Portfolio Manager Retail Banking

Why would you want to work for NIBC’s Portfolio Management team?

Portfolio Management Retail is part of NIBC Retail Banking. NIBC Retail Banking excels in mortgage lending and savings products across The Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, priding ourselves on simplicity and transparency to optimally serve our clients. Our Portfolio Management team plays a crucial role in managing both the mortgage and savings portfolios. This includes activities like interest rate risk hedging of the mortgage portfolio, credit risk assessments, Retail Banking funding, and pricing determination for NIBC mortgages.

This is what you'll do  

As a Portfolio Manager, you will shape strategic initiatives, participate in or lead cross-functional project teams, and foster the growth and development of junior staff. Your expertise will drive the management of our mortgage and savings portfolios, crucial for maintaining our market-leading position in The Netherlands, as well as to our positions in Belgium and Germany.   

 Your activities:  

• You'll have a key role in Portfolio Management Retail. This places you in a position closely to the dynamics of the day-to-day business, leading to a lot of interaction with a wide range of experts.
• Your analytical skills will be put to good use in data requests and modelling, such as forecasting, explanatory analysis and quantitative support to (new) business cases. Key examples are the risk profile of our mortgage balance, a crucial role in the market valuation of our mortgage loans and providing essential information of the spread/margins development.  
• Your primary clients will be the Retail Banking’s Management Team and our Executive Board Members. Due to your contributions they can make strategic decisions for the company.
• You will help set up new initiatives, where your input is welcomed. Initiatives with a large impact will be discussed with the executive board.
• You will help improve our models both on implementation as well as on methodology. You will work in SQL, Python, PowerBI and Excel. Due to the introduction of a Cloud Data Platform you will focus on automation and improved presentation of figures of our current reports and new insights.
• You will act as a mentor to junior colleagues, enhancing their skills and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional growth.
• You will work together with experts from various fields on strategic projects, important for the strategy from NIBC. Additionally and specifically for our team, you work in projects with team members from Structuring and Customer Analytics teams.

Your team  

You'll work in the Portfolio Management Retail team. This team consists currently of 5 colleagues that work together closely, laugh together and regularly have a social activity together like a dinner. As a team, we are ambitious to improve how we work and what we do. Many of us have a technical background like Mathematics and Econometrics. We are searching for a person who fits in well.

Furthermore, it is a subteam of a larger team where there is expertise on Customer Analytics as well as Structuring. This will provide you with additional learning opportunities on the field of data science as well as structured finance, such that you get exposure directly to a wide range of competences.

NIBC as employer

Founded in 1945 to finance the visionary entrepreneurs who helped rebuilding the Netherlands after the second World War, NIBC was closely collaborating while professionally supporting companies and individuals in realizing their dreams and goals with a sustainable future in mind. As a midsize bank with a multicultural working environment that is best described as dynamic and ambitious, we share a forward-thinking, can-do attitude with our employees and clients which we call our THINK YES mentality. Our corporate values are Professional, Adaptive, Collaborative and Entrepreneurial. You will have a direct and meaningful impact on both the bank and its clients. By building our company on optimism and mutual trust, and with our THINK YES mentality, NIBC is an enterprising bank that enables ambitions.

Think YES if you…  

• Have 4-6 years of relevant work experience in a subset of the following fields: Basel Framework, hedging, pricing, liquidity risk, behavioural modelling, prepayment risk, valuation of mortgage loans, structuring and reporting;
• Are fluent in English and Dutch;
• Enjoy analysing complex numerical problems;
• Are a flexible team player and can manage ad hoc requests and tight deadlines;
• Like taking initiative, are not afraid to ask questions and want to develop yourself.;
• Have a commercial mindset, like to work together, have a go-getter attitude and are involved with your team;
• Want to use your knowledge and experience to help junior team members;
• Are proficient in Python, SQL and PowerBI (this is strongly preferred).

What’s in it for you?

NIBC provides an ambitious environment in which together we strive to create a fantastic workplace and where you feel safe and challenged to be the best version of yourself. This is in line with our Professional, Adaptive, Collaborative and Entrepreneurial (PACE) values. You are in the lead of setting the PACE of your career yourself at NIBC. In addition, you will receive a competitive salary, plus:

• Several ways to support your development personally and professionally, so:

- Personal development budget, to spend at your own discretion

- Professional budget provided by your manager, to develop yourself in your work

• NIBC embraces the Hybrid way of Working. This means that we support working from home as well as encourage our colleagues to come to the office. NIBC's guideline is to spend at least half of the working time at the office;
• Receive a reimbursement for your work travel expenses or an NS Business Card 1st class;
• Enjoy 32 vacation days with no need for formal registration;
• Benefit from an excellent pension scheme (26% NIBC contribution);
• Receive a voucher to improve your home office set-up;
• The opportunity to take ownership and show initiative in your role. We are always open to new ideas, and encourage to use your voice;
• Our Grow to Make a Difference program empowers you to be in charge of your own development;
• Engage with our two staff associations: YoungNIBC and MyLeisure;
• Participate in our Vitality program, annual company-wide sports & leisure days;
• Receive a monthly internet allowance;
• Provided with a laptop and company phone for seamless work connectivity;
• Access excellent facilities at the office (Coffeecorner, Restaurant, Exchange bar);
• Last but not least, a vibrant workplace in which diversity and inclusion are valued (click here).

Will you be our new Talent?   

Upload your cover letter and CV via the application button. You can upload multiple documents by clicking the upload button again.  

Application procedure  

We don't just want to get to know you, we also want you to get to know us. That's why there will be multiple interviews. We invite you to be curious and ask any questions you may have. An assessment is also part of the procedure.  

Want to know more? Contact us  

About the vacancy: max.de.groot@nibc.com 
About the procedure: askhr@nibc.com