Job: Intern, Banking

Location: Moscow, Russia
Deadline: Monday, 11 November 2013

Intern, Banking - Russia

Ref 50006247-2 Country Russia City Moscow Department Banking Business Unit Russia Business Group Closing date for applications 11 November 2013 Role Overview Russia is the largest country of operation of EBRD and in 2012, the Bank committed EUR 2.6 billion, or 30% of the Bank's annual business, in 67 operations in Russia. On a cumulative basis as at December 2012, the EBRD has invested EUR over 23 billion in circa 750 debt and equity operations in Russia. About 40% have been projects with national and multiregional impact and about 15% projects were developed in Moscow City, Moscow Oblast and St. Petersburg. The remaining 45% were projects anchored in the regions and the Bank's effort to develop such regional projects is increasing. Apart from its main office in Moscow, the EBRD has a network of 6 smaller regional offices located in St. Petersburg, Rostov on Don, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok. Working under the Director, Regional Development, Russia, each office is responsible for a district where the team works to originate new projects and manage projects. In addition, the Central Federal District, which comprises 17 regions except the City of Moscow, is managed out of the Moscow office. The EBRD currently seeks to employ 1 Intern for an initial period of 6 months. The intern will be based in Moscow and he/she will work in close collaboration both with the Director, Regional Development, Russia and the Head of Central Federal District. Terms and Conditions Interns are remunerated according to their level of education and work experience, but are not entitled to staff benefits (including any accommodation and travel assistance), privileges and immunities. Key Responsibilities and Deliverables Under the supervision of the Director, Regional Development, Russia and the Head of Central Federal District, the intern will research projects, collate and organise information, draft and review external and internal materials and presentations and help managing and updating marketing material to promote the Bank's products and services. The intern will also help managing statistical information of the Bank's activities in Russia. Finally the intern will be doing ad hoc tasks as required by the Team. The intern will be expected to:

• Review existing material, gather feedback from bankers and heads of regional offices, and keep it updated. The intern will be helping preparing new presentations as needed and is also expected to put forward suggestions on how to improve the existing material.
• Analyse statistical information of the banks activities in Russia and use it to prepare information and marketing materials. Information will come in database files and excel spread sheets.
• Undertake with creativity research and analytical task aiming at using the information to prepare internal and marketing materials.
• Liaise, as appropriate, with the relevant internal support functions, regional and sector teams.
• Carry out ad-hoc tasks as and when required.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Good and relevant degree from a leading university in the country of education (e.g. business administration, accounting, economics, finance, marketing)
• Very good written (report writing, correspondence) and verbal communication skills in English and Russian are essential
• Computer literacy, including very good knowledge of Word, Power Point and Excel
• Good understanding of information sources in the internet and others managed either by Russian Government, private local or international sources
• Good analytical and numerical skills
• Understanding of commercial and project finance
• Some relevant commercial experience, with a marketing focus, is highly preferable

Competencies and Personal Attributes

• Keen interest in the EBRD's mission
• Strong motivation and self-drive
• Ability to work well within a team
• Ability to operate sensitively in multicultural environments and build effective working relations with clients and colleagues

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