Analyst / Associate - Working Capital Solutions

**Analyst / Associate - Working Capital Solutions - Structuring**

**Permanent employment contract, full time, Brussels - Belgium**

**Your role & work environment**

Are you looking for
- A challenging professional environment within ING Wholesale Banking, in a growing business serving corporate clients in an international environment. A solid experience in a complex and varied position which will broaden career possibilities for a high achiever.

Are you also someone who is
- critically minded, with strong analytical and problem solving skills with an eye for detail
- able to balance commercial drive and risk awareness
- hands-on, a hard worker who is stress resilient
- keen to learn and strives for challenge
- able to work autonomously and on several projects simultaneously
- a good communicator, team player and client oriented

then you could be our new Analyst / Associate within Working Capital Solutions

Your work environment at ING
- ING is a leading bank that provides its customers with a wide range of financial products and services via the distribution channel of their choice (click and face). ING’s global reach spans over 40 countries including 18 in Asia, where we serve corporate clients through our network of branches and representative offices. ING Belgium is, as the first universal direct bank, a strong player on the Belgian market. The bank provides its customers with a wide range of financial products and services via the distribution channel of their choice (click and face). Customers of ING Belgium are as well retail and private banking clients, as well as small, medium and large enterprises.

Trade Advisory & Structuring covers Trade Finance Services (TFS) and Working Capital Solutions (WCS); both are focused on corporate clients. TFS originates, structures and manages both funded and unfunded trade products. WCS originates, structures and manages (complex) working capital financing solutions (receivables and payables based). We work through our dedicated Trade teams based in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Singapore, etc. Transaction processing is typically performed through our central teams based in Amsterdam and Brussels with strong support by the regional teams.

**Your key responsibilities**
- Support the Deal Principal in structuring large and complex Receivable Finance transactions
- Analyse client needs, identify opportunities and propose trade receivables securitisation solutions
- Join client meetings and pitches, become the go to contact person for our clients when they have questions about their receivables finance program
- Be part of the client interface and the liaison with the internal and external parties involved in the transactions
- You will be given room to grow towards becoming a technical expert in the matter, be part of a real deal team and experience a transaction structuring process from the front row. As an Analyst/ Associate, you will be a key member of the deal team
- Get yourself acquainted with legal documentation
- Craft commercial presentations aimed at explaining the product to internal and external clients
- Keep the business safe and compliant. Think along no how to improve our processes from a compliance perspective

**We look for**

A colleague with a** talent for taking it on and making it** **happen, **enthusiasm for** helping others to be successful **and a knack for always **being a step ahead**. In other words, you strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast changing and complex environment. You are a naturally collaborative person who listens and invests in others to achieve common goals. You love to challenge the status quo and are eager to propose creative solutions to problems.

As a Analyst / Associate you will also need:

- by preference a relevant experience of around 2 years within either securitisation, structured finance, Wholesale Banking product, Wholesale Banking sales position or in Risk Management.
- a strong interest in trade finance and securitisation is a must
- a strong interest in credit risk and deal structuring/-execution
- excellent oral and written skills in English
- an academic degree in economics, management, law, engineering or equivalent

**We offer you**

A clear purpose, a unique offer and a range of flexible compensation and other benefits:

- Personal growth & challenging work with endless opportunities to realise your ambitions
- An informal, dynamic environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavours
- A progressive and agile way of working, where new ideas are valued ahead of convention

Furthermore, within the Working Capital Solutions department, you can count on a range of opportunities to invest in your personal and professional growth with:

- challenging transactions & a steep learning curve
- getting to understand trade solutions from a wider perspective
- partnering and learning from various fintechs operating w