Graduate internship
Want to get off to a flying start – we offer the perfect entry opportunity
Have you been studying for at least four semesters and are you eager to apply your new knowledge and bring your ideas to life? Then you’ve come to the right place! Over a six-month period, you’ll gain exciting insights into one of Switzerland’s leading financial service providers. And best of all – you can organize your graduate internship flexibly: whether full-time or part-time (60–100%), we offer you the freedom to combine your studies and work however suits you best.
An overview of the graduate internship
Duration |
6 months |
Start |
February and August |
Level of employment |
60% – 100% |
Salary |
CHF 50,000 per annum |
Application period |
10 October to 24 October 2025 to start in February 2026 March/April 2026 to start in August 2026 |
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Would you like to experience how we design key banking services for our customers? In the PC Account Journeys team, you’ll work on exciting projects covering the most important functions in our customers’ life cycle. These include enabling them to open accounts, resolve queries quickly via various contact channels, keep track of their financial situation and update personal data such as their address. You’ll gain insight into the end-to-end design of these processes across all channels and be able to play an active role in developing and rolling out new solutions, from analysis and design to the practical implementation of your ideas.
Preferred fields of study:
Economics, service design, communication, psychology or business informatics
Do you have any questions about the job?
Marina Wyss, Customer Journey Owner, tel. +41 79 292 09 51
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Would you like to play an active role in shaping the future of PostFinance and driving forward data-driven innovations? In our team, you’ll develop solutions to optimize business processes and promote the use of artificial intelligence. You’ll identify new business opportunities, analyse market trends and work closely with internal stakeholders. Your contribution will help us to achieve our strategic goals in the Data & AI unit.
Preferred fields of study:
Business informatics, business administration or a related field
Do you have any questions about the job?
Alexander Wolf, Data & AI Business Development Manager, tel. +41 78 9300 76 46
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Do you want to immerse yourself in the world of PostFinance’s corporate customer business and help to develop it? Join our Unit Development team and get involved in developing corporate customer business and creating concepts alongside your colleagues to increase business excellence. Support the creation of strategic thrusts and areas of action to achieve the ambition of the sales and service model and help to draw up measures for the sales procedural organization and working method. Work with us to establish a continuous improvement process and increase efficiency, quality and customer loyalty in our corporate customer business over the long term.
Preferred fields of study:
Economics, business engineering or business informatics
Do you have any questions about the job?
Stephan Deutsch, Head of Unit Development, Business Excellence for Corporate Customers, tel. +41 79 286 44 33
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Would you like to discover the multifaceted world of corporate communication at a systemically important bank in Switzerland? When you see social media campaigns, do you think about the messages they are communicating and the strategies behind them? Do you want to understand how communication influences the way companies are perceived and their relationships with employees, the media and the public? During a six-month graduate internship in corporate communication, you’ll gain a fundamental insight into the various facets of communication within a corporate newsroom – from social media and internal communication strategies to media relations and issue management. You’ll be actively involved from the outset and support our team in shaping and developing communication both within and outside the bank. You’ll liaise regularly with various specialist units and work closely with our experts from the Social Media, Internal Communication, Issue Management and Media Relations units. You’ll also have the opportunity to drive forward your own projects independently. In addition, you’ll learn how to manage and create targeted content in the newsroom and distribute it via a range of channels in order to convey relevant topics directly to different target groups.
Preferred fields of study:
Humanities, economics and social sciences
Do you have any questions about the job?
Rinaldo Tibolla, Head of Media Relations & Social Media, tel. +41 76 565 89 73
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In the Corporate Venture Capital team, we focus on innovative solutions in the financial sector. We are the eyes and ears of the market and help to ensure that PostFinance doesn’t miss out on any important market developments. With us, you have the opportunity to engage with startups that are helping to shape the future of financial transactions. Your entrepreneurial thinking and curiosity will help you to evaluate these startups and discover new trends. In our team, you’ll learn to make decisions based on minimal information and a great deal of uncertainty.
Preferred fields of study:
Economics or natural sciences
Do you have any questions about the job?
Tobias Bassi, Head of Corporate Venture Capital, e-mail: tobias.bassi@postfinance.ch
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Do you want to experience innovation up close and play an active role in shaping the future of banking? In our Innovation Design team, you’ll work on specific initiatives that expand PostFinance’s range of products and services. From brainstorming, prototyping and customer interviews to the MVP launch, you’ll support innovations throughout the entire process. In doing so, you’ll be responsible for your own specific aspects of the process, apply your analytical and conceptual skills and grow by working on exciting challenges. If you enjoy developing new business ideas, validating them in a customer-oriented manner and thinking in an entrepreneurial way, you’re exactly the right person for us!
Preferred fields of study:
Economics, business engineering, business informatics or a related field
Do you have any questions about the job?
Yann Meyer, Innovation Manager, tel. +41 78 728 48 56
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Are you interested in innovation? Are you looking for a challenge that combines banking, information technology and project management? Then you’ve come to the right place! Innovation management lays the foundations for a company-wide standardized and agile innovation process that enables quick responses to customer needs. We implement projects within the specified time and budget, delivering the required quality standard, and act as a competence center for the promotion and implementation of innovation. Fascinating challenges and a wide range of tasks await you with us. You’ll be part of the Innovation Management team, actively shaping the future of PostFinance.
