Trainee – Market Assessment and Research

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is seeking a Trainee for its Corporate Strategy, Market Assessment & Research Division to support market assessments and surveys related to SME financing. The trainee will assist in the design, execution, and analysis of EIF’s Equity Survey & Barometer and contribute to other market assessment projects.

Responsibilities

• Support the team in the execution of the two EIF Survey waves by contributing to, inter alia, the questionnaire design, the programming of the latter in the online survey tool, the monitoring of incoming responses while the survey is in the market, etc.
• Support the team in the analysis of the resulting survey data and in the preparation of the relevant survey reports.
• Support the team in data-related and market information projects on relevant SME financing topics through, inter alia, desk research, accessing commercial VC/PE databases and EIF information sources.

Requirements

• University degree (preferably at Master’s level or ongoing postgraduate studies at advanced stage) in the field of Finance or (Business) Economics, or other fields indicating familiarity with data analysis and interpretation, as well as ability to develop digital solutions.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and good knowledge of other Microsoft application tools (Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint).
• Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English. Good command of another EU language would be an advantage.
• Some knowledge and understanding of EIF’s mission, activities and products, markets and legal frameworks relevant to EIF business, as well as of policies and priorities in that context.
• Familiarity with working with data and other modern digital solutions, including AI tools.
• Familiarity with PE/VC investment practices will be considered an advantage but is not a prerequisite.
• Ease with IT applications and data analyses, reports and presentations.
• Thorough knowledge of standard Microsoft M365 applications, in particular Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in working with modern visual analytics and/or business intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI) is an advantage.
• Familiarity with statistical software packages (Stata) and/or Python programming is an advantage.
• Additional knowledge of data retention and/or data exploring tools would be a plus.
• Knowledge in the field of process and workflow automation (e.g., Power Automate) would be a plus.
• Prior experience in banking/finance would be a plus.
• The Trainee is expected to be fully dedicated to the internship. Undertaking any commitments in parallel that might interfere with the Trainee’s work for the EIF would be strongly discouraged.
• Good analytical, drafting and synthesis skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Good communication skills – both written and oral.
• Quality focus and high level of accuracy in data analysis.
• Strong sense of ethics with the ability to keep sensitive information confidential.
• Strong ability to organise and follow up on tasks with colleagues across the institution.
• Ability to quickly learn new concepts, tools, and methodologies.
• Excellent team-working abilities.

Skills

• Data Analysis
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Word
• MS Teams
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Market Assessments
• Research Design
• Report Writing
• Data Interpretation
• Digital Solutions Implementation
• AI Tools Usage
• Visual analytics
• Business Intelligence Reporting
• Tableau
• Power BI
• Statistical Software Stata
• STATA
• Python Programming
• Process Automation
• Power Automate
• Financial Analysis
• Equity Survey Analysis
• SME Finance
• Drafting Skills
• Data Accuracy
• Confidentiality Management

Languages

English