Coverage banker in the TMT & Healthcare sector team – technology focus

The Telecom, Media and Technology & Healthcare sector team offers an exciting position in Amsterdam for an ambitious professional who enjoys working in an international environment. The TMT & Healthcare sector team is one of the global specialist sector coverage teams at the heart of ING Wholesale Banking. We provide banking services and complex financial solutions to telecommunication, media, entertainment, technology, satellite, healthcare and pharmaceutical companies globally. As a coverage banker based in Amsterdam, you will play a key role in managing our relationships with international corporate clients in NL as well as by functioning as a sector expert for the international network. Your focus area will be the technology sub-sector, and we expect you to contribute to developing this increasingly important business area, for example in the semi-conductor space.

Job description:

You will be responsible for client relationship management for all clients allocated to you and for supporting the international network with sector expertise. You will manage deal flow and will lead teams involved in transactions which have a large impact on our clients. You work closely together with team members in other locations, and with various product specialists and local relationship managers across ING. In all your activities you will strive to meet client needs in the best way and beyond. As a coverage banker in the TMT & Healthcare sector team your job is hugely diverse, but your main tasks consist of:

• Building client relations and maintaining continuous dialogue with TMT industry leaders and sector participants

• Develop sector knowledges and industry expertise, taking the lead for certain sub-sector assigned to you

• Driving the strategic dialogue with clients, and discuss beyond-banking initiatives

• Maintaining active contacts with other departments/disciplines within ING such as Corporate Finance, Lending, Loan Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, Financial Markets, Transaction Services and Risk Management

• Pro-actively generating opportunities and transactions, contributing to the origination efforts of the team and of local relationship managers by driving sector analyses, presentations, and pitch books. Taking the lead in responding to RfP’s

• Originating flow business & deal opportunities, and safeguarding timely delivery of high-quality and seamless customer due diligence & transaction execution

• Structuring deals and overseeing the negotiating of transactions in which ING acts as lead arranger

• Guiding team members and Lending bankers on financial models, credit analyses, rating profiles and peer group analysis and managing credit applications

• Assessing and reviewing industry reports and due diligence on clients in a dynamic sector

• Directing balance sheet distribution and the syndication or co-ordination of transactions

• Guiding, training and supervising VP’s, Associates and Analysts in the team

• Driving and monitoring portfolio management and KYC activities of team members for your clients

Your work environment:

You will be a member of a successful and highly driven team, working in a dynamic environment with interesting clients and on challenging and prominent transactions. The complexity of the assignments and the international nature of your work will lead to continuous opportunities for professional development. The global TMT & Healthcare sector team consists of dedicated professionals located in New York, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Milan, Madrid, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney. The teams in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Madrid & Milan together cover the EMEA region where ING is one of the leading banks in the sector.

Who are we looking for?

• You are an experienced Director

• An ambitious professional with a Masters’ degree with excellent academic results

• A minimum of 12 years of relevant experience

• Relationship-driven, people-oriented, finds it easy to make connections

• Entrepreneurial mindset and commercial acumen, with a thorough grasp of credit risk and ability to build relationships with ING clients and industry professionals  

• Strong connector, communicator and a highly effective team player

• A pro-active professional with a strong personal drive and a high level of self-motivation

• Knowledge and understanding of ING’s Wholesale Banking product suite, competitive positioning and appetite

• Affinity with the sector, and preferably prior experience with, or in, the technology industry

• Strong project & time management skills. Is able to deal with pressure and performs under tight deadlines

• International experience and cultural sensitivity

What we offer?

In the TMT & Healthcare sector team, our demanding client relationships and transactions combined with the dynamic sector developments will lead to a steep learning curve. We realize that we need to have the best people in our team, hence we are committed to investing in your personal growth and development. We offer you the opportunity to develop financial expertise, transaction experience, commercial & relationship skills, sector knowledge and regular interaction with clients at a senior level. We follow a flexible way of working, with both working from home and working from the office as well as the possibility for 20 business days annually of remote work outside the Netherlands. This role provides an excellent opportunity for a talented individual to gain valuable career experience in a diverse and international environment.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

Rewards and benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at https://www.ing.jobs/netherlands/Why-ING/benefits.htm

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience

• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract

• Pension scheme

• 13th month salary

• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary

• 8% Holiday payment

• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

About us

With 60,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us. Apply today.

Questions?

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Please note, multiple interview steps involving various business stakeholders will be part of the selection process.