Traineeship in the Directorate Risk Management

Frankfurt

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Veröffentlicht am 27.01.2026
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Traineeship in the Directorate Risk Management

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Your role

As a trainee in the Financial Risk Analysis Division you will:

learn about the different risk management frameworks that govern the ECB’s asset purchase programmes and the management of the ECB’s foreign reserves and investment portfolios;

contribute to daily, weekly and monthly monitoring and reporting tasks;

collect and process data used in our regular financial risk management tasks;

participate in projects and conduct ad hoc analyses to further improve financial risk management processes.

As a trainee in the Financial Risk Strategy Division you will:

learn about the risk management policies and frameworks governing the Eurosystem’s credit operations and non-standard monetary policy measures, including eligibility requirements, valuations and haircuts;

contribute to a range of tasks related to assessing and mitigating credit risk, market risk and climate change and nature-related risk in the Eurosystem’s credit operations;

perform regular monitoring and reporting tasks and ad hoc analyses to further improve financial risk frameworks;

collect and process data used in our regular financial risk management tasks;

contribute to presentations and documentation for Eurosystem committee and working group meetings.

This traineeship offers you a unique opportunity to learn more about financial risk management at the ECB and how the Eurosystem functions. You will gain hands-on experience of the IT applications, databases and risk methodologies used to analyse credit risk, market risk and other types of risk (e.g. climate change risk) related to assets and issuers of financial instruments as well as the Eurosystem’s counterparties. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

Qualifications, experience and skills

a bachelor’s degree or higher in finance, economics, business administration, law, STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering or mathematics), computer science or another relevant field;

a keen interest in financial risk management and monetary policy;

the ability to process, analyse and interpret data;

familiarity with at least one data processing tool, e.g. Python, MATLAB, SQL, Stata, R, Java, C, Ruby, VBA or Tableau;

a good knowledge of the Microsoft Office package;

an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the .

You are curious and eager to learn, and want to further develop your ability to analyse complex information. You are keen to collaborate with others, pursue team goals and learn from other people’s diverse perspectives. You strive to know and anticipate stakeholder needs, and will signal any need for change and propose alternative solutions.You are motivated to contribute to the ECB’s mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution and to work with colleagues from all over Europe. You are keen to be part of our team and to use your skills and competencies to achieve the aims of this position.

Standort

European Central Bank, Frankfurt

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