Lending Internship - Financial Institutions

FI (Financial Institutions) Lending NL is looking for a dedicated and versatile intern within the FI Lending team based in Amsterdam. Key responsibility will be supporting the FI Lending Specialists. The job requires sound analysis skills, a structured approach to tasks, and solid communication capabilities.

The Team

The unit is part of Wholesale Banking (WB) Lending and works exclusively for and with the FI Sector organization. FIL represents an anchor product for cementing client relationships with banks and non-bank financial institutions such as insurance companies, asset managers and funds. The team has global coverage and manages and executes the full value chain of lending to financial institutions, from risk rating, analysis, preparation of credit applications to the tailoring, negotiation and signing of loan documentation. FIL partners with many different stakeholders including Relationship Management (Parent Account Managers), Trade Finance Services, Financial Markets, FI Advisory, Risk, Legal, Corporate Audit Services, and Lending Execution to ensure customer expectations are met and exceeded.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Support the team with core operational and administrative tasks, including taking the responsibility of tracking and following up on approval conditions set by Risk Management and maintaining the Weekly Workload list (including interims, files, and related updates).
• Support FIL Specialists with credit analysis of counterparties and with industry credit risk analyses.
• Learn and apply core systems and tools, including consistent use of Vantage applications (credit approval and limit management platform) and NexIA (ESG assessment platform) for ESG reporting.
• Work both independently and collaboratively, taking ownership of your tasks and demonstrating strong attention to detail and a solution‑oriented mindset.
• Proactively communicate progress updates, while maintaining good stakeholder relationships, sourcing information when needed, and clearly communicating developments and expectations on delivery.
• Maintain a clear and user‑friendly process handover manual that accurately documents all recurring intern tasks.
• Contribute to specific team projects if/when needed and if/where appropriate, depending on team priorities and workload

Your profile

Competencies:

• Strong analytical skills and professional communication
• Strong sense of ownership; takes responsibility and “makes it happen”
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail and consistent follow‑up
• Result‑driven with a proactive, solution‑oriented mindset
• True team player with a collaborative attitude
• Maturity, reliability, and readiness to work in an international environment

Knowledge and experience:

• Strong academic credentials
• Strong analytical skillset
• Strong and clear communication skills
• Fluent English skills (verbal and writing).

Other:

• Registered at a university in The Netherlands during the internship
• Available from May / June 2026 for a period of 6 months (preferred)

What we offer?

• An interesting and challenging position within an international environment
• A unique opportunity to build financial industry knowledge
• Full time position (36-hour working week)
• Position based in Amsterdam

Rewards and benefits

This is a great opportunity to train with highly skilled people who are experts in their field. You’ll do a lot and learn a lot – not only about your specialist area and the bank, but also about yourself and whether this type of environment is right for you.

You’ll also benefit from:

• Internship allowance of 700 EUR based on 36 hours work week

• Your own work laptop

• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues
  

During the duration of your internship at ING, it is mandatory to be enrolled at a Dutch university (or EU-university for EU passport holders).

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About our internships

Every year, more than 350 students join our internship program. While there are no guarantees about your future, many of our former interns move into a permanent role or onto our International Talent Programme (traineeship).

Whatever happens, an internship at ING is the ideal opportunity to meet a wide variety of people, to build up your own network, and to learn about many different aspects of banking – put simply, it’s a great start to your career.