Financial Reporting Intern

ING Bank Italy is looking for a Financial Reporting Intern who will join the Financial Accounting department at our office in Milan.

You will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in accounting, financial reporting, reconciliation processes, and month-end closing activities within an international banking environment. You will support the team in ensuring the accuracy, quality, and completeness of financial information across Retail, Wholesale, and Leasing business lines, while contributing to process documentation, internal controls, and reporting activities.

You will contribute to:

• Supporting daily and monthly balance sheet reconciliations and accounting controls.

• Assisting with month-end closing activities, including accrual management, reporting updates, data collection, and stakeholder follow-up.

• Supporting the preparation and reconciliation of financial reporting data and uploads into Group reporting systems.

• Performing data extraction and analysis from accounting and reporting systems, including vendor, intercompany, and cost-related information.

• Supporting the monitoring and analysis of operating expenses, personnel costs, purchase orders, and marketing-related expenses.

• Assisting with accounting controls and reconciliations related to Leasing activities.

• Supporting financial reporting activities across Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking, and Leasing businesses.

• Supporting periodic SOX testing activities, including evidence collection, documentation, and control execution tracking.

• Supporting the collection, organization, and maintenance of documentation related to customer incentive initiatives and accounting assessments.

• Contributing to the drafting and updating of accounting procedures, operational manuals, and process documentation.

• Supporting periodic reporting activities and ad hoc analyses required by the Financial Reporting team.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Management Engineering, or related disciplines.

• Strong interest in accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and financial processes.

• Good analytical and numerical skills.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

• Fluent in Italian and English.

• Ability to work accurately under recurring deadlines and manage multiple activities simultaneously.

• Previous academic or internship experience in Finance, Accounting, Auditing, or Controlling will be considered a plus.

Our preferred candidate is

• Proactive, curious, and eager to learn.

• Analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with data.

• Organized and able to manage routine activities with rigor and consistency.

• Collaborative and able to interact effectively with different stakeholders.

• A problem solver with a continuous improvement mindset.

• Able to balance accuracy, quality, and execution.

• International exposure (e.g. Erasmus or study abroad experiences) will be considered a plus.

Location: Milan (hybrid)

Compensation: 1500€/month

About ING

ING offers many opportunities to build a diverse and rewarding career. You will be joining an international innovative digital bank, the first in Italy to adopt a fully flexible smart working model, and you will be working in a stimulating environment where you can grow both as an individual and as a professional.

Our purpose - empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business - represents our belief in people’s potential. We don’t judge, coach or to tell people how to live their lives. We empower people and businesses to realize their own vision for a better future.

#doyourthing is our brand direction with us each and every day. It is how we articulate our purpose and our promise to make banking frictionless to the world. ‘do your thing’ is about people being free to live the life they want to live, knowing that they will make their world a little better for it.

Do you think you are "a step ahead"? Apply now!

The benefits of joining ING

In addition to being a part of a great team, working in a fun and innovative environment, we offer:

• Super flexible smart working
• Diverse cultures & Innovative mindsets
• International Environment
• Commitment to sustainability
• Lots of training development opportunities to help you grow
• Lots of moments dedicated to physical and mental well-being
• A special day off when it is your birthday: we call it #doyourbirthday!
• And of course we can’t forget: free water & coffee at the office!

Our Commitment

Diversity is a fundamental element of our corporate culture, and we are fully committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment, based on mutual respect and the value of diversity, offering equal job opportunities to all qualified candidates.

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