If you are interested in pursuing a career in the fields of economics, finance and financial stability, this work placement with the Market-Based Finance Division – Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) offers an excellent opportunity to gain professional experience in an international environment.
The Market-Based Finance Division assesses and mitigates systemic risks arising from the activities and behaviour of non-bank financial intermediaries. It also monitors risks to financial stability in financial markets, coordinates the Directorate-General’s market intelligence activities and enhances understanding of how market-based finance interacts with monetary policy.
The programme is open to EU citizens who meet the programme’s eligibility criteria.
Benefits:
- A grant of €1,170 per month plus accommodation allowance;
- Full-time contract;
- The opportunity to be part of a team of around 20 people responsible for analysing relevant policies, developing models and data infrastructure, and coordinating the ECB’s views;
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The opportunity to attend a wide range of seminars and have access to the ECB’s library, as well as its IT, programming and statistical resources;
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Opportunity to network and interact with other staff members, develop professionally and broaden your business knowledge.
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Be part of a multicultural team committed to continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.
Your role:
As a trainee, you will be required to:
- actively participate in the Division’s general work by:
- contributing to analyses for inclusion in regular internal reports and external publications such as the ECB’s Financial Stability Report,
- contributing – through data processing, research support and programming – to analytical projects focusing on issues of current interest to the Directorate General,
- helping to prepare presentations and briefings for stakeholders;
- maintaining, updating and further developing the data infrastructures used to identify systemic risk and analyse developments in the non-bank financial sector and financial markets;
- developing tools for the efficient processing, analysis and visualisation of data, whilst ensuring that users can access complex datasets.
Qualifications, experience and skills:
Essential:
- a bachelor’s degree or higher qualification in finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, engineering, business administration, physics, computer science or a related discipline;
- a good knowledge of and practical experience in working with one or more programming languages and econometric software packages (e.g. R, Stata, MATLAB, Python or SQL);
- experience in preparing, managing and analysing datasets based on various data sources;
- a good knowledge of the MS Office suite, in particular Excel and PowerPoint;
- an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official EU language, in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Desirable:
- a Master’s degree, or studies towards a Master’s degree nearing completion, in finance, economics, statistics, mathematics, engineering, business administration, physics, computer science or a related discipline;
- initial experience in using AI tools in research, analysis or data processing to improve efficiency and automate workflows;
- knowledge of financial markets and financial sector analysis;
- experience in using financial and economic databases (e.g. the ECB’s Statistical Data Portal, Bloomberg, LSEG Workspace, EPFR, Lipper, PitchBook or other commercial or public data sources).
The placement will initially last between three and six months, with the possibility of extension to a maximum of 12 months. The earliest start date will be December 2026, although further start dates will also be available throughout 2027. The selection process will include an online interview, making this a good opportunity for those wishing to take their first professional steps in an international environment.
Deadline for applications: 7 September 2026.
More information: European Central Bank
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