Overview About the Marketing Associate opportunity Finastra is actively seeking talented, ambitious, and curious individual to join our Marketing FinStart Program starting in Summer 2025. This unique early careers development program is an excellent opportunity to accelerate your career by enhancing your skills, building meaningful relationships, and participating in challenging and innovative projects while rotating through various areas of the Lending marketing team. You will be supported with mentorship and training throughout the program to help guide your career development. While you take on various challenges, you will get to work with awesome people in a highly collaborative environment. Our program provides a foundational 2 years, immersed in fast-paced marketing activities and working alongside a diverse team of marketing professionals. You will additionally gain experience within the fintech space and will work on content to elevate our innovations and software within the banking and financial services industry. We have marketing opportunities with rotations within the Lending Business Unit at Finastra, covering experience across Field Marketing, Campaigns, Partner Marketing, and Product Marketing. We are recruiting at our Bucharest office, although the role will include collaboration with our global marketing teams and sales development reps, providing a fun and educational environment. We also offer a highly flexible working environment that enables home working combined with collaboration in the office. On-the-job training, certified marketing courses, and mentorship with senior marketing professionals are all part of the program that has been highly successful in launching marketing careers. Participants report to the Head of Global Marketing Campaigns, Partner Marketing & Governance within the Lending Business Unit, with a rotation line manager and a consistent personal mentor throughout the two years. You will work together on a project timeline to be agreed upon joining the business. Quarterly reviews will ensure progress and the building of skills and knowledge. Here’s what you can expect. A structured, high touch 2-year development program, offering a wealth of learning opportunities across our marketing function An introduction to Finastra that will provide an overview of the structure of our company, the way we do things and many of the people you’ll be working with Rotations may include spending 12m across different marketing areas in our Lending Business Unit An accelerated learning program that will prepare you for success as the high performers of tomorrow, with networking opportunities, coaching, project work assignments, LinkedIn learning courses, and ongoing technical and soft skill training to develop highly transferable skills. Opportunities to embrace a global experience and become part of a community, fostering team building, expanding your network and accelerating your personal and professional growth  A chance to learn more about the fintech industry and how you can contribute to an exciting new world of open finance A tailored salary and bonus scheme, accompanied by a talent management review process designed to recognize and advance your exceptional performance.   To enjoy a healthy work-life balance with our unlimited vacation policy and flexibility to work in a hybrid model, mainly from home with meet ups, team days from the office, encouraging personal well-being and flexibility    What you’ll need. Degree in marketing and/ or other related disciplines   0-1 years marketing experience Capable at organizing and structuring work  Strong collaboration and interpersonal skills  Professional Fluency in English Project management experience/ training Strong verbal and written communication skills Core Office 365 skills and other digital tools , powerpoint, excel and word Flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced environment Attention to detail both written and brand guidelines A strong and committed drive to pursue a career marketing What you will learn: This position will gain a good practical understanding of many aspects of B2B marketing including brand, PR, content, digital, events and social within our large global team of marketers. You will additionally gain experience within the Fintech space and will work on content to elevate our innovations and platform solution. You will gain a grounding in marketing software within the banking and financial services industry. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to develop and grow within a friendly and team-orientated international business  Finastra: Who are we? At Finastra our purpose is to unlock the power of finance for everyone. We build and deliver innovative, next-generation technology on our open Fusion software architecture and cloud ecosystem. We’re one of the world’s largest FinTech’s working with over 9,000 customers, including 90 of the top 100 banks globally. Our scale and reach allow us to build long-lasting relationships that put our customers and their customers first. Your future at Finastra We believe that finance is OPEN. By focusing on OPEN Collaboration and OPEN Finance, supported by our OPEN Platform, we can create financial inclusion and open innovation for everybody. Our people are our greatest asset and we provide an environment where you can develop and grow your career. From graduates to experienced professionals, we’re leaders in our roles and a key part of making Finastra one of the world’s leading FinTech’s. Why join us? Alongside amazing colleagues and engaging work, we want to help you get the best out of your career. We offer continuous learning and development to take your skills to the next level. It’s not just about being the best you can be at work we also a variety benefits to make your non-work life better; including paid holiday, flexible working, pension, health and well-being initiatives and many more. If you’re looking to build your career, work with experts and most of all have fun, join us. At Finastra finance is open. For more information, please view our website: www.finastra.com/careers