Associate Transaction Processing and Management Officers – based in Luxembourg

These positions are based at our Luxembourg headquarters and requires regular office presence.
The EIB offers you the opportunity to live and work in a truly international and multi-cultural environment. We also offer relocation support.

The
EIB
, the European Union's bank, is seeking to recruit for its Finance Directorate (FI), Planning and Settlement of Operations Department (PRO), Transaction Processing Borrowing and Treasury Division (TPBT), Borrowings and Derivatives Markets Unit (BDM) and Money and Securities Markets Unit (MSM) at its headquarters in Luxembourg, two
Associate Transaction Processing and Management Officers*.
These are full-time positions at grade 4 for which the EIB offers a permanent contract.
Panel interviews are anticipated for March/ April 2026.
Purpose

You will contribute to the daily payment transaction processing in order to enable fulfilment of the bank's commitments in a timely and accurate manner and limit the EIB operational and reputational risks.

You will also support the activity of the funding functions of the Bank by ensuring end controls and validations on EIB borrowings and derivatives, as well as activation of events and the legal documentation of derivatives transactions, are in order to enable the fulfilment of the Bank's commitments in a timely and accurate manner thereby ensuring the achievement of the EIB objectives.

Operating Network

You will work within a division composed of two teams (the Borrowings and Derivatives Market unit -BDM- and the Money and Securities Market Unit -MSM-) operating as a pool of competencies.

Depending on your profile and the division's needs, you may be assigned to either team. The position involves regular contacts with front-office teams, risk management, legal, business analysts as well as our cash management's back-office.

More context on volume: debt management with a volume of €400 billion and a Derivatives portfolio of €650 billion. +/- 700 swap contracts per year and +/- events management of 6.000 outstanding transactions.

The timely processing of all transactions and a proactive and intelligent intervention in case of anticipated or real problems are key to ensuring a well-functioning and effective back-office.

Accountabilities

• EXECUTION OF TRANSACTION PROCESSING IN THE BORROWING AREA

• End-to-end responsibility to execute the actions required to follow-up Borrowing and Derivatives operations during their whole life cycle, ensuring quality control and respect of deadlines.

• Execute Derivatives Legal Documentation processes, under the supervision and with the support of Division Head/Deputy Head, in line with articulated guidelines and procedures.

• EXECUTION OF TRANSACTION PROCESSING IN THE TREASURY AREA

• Check the correctness of treasury transactions and ensure timely sending of confirmation and settlement messages to reduce operational and settlement risk.

• EXECUTION OF LOAN SUBSTITUTE PROCESSING IN THE TREASURY AREA

• Responsible for providing an operational review of contracts with the aim of maximum STP for new loan substitute transactions (DVP settlement if possible).

• Check the correctness of loan substitute transactions and ensure timely sending of confirmation and settlement messages to reduce operational and settlement risk.

• Management of retrocession payments and any other events during the life of the transactions.

• ANALYSE AND RESOLVE OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS

• In case of problems such as settlement failure, misconfiguration of an instrument, act quickly and accurately to analyse and resolve as efficiently as possible to keep settlement claims and overdraft costs low.

• IMPLEMENTATION AND UPDATE OF PROCEDURES

• Contribute to the implementation of strategy/policy for the unit through the correct use and ongoing improvement of procedures to facilitate quick and effective TP intervention, especially in a crisis situation. Be part of the Business Continuity exercise if required.

• IT SYSTEM CHECKS & UPGRADES

• Monitor the performance of IT tools, report problems and participate in testing of IT upgrades to maintain the integrity of FK data and processes at all times.

• PARTICIPATION IN SPECIAL PROJECTS

• Participate in projects that can go beyond the strict boundaries of your core activity.

Qualifications

• University degree (minimum an equivalent to a Bachelor), preferably in a business-related field (finance or economics).
• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience, ideally in a Derivatives and Documentation or Treasury Back Office.
• In-depth knowledge of frequently used SWIFT messages (particularly confirmation and settlement message types) is required to facilitate the smooth settlement of transactions.
• Solid knowledge of ISDA regulations.
• Knowledge of major market data systems providers (e.g. Bloomberg, Reuters).
• Understanding of new financial products and complex derivatives.
• Knowledge of EIB's borrowing, Treasury and derivatives instruments, activities and processes is a distinct advantage.
• Knowledge of EIB's Loan Substitute product is a distinct advantage.
• Knowledge in the use of the Bank's core system (WSS - Finance Kit) is a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of English and/or French (***) with a good command of the other. Knowledge of other EU languages would be an advantage.

Competencies

Find out more about EIB core competencies
here

(***) Unless stated explicitly as a required qualification, a good command of French is not a pre-requisite for hire. As both English and French are however official working languages of the EIB, proficiency in both languages is a pre-requisite for your future career development. Any language clause in your contract must be fulfilled in order for you to be eligible for a promotion (either via the annual appraisal cycle or via an internal selection process). Proficiency is understood to mean the attainment of level 5 of the Inter Institutional language courses, corresponding to B1.2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL). The Bank offers appropriate training support.
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Deadline for applications:
4th February 2026