Traineeship in financial reporting in the Directorate Finance

Traineeship in financial reporting in the Directorate Finance

General Information

Type of contract: Traineeship

Who can apply? EU nationals eligible for our traineeship programme

Grant: The trainee grant is €1,170 per month plus an accommodation allowance (see further information section)

Working time: Full time

Place of work: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Your team:

You will be part of the Financial Reporting Section in the Directorate Finance, responsible for the accounting and financial reporting of the European System of Central Banks. Our work includes preparing the financial statements of the ECB and the Eurosystem, producing forecasts on the ECB’s financial situation for its decision-making bodies, and calculating and settling the monetary income of euro area national central banks. We work closely with other ECB business areas and euro area national central banks.

Your role:

• Help prepare ECB and Eurosystem financial statements and reports;
• Support accounting for the ECB’s market operations and financial instruments, perform the related reconciliation process and follow up with relevant ECB business areas;
• Collect and analyse balance sheets of national central banks and other financial data;
• Provide analytical and quantitative support and address financial reporting queries, extracting relevant data from the ECB’s financial information systems and producing analyses for various stakeholders;
• Collaborate and share knowledge with other ECB business areas and national central banks on various financial accounting and reporting topics;
• Support the administration and development of information systems that are used for ECB and Eurosystem financial reporting;
• Contribute to our digitalisation, automation and innovation plans.

The position offers excellent opportunities to gain insight into how the ECB works, acquire hands-on experience in finance, and put theoretical knowledge into practice within a multicultural team striving for continuous innovation.

Qualifications, experience and skills:

• A bachelor’s degree or higher in accounting, finance, business administration or another relevant field;
• A good understanding of one or more of the following areas: accounting and financial reporting, financial markets, financial instruments, financial statement analysis, financial risk management and information technology for financial applications;
• A good knowledge of the MS Office package, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel and other data management and analysis tools;
• Experience in data processing and visualisation;
• Knowledge of enterprise resource planning systems (such as SAP).

You are curious, eager to learn, and want to further develop your ability to analyse complex information. You strive to know and anticipate stakeholder needs, signal any need for change, and propose alternative solutions.

Further information:

Initial traineeship of 6 months, with a possible extension to up to 12 months in total.

For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to Konstantinos Apostolou on +49 (0)69 1344 6432 between 15:00 and 17:00 on Wednesday, 2 April 2025.

Application and selection process:

The recruitment process for this position will include an online interview. Further information on how to apply is available on our website.

If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list for 12 months from the closing date for applications, from which you might be considered for other traineeship positions within the ECB.

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