Trainee

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is seeking to recruit for its Portfolio Solutions Unit of the Equity Investments, at its headquarters in Luxembourg, a Trainee.

Duration: 5 months & Starting date: October 2025

Specific Post Environment:

The Trainee will be part of the Portfolio Solutions team involved in the tasks related to the asset valuation. The trainee will be supervised by a senior officer within the PS unit.

The trainee support is essential for the timely preparation and audit of the European Angels Fund financial statements.

The internship project aims to provide the intern with hands-on experience in collaborating directly with the investment teams and consultants at EIF working on the asset valuation.

Overall objective:

Your overall objective will be to:

• To develop a comprehensive, reliable and accurate database to be used for the valuations. The database will contain essential target company and co-investment vehicle level data carefully selected for valuation purposes.
• To develop effective tools for valuation benchmarking and comprehensive market analysis.
• To enhance valuations by systematically extracting distinct information from internal investor reports using AI technologies.
• To integrate AI-driven methodologies where applicable to improve data accuracy and analytical depth.

Responsibilities:

Under the guidance of the senior of the team, you shall:

• Gather qualitative and quantitative information on Business Angels and underlying companies from a diverse range of data sources.
• Assist the Portfolio Solutions team in developing back testing model, analyse portfolio returns and conduct comparative valuation of investments that fall under the same asset class, location and industry by creating Pitchbook, Capital IQ and AI-based reports.
• Assist the Portfolio Solutions team with the annual depositary exercise to verify the ownership of the Business Angels investments.

Expected outcome:

The Trainee shall contribute to the project, specifically supporting the following:

• Valuation exercise of the investments held by the European Angels Fund and to the completion of the audit.
• Reconciliation between valuation files and responses of the depositary.
• Creation of automated files to follow up on valuations, and the improvements to the related models.
• Develop familiarity with AI-enhanced data processing techniques and their application in valuation workflows.

The traineeship will allow the Trainee to learn how to interpret key investment metrics such as ROI, IRR, cash burn and market multiples and will support the skills in analytical reasoning, financial analysis and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications:

• University degree (or on-going studies at advanced stage) in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related disciplines;
• Post-graduate qualifications would be a distinct advantage;
• ACCA or similar professional qualification would be a distinct advantage.
• Strong understanding of Excel and capacity to utilise and develop complex financial valuation models;
• Prior exposure to AI-based tools related to either company valuations and/or to data related workflows.
• Good financial analysis skills, with a particular focus on company fundamental analysis, valuation and pricing (Multiples, DCF, comparables, etc.);
• Familiarity with Capital IQ, Pitchbook, Orbis or similar financial databases;
• Interest in company valuation and analysing data of the private equity sector;
• Excellent knowledge of English (oral and written); Spanish and/or German language will be an advantage.

Competencies:

• Pro-active working approach, ability to organise her/his work, ability to set priorities and meet deadlines;
• Problem solving approach and initiative;
• Detail oriented;
• Excellent team spirit;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills;
• Very good interpersonal skills.

Deadline for applications: 23 September 2025

• Due to high volume of applications, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunities employer, who believes that diversity is good for our people and our business. We encourage all suitably qualified and eligible candidates to apply regardless of their gender identity/expression, age, racial, ethnic and cultural background, religion and beliefs, sexual orientation/identity, disability or neurodiversity.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact the EIF Recruitment team Recruitment@eif.org who will ensure that your request is handled.

By applying for this position you acknowledge the importance of maintaining the security and integrity of the Information of the EIB Group. In case of selection for the position you agree to comply with all measures (policies, controls, document classification and management) implemented by the EIB Group to prevent unauthorized disclosure of any information or any damage to the EIB Group reputation.

• Due to high volume of applications, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.