Equity Investments & Data Analytics Trainee

About the role

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is looking for a Trainee in Equity Investments & Data Analytics to join its Equity Investments Transaction Services Unit in Luxembourg for a five‑month period starting September 2026. The role supports the department’s mission to foster innovation and sustainable growth by improving the quality and usability of the EIF’s corporate information management system, which underpins portfolio analysis and investment decisions across venture capital, private equity, private credit and infrastructure funds.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct structured data‑quality reviews by comparing system data points with actual fund strategies, sectors and investment activities.
• Enrich and refine portfolio data in close collaboration with investment managers, enhancing sector, sub‑sector and investment‑stage classifications.
• Identify and propose new data points to strengthen business analytics, reporting and decision‑making processes.
• Support the creation of analytical views, dashboards and reporting outputs using the improved dataset.

Required profile

• Will be supervised by the Head of Transaction Services Unit and work in coordination with senior staff.
• Interest in equity investments, private capital markets and data analytics.
• Ability to collaborate with investment managers and senior analysts.

Required skills