AFS Traineeship

A traineeship at AFS is a unique opportunity to get to know the organisation as well as explore your own talents, abilities and interests! Trainees at AFS are instantly accepted as part of the team and will receive personal support and guidance throughout their traineeship and further career. AFS has an open culture that consistently provides young talents with every opportunity to make an impact in the organisation early on in their career. We invest in our professionals and we value and support our people. This starts right from our trainees, to whom we are deeply committed.

2019 Traineeship

Are you looking for a commercial career in the financial or renewable energy arena with plenty of challenges, opportunities and a competitive remuneration in a highly international environment? The AFS Trainee Program is exactly what you are looking for!

Our Company

AFS Group is a European financial service provider specialised as a multi-channel intermediary in the wholesale Financial, and Renewable Energy sector. From offices in Amsterdam (HQ), Frankfurt, London and Zürich our team of approx.100 professionals with more than 20 nationalities is servicing a large and growing diversified international client base with more than 1000 active counterparties among Financial Institutions, Corporate Clients and (semi) Government bodies. Services are provided on a wide range of Financial Instruments such as: Equity Derivatives, Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange, Interest Rates, Renewable Energy, Structured and Exotic products.

The Trainee Program

For our Amsterdam office − situated on the old exchange floor at Beursplein 5 − we are looking for eager trainees. During the first six weeks you will acquire basic financial skills and knowledge of a variety of financial products. You will have the opportunity to get acquainted with the different departments and desks of AFS. After this period you will start as a Junior Broker on one of the AFS divisions.

AFS offers you an ambitious, professional and international working environment with a strong focus on personal development. In addition to that, we offer competitive benefits with bonus possibilities.

Competences and requirements:

Minimum Bachelor’s degree with a genuine interest in Financial and/or Renewable Markets
Strong analytical, social and communication skills
Ability to work well under pressure as a team player
Decisive and capable to convince
Entrepreneurial flare with a commercial mindset
Fluency in English and at least one other language out of German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Arabic or Chinese is essential

If you are interested, please send your cover letter and resume to our HR Manager Robbin Sewdin (HR@afsgroup.nl). Please deduce your commercial skills and ambition in your one page cover letter.

At AFS we think who you are makes you better at what you do

AFS is always in search to recruit new talent.

AFS Traineeship