We care about how we do business, and we care about our employees.
Our goal is to provide a sustainable working environment for our people. We want our work to make a difference, and value skills development and learning.
Our values
NIB’s values are the foundation of how our organisation operates, guiding both our internal conduct and our relationships with external stakeholders. Aligned with our mission and strategy, they shape our culture and the impact we create.
Trust
We build trust through collaboration and openness.
One NIB
We align our priorities to support common goals. We succeed together, acting as one team supporting and challenging each other, we are building a culture where everyone belongs.
Embracing diverse perspectives
We value and respect every voice. Different backgrounds and views make us stronger, and we encourage everyone to contribute and challenge ideas constructively.
Continuous learning
We keep learning every day. We take responsibility for developing our own skills and knowledge.
Growth mindset
We approach challenges as opportunities to grow. We are open to feedback and ready to stretch beyond what we already know.
Curiosity
We are curious, open‑minded, and eager to learn. We explore new perspectives, inside and outside the Bank.
Delivering our mission
We stay focused on our mission and take responsibility for our decisions, considering their impact on people, society, and the environment.
Client centricity
We understand our clients’ needs and act in their long-term interest, delivering high-quality solutions that create mutual value and lasting trust.
Accountability
We take ownership of our work and hold ourselves accountable for delivering our best – for our colleagues, our clients, and our mission.
Integrity
We act with integrity, diligence, and transparency in everything we do, applying sound banking principles.
Ambition for impact
We aim higher and focus on where we can create long‑term value. We strive for excellence and embrace change.
Agility
We adapt as the world around us changes and anticipate tomorrow’s needs. We stay flexible, open to new ways of working and we dare to differ.
Taking initiative
We are proactive and look for opportunities to improve. We make things happen where it matters, learning as we go from what works and what doesn’t.
Supporting our people
We are committed to building a responsible, supportive, and equitable workplace.
We offer all employees non-monetary benefits. These are for example relocation and advisory services for international employees to ensure a safe and equal start of an employment, health packages with occupational healthcare, insurance coverage, and other services that support everyday life. Flexible working models and family leave policies support work–life balance and reflect NIB’s responsible operating principles.
Family leave
Our staff are granted pregnancy, parental and childcare leave according to Finnish legislation and provisions of Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. Parental allowance currently in Finland for one child is paid for a total of 320 working days, of which NIB pays full salary for six months. If a child has two parents, each parent can get parental allowance for 160 working days. Read more here. Once parents’ right to parental leave has ended, parents can choose either municipal or private day care for their child or child home care allowance. All children under school age are entitled to early childhood education and care.
For NIB, a sustainable workplace means that we trust and respect each other. We are committed to promoting fair and equal treatment of all our employees, and aim for a balanced diversity among our staff. We support inclusion and strive to prevent discrimination and harassment. The foundation of these values are set out in NIB’s Code of Conduct, our Staff Regulations and other staff-related documents.
We are taking concrete actions on these matters, and NIB has a Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Plan in place. For the period of 2025–2027, the Plan focuses on a diversified workforce, strengthening equality and fairness around compensation, and fostering an inclusive and flexible workplace culture.
Diversity
We define diversity as the involvement of people from a wide range of different backgrounds in our work community. Diversity incorporates all elements that make an individual unique. We aim for diversity among our employees and within our teams with respect to gender, age, nationality, ethnic origin, social background, etc. For us, diversity is about valuing, respecting and acknowledging the differences between people, and seeing those differences as an asset for NIB.
Equality
For us, equality means that we commit to the fair treatment of all our employees. Equality is based on the belief that we respect the worth of each individual and that we all should have opportunities for professional growth and for utilising our talents, irrespective of our personal characteristics or beliefs.
Inclusion
Inclusion means that everyone at NIB feels appreciated as an individual and is able to make a meaningful contribution to their work. We foster a work environment that welcomes all employees into our community, and where everyone feels valued and supported. Harassment is not tolerated at NIB, and we strive to provide protection to individuals that face concerns in these matters.
