Analyst Group Steering

Rabobank; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 46,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Thirteenth month

Holiday allowance 8%

Employee Benefit Budget 10%

Development budget €1,400/year

Hybrid working

Pension plan

Job summary

Rabobank is seeking an Analyst Group Steering professional in the Netherlands. You will connect strategy with portfolio steering and decision-making, analyzing portfolio developments across diverse areas and delivering insights to senior management.

You will join the Early Career Program, a 12‑month track offering personal development, leadership, sustainability themes, and a technical track choice. You’ll learn how a bank operates while working with experienced colleagues.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in finance, economics, econometrics, business, strategy or related discipline.
• Approximately 1 to 3 years of relevant experience in banking, strategy, consulting, portfolio management, finance or risk.
• Strong analytical skills and curiosity to understand the story behind the numbers.
• Ability to structure ambiguous questions and connect multiple perspectives.
• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal.
• Collaborative mindset and the ability to engage constructively with colleagues from different disciplines and levels of seniority.
• Confidence working with Excel and PowerPoint and an interest in developing compelling, decision-oriented analyses.
• The judgement to balance attention to detail with a clear view of the bigger picture.

Responsibilities

• Analyse portfolio developments across businesses, sectors, regions and products.
• Bring together financial, risk, capital, funding, customer and sustainability perspectives to form a holistic view.
• Translate complex analyses into clear insights and concise recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Support the development of long-term portfolio ambitions and guidance.
• Assess strategic opportunities, constraints and trade-offs across the portfolio including where the bank should grow, maintain its position or become more selective.
• Contribute to strategic deep-dives that explore emerging opportunities, challenge existing assumptions or address areas of underperformance.
• Work with experts and stakeholders across the bank to connect different perspectives and create a fact-based common direction.
• Help continuously improve the methods, analyses and narratives behind our portfolio-management products.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Master's degree in finance, economics, econometrics, business, strategy or related discipline

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 4,105 and EUR 5,862 (scale 08)for a 36-hour work week.
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

How should Rabobank balance risk-return, growth, and sustainability objectives? Where should it grow, where should it be more selective? And how can long-term strategic ambitions be translated into decisions that shape the business today? As Analyst Group Steering, you help answer these questions by connecting strategy with portfolio steering and decision-making across the organisation.

You and your future

In this role at Rabobank, you work on Strategic Portfolio Vision, which defines a balanced long-term direction for the portfolio, and on Strategic Asset Allocation, where that direction is translated into tangible targets, trade-offs and the disciplined deployment of scarce resources. You will also support focused strategic deep-dives into topics that could materially influence the future portfolio, responding to changing circumstances or exploring a new strategic opportunity.

You & your role

As Analyst Group Steering, you work with Group-wide questions with strategic importance. You will:

• Analyse portfolio developments across businesses, sectors, regions and products.
• Bring together financial, risk, capital, funding, customer and sustainability perspectives to form a holistic view.
• Translate complex analyses into clear insights and concise recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Support the development of long-term portfolio ambitions and guidance.
• Assess strategic opportunities, constraints and trade-offs across the portfolio including where the bank should grow, maintain its position or become more selective.
• Contribute to strategic deep-dives that explore emerging opportunities, challenge existing assumptions or address areas of underperformance.
• Work with experts and stakeholders across the bank to connect different perspectives and create a fact-based common direction.
• Help continuously improve the methods, analyses and narratives behind our portfolio-management products.

Your development in the Early Career Program

In the Rabobank Early Career Program, you will work on your personal development for 12 months. This includes personal leadership, relevant skills, and various themes such as sustainability, as well as learning how a bank operates. In addition to personal development, you will choose one of the tracks that suits you. In these tracks, you will focus more on the technical content of your role. You will meet fellow starters from different departments weekly, and on other days you will work within your own team/squad. Through business challenges and assignments, you will get to know a large part of the bank.

Learning from each other

Development is our top priority. Because the best way to learn is by doing, through mistakes and successes. At Rabobank we offer you the right balance between freedom and supervision. To develop talents you never thought you possessed. To specialise in a professional field or explore the things you are good at and enjoy doing. During your role you can count on us for excellent supervision. You will work with experienced colleagues and have lots of opportunities to learn from experts across the bank.

Work on your own development & shape the world around you

For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That is why we invest in you and work together towards a better world. At Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you at the same time. You can continue developing through learning opportunities, collaboration with experienced colleagues and meaningful work that contributes to Growing a better world together.

Facts & Figures

• 40 hours per week.
• Primarily recruiting for a scale 8 position.
• Work together with more than 20 Group Portfolio Management colleagues.

You are an analytical and inquisitive professional who enjoys making sense of complexity. You do not look at growth, profitability, risk or sustainability in isolation, but want to understand how they interact. You are comfortable asking thoughtful questions, working through incomplete information and turning analysis into a clear point of view. Most importantly, you are motivated by the opportunity to help shape meaningful strategic choices and contribute to a balanced portfolio built for the long term.

• A completed Master’s degree in finance, economics, econometrics, business, strategy or a related discipline, with strong academic results.
• Approximately 1 to 3 years of relevant experience in banking, strategy, consulting, portfolio management, finance or risk.
• Strong analytical skills and curiosity to understand the story behind the numbers.
• Ability to structure ambiguous questions and connect multiple perspectives.
• Clear and concise communication skills, written and verbal.
• Collaborative mindset and the ability to engage constructively with colleagues from different disciplines and levels of seniority.
• Confidence working with Excel and PowerPoint and an interest in developing compelling, decision-oriented analyses.
• The judgement to balance attention to detail with a clear view of the bigger picture.

You & this opportunity

• A broad perspective: work at the intersection of strategy, finance, risk, sustainability and business steering.
• Visible impact: contribute to topics that influence the long-term direction and resilience of Rabobank.
• Senior exposure: help prepare insights and recommendations for strategic discussions and decision-making.
• Varied assignments: combine recurring portfolio products with focused strategic deep-dives.
• A steep learning curve: build a strong understanding of how different parts of a bank interact and how strategic choices become tangible portfolio decisions.
• Room to contribute: and the ability to engage constructively with colleagues from different disciplines and levels of seniority.

You and the job application process

We believe in the power of difference. Bringing together people's differences is what makes us an even better bank. What can you bring to Rabobank? We cannot wait to hear from you.

• Any questions about working at Rabobank and the process? Contact Maarten Wijnberg, Corporate Recruiter, via [e-mail].
• If you are selected for an interview, Bo, our virtual assistant, will reach out to you via SMS and email to schedule the interview.
• Assessments are part of the application process.
• You can find answers to frequently asked questions here.