can bring to Rabobank. Has your interest been piqued? Then apply by uploading your CV and cover letter and indicate your preference in terms of focus area. Please explain the following questions in your cover letter:  

• Tell us more, why Rabobank?  
• What makes the Data Young Professional Program interesting for you?  
• Don’t just repeat your CV, tell us about yourself! 
• We cannot accept applications true e-mail due to GDPR

The vacancy will close when we have found enough Data Young Professionals before the start date of April 1, 2024, so apply now!  

• Questions about the program? Contact Elisa van Helden, Young Talent manager for the Chapter Data and coordinator of the Data Young Professional Program via Elisa.van.Helden@Rabobank.nl
• Questions about working at Rabobank and the application process? Contact Michelle Veeke, Young Talent Recruiter at Michelle.Veeke@Rabobank.nl
• After CV selection, the selection process consists of online assessments, a digital interview and a final selection day. The selection day takes place physically at our head office in Utrecht. The End Selection Days will take place on 13 December and 18 December. We are looking forward to meet you!
• Everyone is different and it is precisely those differences that help us become an even better bank. That's why we want to know who you really are!  
• We respect your privacy.  

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