Wellbeing, health and safety at work and beyond
We regard our employees’ wellbeing as of the utmost
importance, recognising it as a critical component of our
organisational success.
NIB offers its staff wide coverage of medical care and occupational health care services. To promote wellbeing across the organisation, we offer employees various initiatives aimed at supporting healthier lifestyle. NIB’s benefit package includes a set of selected options to improve everyday wellbeing.
A safe environment is also a high priority for us. We support ergonomic conditions at the office or remote working. Our aim is to build a positive and safe working environment under changing conditions.
We offer staff voluntary safety or emergency training programmes to increase readiness and preparedness in different situations. Through these efforts, we strive to safeguard our employees’ wellbeing, both within the workplace and beyond it.
Our voice survey
The most recent employee engagement survey showed that NIB’s employees value each other’s commitment and team spirit, as well as supervisory work.
Our employees also stated that they feel high commitment and alignment with NIB’s strategy, vision and culture.
Read more about the survey from our latest annual report.
Our employees are one of our most important assets. Without highly skilled personnel, we cannot reach our targets and fulfil the Bank’s mission.
We run the engagement survey twice a year, and the survey includes statements covering wellbeing and engagement, with the aim of both measuring and promoting them across the organisation.
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Development
Training opportunities
We value our employees’ dedication to continuously develop their skills. NIB offers various training opportunities to support our people’s professional growth and to enhance their ability to address future work challenges and changes in the way we work. Training opportunities include courses and programmes provided by a range of external vendors, as well as mandatory and voluntary internal online training opportunities.
In addition, we periodically arrange seminars for staff on topics such as financial market developments, collateral, bonds and bond markets, emissions trading schemes, gender aspects, or IT development.
The average number of training hours per employee was 11.6 in 2025.
Career development
NIB encourages individual career planning for its staff. Personal appraisal and development discussions between supervisors and employees are held at least twice a year.
We offer job rotation possibilities across different departments within the Bank to support career development.
Employees who have been working at NIB for several years can participate in a career counselling programme. The programme gives employees the chance to reflect on their career development, strengths and weaknesses as well as their self-leadership skills.
Young professionals and traineeships
NIB Young Professionals Programme aims to provide tools relevant for the finance industry, and to support career development and networking.
We also offer traineeship programmes, usually students or recent graduates. Every year, the Bank welcomes a number of trainees to support its different units in their daily tasks. The traineeship periods vary, but typically start around the summer.
As with other regular positions at NIB, the Bank helps international candidates with relocation and assists in finding suitable accommodation.
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Employee voices
My Vu
Business Support Officer
My position at NIB
I work in the Lending and Treasury Administration as a Business Support Officer. While my main responsibility is collateral management, I also participate in other tasks of the team such as processing financial instruments traded in NIB’s Treasury department and executing payments for both Treasury and Lending transactions. This includes control of transactions and confirmations for all desks and transaction types.
What NIB’s mission means to me
What makes NIB unique to me is its mission to finance projects to improve productivity and benefit the environment of the Nordic and Baltic countries. It is reflected in the way all NIB loans are carefully analyzed in terms of their project impact to the environment and productivity. This sustainability approach to business not only is a responsible business principle but also shows that NIB strives for a more stable and secure environment for its long-term prosperity.
Why I applied
I was still studying when I first joined the Bank as a Trainee in the Treasury Middle Office unit. Even though the Traineeship was only for a short time, I realized how much I had learned from my colleagues at NIB and developed. Aiming at learning more about the Bank and obtained a better comprehension of the big picture, I later joined the Back Office to continue my journey with NIB.
What I like most about my job
The tasks in my unit require a lot of teamwork and collaboration, which I personally enjoy a lot. The culturally diverse working environment in NIB offer the opportunity for me to learn from colleagues of different background, which in turns brings out quite a lot of fresh ideas and inspiration.
