Intern, FM Front Office Support

About the role

ING's Wholesale Bank Asia internship programme (2027) offers a 6-month Front Office Support (FOS) internship in its Financial Markets department, running from January to June 2027. The intern supports the Sales and Trading businesses across front office support, client lifecycle, control, reporting and operational activities, working closely with Front Office, Operations, Compliance, Risk, KYC and other support functions.

Key responsibilities

• Support Financial Markets Sales and Trading desks in day-to-day front office support and control activities.
• Assist in trade validation and trade lifecycle management across Financial Markets systems and products.
• Work with FX, Rates, Structured Products, Fixed Income and Global Securities Finance desks on business activities and operational workflows.
• Monitor and support lifecycle events such as rate fixings, option exercises, corporate actions and settlements.
• Validate trade economics, settlement calculations and reconciliation of structured product cash flows with Operations.
• Support collateral management, including monitoring and reporting for non-cash collateral portfolios.
• Prepare and distribute daily management reports such as P&L Flash Reports, FX Option Expiry Reports and Trade Cancel and Amend Reports.
• Investigate discrepancies and escalate issues to relevant stakeholders.
• Provide administrative support to Front Office teams, including workflow requests, reference data maintenance and deal capture code setup.
• Act as a coordination point between Front Office and support functions, track urgent escalations and support client remediation, data quality and regulatory reviews.
• Maintain procedures, operational guidelines and control documentation, and take part in process improvement, automation and digitalisation projects.

Required profile

• Undergraduate degree in economics, finance or a science/mathematical discipline.
• Previous banking internships are an advantage.
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Detail-oriented, systematic and strong analytical skills.

Required skills

• Highly skilled in Excel spreadsheets; working with macros is preferred.

What we offer

• Exposure to Financial Markets products (FX, Rates, Fixed Income, Structured Products, Securities Financing).
• Understanding of the end-to-end trade and client lifecycle in a global financial institution.
• Hands-on experience with Sales, Trading, Operations and Client Management teams.
• Structured onboarding, development initiatives, cross-functional networking, project showcases and an intern alumni community.