
Start your career – during or after your studies
Curious and motivated?
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We offer a range of opportunities to get your career off to a flying start. Gain valuable professional experience during or after your studies and become part of our team. We look forward to meeting you.
Entry-level opportunities
PostFinance provides students and university graduates with a wide range of entry-level opportunities and exciting prospects. Whether you start with us as an graduate intern, while writing your thesis, as a trainee or through direct entry – you can look forward to exciting challenges in a dynamic environment, highly motivated colleagues and many opportunities to grow and develop.
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Graduate internship
Start your career by joining us as a university intern
Start time: February and August
Duration: 6 months
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Trainee programme
Already got a university degree under your belt? Then join our trainee programme.
Start time: March
Duration: 12 months
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Theses
PostFinance will support you with writing your thesis and give you the chance to do so in an exciting area. Send an e-mail to hochschuleinstieg@postfinance.ch and tell us about the topics you have in mind. We will then be pleased to consider with our experts how we can support you.
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Direct entry
Already know where you’d like to start your career? Then apply for our direct-entry positions.
Start time: at any time of the year
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IT entry programme
Your start as a tech entrepreneur
Have you just completed your training and now want to get started in the IT world? Are you not afraid to take on responsibility for IT projects right from the start, and do want to contribute your ideas? Then become a tech entrepreneur with us.
Start date: March and September
Duration: 12 to 18 months
Why PostFinance?
- We’re Switzerland’s leading financial services provider and shape technological developments on the financial market. TWINT, Yuh and Valuu have all come from ideas put forward by our employees
- Our trainee retention rate has been 91 percent in recent years
- You can freely select an employment level between 80 and 100 percent for our entry programmes – completely in line with your requirements
- 90 percent of our employees recommend us as an attractive employer according to our current employee survey
What we offer
- A unique work culture with lots of freedom, innovation and flexibility.
- You’ll have the chance to work from your home office or our co-working spaces several times a week. There’s often a set team day on site, otherwise you can work flexibly throughout Switzerland.
- We’ll support you in your development and with achieving your career goals, including through our extensive internal range of professional development opportunities.
- We understand you need to unwind. That’s why you’re entitled to six weeks’ leave a year.
- As well as a free Half Fare Travelcard or a discounted GA Travelcard, there are many other attractive discounts with Swiss Post employee offers.
Read our pioneer blog to find out about further exciting reasons to undertake a graduate internship or trainee programme at PostFinance.
Get to know us
Find out more about how you can shape the Swiss financial market. Get to know our employees and PostFinance as an employer at the following (virtual) events.
When | Where |
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When 6 March 2025 |
Where Conecto ZHAW 2025 |
When 18 March 2025 |
Where FHNW Career Day |
When 26 March 2025 |
Where Graduate fair, Bern |
When 27 March 2025 |
Where Career event at the University of Lucerne |
When 16 October 2025 |
Where IT-Day Zürich |
Do you have any questions about our career entry programmes?
If you have any questions or want to find out more about our career entry programmes, you can contact Lakshana or Nayana. They would be delighted to hear from you!

Lakshana Sinnadurai
Head of Career Entry Programmes

Nayana-Maria Chakkalakkal
Young Professionals Specialist
Would you like to stay in contact with us?
Then sign up for our PostFinance Talent Community and find out immediately when our internship and traineeship vacancies are posted online.