What I like about Helsinki
Helsinki offers a wide range of great events for people with different interests. There are interesting museums, wonderful food events and music festivals all around the city, especially during the summer when the sun hardly sets. I also enjoy the possibility to escape into the nature occasionally, as forests, seaside, and islands are not far from the city centre.
Ankit Sharma
Senior IT Specialist (solutions)
My position at NIB
I work in NIB’s IT Application Development & Support Unit, Business & IT Services Department. My focus is primarily on developing new functionality for the use of NIB’s Treasury in accordance with industry standards and the Bank’s business requirements. In addition, my work involves improving development processes and automation as well as working with multiple vendors to make sure the application services are delivered with the highest quality for the whole Bank.
What NIB’s mission means to me
NIB’s mission to fund projects that benefit the environment appeals to me as it addresses the global crisis of climate change. Our mission motivates me as the climate crisis affects us all; the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe.
Why I applied
I was offered to join NIB’s IT team and work on a large-scale IT implementation project in 2018. Before joining NIB, I had been working as a consultant for multiple banks for years and decided to work for a Bank directly. This has allowed me to start understanding how a bank works beyond IT as well as getting a better grasp of its different functions.
What I like most about my job
I love that I am entrusted with exciting tasks that keep me engaged and motivated. I also have a great degree of autonomy in my job. This has allowed me to step up and be involved in many challenging projects. It is also interesting to work with colleagues from various cultural backgrounds and see how different perspectives & ideas results into improved innovation. During the pandemic, I have also been grateful for NIB’s flexibility as an employer.
What I like about Helsinki
Coming from a tropical country myself, it thrills me to live in Helsinki and enjoy winter activities in and outside the city and relaxing in a sauna afterwards. The metropolitan area itself is quite dense but in very close vicinity to peaceful and quiet nature that I regularly visit for trekking. In summer, I really enjoy exploring the architectural marvels of the city by bike.
Igors Kasjanovs
Senior Economist
My position at NIB
I work in the Sustainability and Mandate unit as a productivity mandate analyst. In my everyday work, I analyse the projects financed by NIB from the perspective of economic impacts – both on the financed counterparties and, perhaps even more importantly, on the other stakeholders surrounding the project (customers, suppliers, employees, market environment, and the economy as a whole).
What NIB’s mission means to me
NIB’s mission is at the heart of the Bank’s operations and, more personally, the main reason why I joined the Bank. Working as an economist, you rarely see the outcome of your work. In the case of my work at NIB, by living and travelling in the Nordic-Baltic region, I can observe the real-life impacts that the financing provided by NIB has.
Why I applied
I joined NIB in the autumn of 2017. Before applying, I knew about the existence of NIB, but was not aware of the Bank’s mission and mandate. It felt right to me to join a financial institution that is driven not only exclusively by classical market principles, but also has an overarching purpose embedded in all the operations of the Bank of creating a more prosperous and sustainable living environment for Nordic-Baltic society.
What I like most about my job
The diversity of the projects that I have to work with is truly exciting. In any given time, I’m working on analysing multiple projects in various locations and from different sectors of the economy. In my work process, I can meet highly knowledgeable professionals from the respective industries and have incredibly valuable conversations with CEOs and CFOs of the companies. That helps me to learn and gain insight that I would not be able to get anywhere else.
What I like about Helsinki
I feel very comfortable living in Helsinki. For me, as a bit of an introvert, it is important that I can avoid crowds, but at the same time retain access to high-level public services. That being said, the most important part of Helsinki for me is the closeness to nature. Amazingly, in 15 minutes, you can reach forests, lakes, islands and submerge yourself in the wilderness of Nordic nature. And even in the city centre and the suburbs, there is enough greenery to feel comfortable.
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Staff related documents
Staff regulations, code of conduct and other documents that govern our operations.
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Integrity & Compliance
Good governance, transparency and accountability are essential for sustainable finance.
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