Preferred fields of study:
Economics, business engineering or business informatics.
Do you have any questions about the job?
Miro Bussmann, Head of Innovation Management, tel.: +41 76 579 31 48
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In the People Attraction unit, everything revolves around attracting the right talents and skills in the short and long term. People Attraction combines recruitment, employer branding, vocational training and entry programmes. As a graduate intern, you’ll focus on the candidate journey and the touchpoints that candidates encounter on their (application) journey. You’ll help to create an optimum candidate experience and actively contribute your ideas. Are you ready to help us attract the best talent for PostFinance?
Preferred fields of study:
Economics, psychology, marketing or communication
Do you have any questions about the job?
Andjelina Parlic, People Attraction Manager, tel. +41 58 341 14 67
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Are you interested in project steering and customer experience? Would you like to apply your knowledge from your studies in a dynamic environment and actively contribute to the efficient implementation of strategic projects? Then you’ve come to the right place! During your graduate internship, you’ll support management in coordinating projects, organizing workshops and providing external resources. You’ll help to shape processes, work with digital tools and gain exciting insights into portfolio and board management in the private and corporate customer sectors.
Preferred fields of study:
Business administration, business informatics
Do you have any questions about the job?
Swen Bürki, AAC CX Steering Lead, tel. +41 79 424 10 58
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Do you want to know how we at PostFinance provide management with financial data and the foundations for decision-making at a company-wide level? Would you like to help us consistently align our processes and mindset with the new operating model in the new strategy period? Then Corporate Controlling is the right place for you. Our main task is to provide our stakeholders (in particular the EB, BoD and Group) with the best possible information, including financial data and the foundations for decision-making. We therefore make an important contribution to the financial management of PostFinance Ltd.
We ensure the technical coordination of the planning and reporting process at company-wide level, carry out quality controls and consolidate the individual financial components into a coordinated whole. In doing so, we ensure consistency in the content and design of financial information and key figures at PostFinance level. Preferred fields of study: business administration or economicsPreferred fields of study:
Economics
Do you have any questions about the job?
Daniel Rindlisbacher, Head of Reporting, tel. +41 79 247 95 24
The advantages for you
Professional and personal development
- You’ll be introduced to your tasks by an experienced and highly motivated intern supervisor and will soon take responsibility for your own assignments.
- Regular development and feedback meetings throughout the entire graduate internship will help you to constantly improve.
- In addition to your work in this specialist unit, you’ll have the chance to undertake mini-internships at our Customer Center, a branch and the accounting department so you get to know our business inside out.
Developing your network at PostFinance
- You’ll obtain a good insight into your specialist unit, while also working closely with colleagues from other units too.
- The close contact and networking events with the other trainees and graduate interns means you’ll develop an extensive network.
What you need to offer as a graduate intern
Different skills are needed to meet requirements depending on the specialist unit. We’re looking for graduate interns who think and act boldly, i.e. doers.
What you’ll offer:
- You are in at least the fourth semester of a Bachelor’s degree (university/university of applied sciences), or completed your degree no more than two years before the start of the programme.
- You have a strong command of German.
- Joined-up and customer-focused thinking and action go without saying in your case.
- You’re a friendly person with an inquisitive mind, you have a strong desire to learn and are assertive.
Apply for a graduate internship now – here’s how
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Apply online for the graduate internship via our vacancies page. For a full application, we just need your CV and references. Optionally, you can tell us why you want to join our programme and indicate your preferred department. You’ll immediately receive an automatic confirmation of receipt after sending your application.
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We’ll take the time to look at your documents. You can follow the status of your application at any time via your The link will open in a new window candidate profile.
- If your application matches the profile we’re looking for, we’ll let you know about the next stages in the process.
- If we’re unable to consider your application, you’ll receive a written rejection letter.
Due to the large number of applications, we are unable to provide individual feedback for every rejected candidate. We appreciate your understanding. Maybe you’ll be successful next time? Find out about current exciting job opportunities via our Jobmail or join our PostFinance Talent Community so you’re the first to know as soon as we have internship vacancies .
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We look forward to getting to know the person behind the application better. You’ll be invited to attend one or two interviews in Bern. We want to get to know you better as a person to decide whether we’re a good fit. At the interviews, you’ll find out more about PostFinance, your tasks and the general conditions.
We advise you to take the opportunity to ask lots of questions so you can make the best decision for you and your career.
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After we’ve thoroughly evaluated all candidates, we’ll call you to let you know our decision.
If you’re offered the job, we’ll send you confirmation of employment and then your personal individual employment contract. You’ve done it! Congratulations and welcome to PostFinance. We look forward to working with you.
Even if you’re unsuccessful this time, make sure to keep in touch with us and subscribe to our Jobmail. We’d be delighted if you applied again.
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In the first few weeks you will get to know your team, your tasks and the relevant tools. You’ll also attend your first information and networking event with the other interns and the entry programme managers. At the “Welcome to PostFinance” event, you will meet many other new employees, expand your network and find out about our strategy, vision and the various units.
Get to know our current and former graduate interns
Do you want to know what to expect from a graduate internship at PostFinance? Our former and current graduate interns will give you personal insights into their experiences: from exciting projects and personal responsibility to new career prospects. Get inspired − and discover the opportunities that are available to you.
