Internship in Performance Management

DPAM; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Degroof Petercam is seeking a highly motivated Master’s student for a Performance Management internship in Brussels. You will assist in monitoring financial performance, closing, forecasting and budgeting processes, producing insightful reports and analyzing data quality to drive decisions.

The role involves developing analytical views, supporting consolidation, and contributing to data quality improvements and process documentation in a high-visibility setting.

Qualifications

• Must be enrolled as a Master’s student under a Belgian or Dutch university with an internship agreement.
• Strong analytical mindset with interest in finance, reporting and performance steering.
• Excellent in Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of Power BI/Power Query is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support monitoring of financial performance through closing, forecasting and budgeting analyses.
• Produce reports, review data quality and identify key trends.
• Prepare analytical materials with data, charts and comments for management.
• Contribute to consolidation of inputs and develop analytical views across time horizons.
• Assist with process documentation, testing, reconciliations and data quality improvements.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Excel & PowerPoint

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Education

Master’s student in Finance / Economics / Business Analytics

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

Anaplan

Oracle

Job description

Context

Please note that an internship agreement from a Belgian or Dutch university is mandatory to be eligible for this internship.

Please note that an internship agreement from a Belgian or Dutch university is mandatory to be eligible for this internship. The Performance Management team plays a key role in steering the business through closing, forecasting, budgeting and performance analysis processes. In a context where cost control and selective investment initiatives are closely monitored by management, the team provides essential support in understanding results and anticipating potential deviations. It also contributes to the continuous improvement of reporting, data controls and production processes. This internship therefore offers an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to an analytical, cross‑functional and high‑visibility environment.

Your position

As an intern within the Performance Management team, you will actively contribute to the monitoring of financial performance and to the preparation of analyses for management. You will support the closing, forecasting and budgeting processes, both on revenues and costs, by helping produce reports, analysing data quality and identifying key trends.

You will also be involved in preparing analytical materials including data, charts and comments, in order to facilitate the reading of results and support decision-making. In addition, you will contribute to the consolidation of inputs and to the development of analytical views that help explain the evolution of results across different time horizons, from actuals to landing and forward-looking projections.

The internship will also include a tools and process improvement dimension. You will support process documentation, testing exercises, reconciliations between data submitted to Group reporting tools and internal reporting, as well as checks of calculations performed in the team’s reporting tools. You may also contribute to identifying concrete improvements related to data quality, controls, automation of validation steps and adaptation of reporting outputs.

In this role, you will work closely with the members of the Performance Management team, as well as with the cost analysis and accounting teams. The internship will provide a practical understanding of financial steering challenges, while offering broad exposure and strong visibility on management expectations.

Your profile

We are seeking a highly motivated final‑year Master’s student with a strong interest in business performance analysis to join our team at Degroof Petercam.

We are looking for a Master’s student within the framework of an academic internship under university agreement. The internship is intended for students in Finance, Economics, Business Engineering, Business Analytics or a related field. The target profile is a student who is still enrolled in his/her studies, not a candidate who has already graduated.

The ideal candidate has a strong analytical mindset and a genuine interest in management finance, reporting and performance steering. Very good command of Excel and PowerPoint is expected. Knowledge of Power BI and Power Query is desirable. Familiarity with Anaplan and/or Oracle would be considered an asset, but is not required.

We are looking for a rigorous, structured and curious person who is eager to learn in a demanding environment. The candidate should be able to analyse data accurately, demonstrate critical thinking, communicate clearly both in writing and orally, and work reliably within recurring production cycles. Flexibility, attention to detail and good stress resistance are also important.

Our offer

For more than 150 years, Degroof Petercam has been a reference investment house. Entrepreneurship is our DNA, expertise is our fuel. You will become part of a company with highly skilled, talented and passionate experts that aim for nothing less than excellence. The impact of our work goes beyond profit by looking at business from a broader perspective, challenging those who want to intellectually. As a part of Indosuez Wealth Management and Crédit Agricole, we offer our people ongoing learning and development and mobility on an international scale.