Institutional Sales Trainee - Amundi

Amundi Investment Solutions – Company Overview

Amundi, the leading European asset manager, offers its 100 million clients – retail, institutional and corporate – a complete range of savings and investment solutions in active and passive management, in traditional or real assets.

With its six international investment hubs and offices in more than 35 countries, financial and extra-financial research capabilities and long-standing commitment to responsible investment, Amundi is a key player in the asset management landscape. It is the only European player to rank in the top 10 asset managers worldwide.

Amundi clients benefit from the expertise and advice of 4,800 employees in more than 35 countries. A subsidiary of the Crédit Agricole group and listed on the stock exchange, Amundi currently manages more than €1.8 trillion of assets.

Why join us?

We actively encourage our people to draw on their entrepreneurial spirit, which at Amundi is fostered by a culture of fast growth and business development that promotes innovation and problem-solving. We are convinced that encouraging people to take an entrepreneurial approach is the best way to leverage business opportunities across functional lines and borders and the key to sustainable growth. We also take our responsibility towards society very seriously having embedded responsible investing since our creation in 2010 in everything we do, working every day in the interests of our clients and society.

Therefore, we look for individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset and who understand that to create value you need to lead, question, innovate, and continuously strive to improve. 

Our goal is to retain, nurture and develop talent, through mobility and training. By offering our people the opportunity to acquire knowledge and broaden their horizon, we help them reach their maximum potential and create added-value, for themselves and for Amundi.

Programme information

You will join as a trainee as part of the Investment20/20 programme. While we can’t guarantee a permanent position at the end of the 12 month contract, it is our intention to make an offer to extend a further year, but this is up to how well you perform. 75% of Investment20/20 trainees are offered permanent positions.

Our traineeship will introduce you to investment management and you will gain industry knowledge, experience and develop relationships enabling you to progress your career and provide you with skills to secure a permanent role. We will support you in achieving a professional qualification if this is something you are interested in doing. As part of the Investment20/20 programme, you will have opportunities to meet and network with over 200 trainees across the industry and participate in socials and insight events. 

Our trainee programme is a fixed term one-year contract. You will receive 24 days annual leave. All roles are based in London.

Programme Summary

This is a programme intended to give you a breadth of knowledge and experience within the business to enable you to make informed decisions about where you would like to develop your career.

Responsibilities include 

The Sales Support role will be to support the Institutional Sales team with both their day-to-day activities and strategic initiatives.

The main responsibilities includes but are not limited to the following:

• Responding to and reconciling client queries such as performance updates research & analysis in relation to products and reporting requests across all institutional client segments including: pension funds, endowments and corporates.
• Supporting the Institutional Sales Team with client prospecting activities (i.e. market segment analysis and client mapping) and maintenance of CRM (Client Relationship Management) database.
• Working with the Sales Team to help position and pitch strategies and products with clients and prospects (i.e. constructing pitch decks and producing trade ideas).
• Coordination of UK Institutional sales events and monitoring of the marketing budget allocated to the team. 
• Assistance in cross-segment UK events wherever the team is involved. 
• Close collaboration and strong communication with various teams within Amundi UK and the broader Amundi Group to ensure effective client responses.
• Supporting client request for proposals (RFPs) and due diligence questionnaires (DDQs).
• Working alongside the Institutional client service team to facilitate client account opening.
• Managing a number of internal team reports for senior management such as monthly team figures, pipelines and CRM activities.

Requirements

If you are a graduate who has an interest in working within financial services and has the following attributes, we are interested in hearing from you:

• Enthusiastic, inquisitive and passionate about pursuing a career in investment management sales.
• Good verbal and written communications skills.
• Highly organised with excellent abilities to multitask and problem solve.
• Good time management skills and a team player.
• Proactive and at ease with assuming responsibilities.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Resourceful and proactive – able to assimilate and present information from a range of sources.
• Good written and spoken English. 

How to apply

Successful candidates will be asked for a video interview with the hiring manager, followed by video interviews with the team and HR.

Key dates

 Online applications close: 24th September 2025 

Start date: October 2025