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Graduates & Internships


This section includes graduate jobs and financial internships for recent graduates and undergraduates across all areas of investment banking and financial services, including fixed income, equities, trading, sales, corporate finance and M&A, and hedge funds.

Investment banks and financial services institutions hire graduates into junior trainee positions after they have completed a first degree, a Masters or a PhD. The most junior roles in investment banks are typically referred to as 'analyst' jobs, so graduates entering banks are known as 'analysts.'

In many cases, financial services firms and investment banks expect students who want to work for them in a financial career to complete an internship before they join. These internships come in several formats. In most cases, they are summer internships, which typically take place over a 10 or 12 week period during the summer months of a student's second year. At European banks, however, it is common for students to participate in far longer financial internships lasting for many months or even years. Often, these are part of a student's university course. Equally, week-long investment banking internships for first year university students are becoming more popular, with the intention of giving students a short introduction to the industry. Finally, for students who are unwilling or unable to undertake a summer internship, many banks are now offering a winter internship option as well. However, the summer internship remains the main route to getting a job.

It is common for the best students completing internships in financial services firms and investment banks to gain an offer of a full time graduate position, usually to start the following year after graduation. Successful interns return to join financial graduate training schemes. These schemes usually include both an element of classroom-based training and training on the job, with the latter often including rotations between different job functions so that students understand how the business works.

Investment banks are notoriously demanding when it comes to graduate and intern recruitment. They typically select university students with very strong academic qualifications and an ability to articulate precisely why they want to work in the industry. Students who are not successful in gaining an internship and then a job offer before they graduate may still be able to find a graduate role, but the process becomes much harder: many graduate finance jobs are filled by the previous year's interns.

This section includes both financial graduate jobs and internships related to financial services firms' investment banks' formal graduate training programmes and any graduate jobs and internships that appear on an ad hoc basis.

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Summer Intern, Platts MM Sales team TheMcGraw-HillCompanies not disclosed UK-London 16 May 12

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Graduate Trainee Futures Trader FUTEX Competitive UK-London 16 May 12

Futex is the leading Proprietary Trading House in the UK with 75 traders in offices in London and Surrey. We ...

Compliance Trainee - 11 months Fixed Term Contract Société Générale - UK Competitive UK-London 16 May 12

To provide compliance and administrative support to the Policy Training & Registrations Team, and the UK Compl...

Software Engineer Hong Kong Future In Finance 650000 - 750000 HKD UK-London 16 May 12

We are looking for a talented Software Engineer to join our client's Global Development Team. The Global Devel...

Quantitative Electronic Services - Trader Desk Assistant Société Générale - UK Competitive UK-London 16 May 12

Quantitative Electronic Services is a team of 9 people in London and 4 in Paris who provide algorithmic and di...

IT Intern Newedge not disclosed UK-London 16 May 12

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RISK ANALYST – GLASGOW (ENTRY LEVEL – ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT) cer Financial £Negotiable UK-Glasgow 16 May 12

The risk function was formed in 2011 and is responsible for evaluating, monitoring and controlling Credit, Mar...

Researcher/Trainee Headhunter Kaizen Finance Ltd £excellent UK-London 16 May 12

Global Markets Executive Search Firm with strong international reputation is seeking a graduate researcher/tra...

Technician – Desktop Administration / Desktop Support Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd Competitive UK-London 16 May 12

Dimensional Fund Advisors is a global asset manager with over $220 billion under management. Headquartered in ...

Trainee and Probationary Trader GTC and Zone Invest 50000 UK-London 15 May 12

Trainee trial positions available on Zone Invests trading desk in the heart of the City.

Credit Risk Analyst Nomura Competitive UK-London 15 May 12

Nomura is a leading financial services group and the preeminent Asian-based investment bank with worldwide rea...

Multilingual Recruitment Consultant - Financial Markets Euro London Banking and Financial Markets Competitive base salary + commission + i... UK-London 15 May 12

Are you looking for a rewarding career with the leader in multilingual recruitment? A career that will offer y...

English-Mandarin Reporters & Interns Dice Holdings Group Competitive UK-London 15 May 12

A new business within the Dice Holdings Group, we are looking for a hands-on, bilingual English-Mandarin journ...

Risk Analytics Change International NA UK-Glasgow 15 May 12

Risk Analytics Glasgow .

Work Experience, Internship – London Delta Executive Search Unpaid UK-London 15 May 12

Leading City Based Boutique Financial Services Emerging Markets specialist Executive Search firm. Offering ...

Investment Graduate Scheme M&G Group Competitive UK-London 14 May 12

M&G is one of Europe's leading asset management firms. We are responsible for investing over £200 billion* wo...

Global Investment Banking Summer Analyst Program - London Not Disclosed Based on performance UK-London 14 May 12

Program starting date: 9th July 2012 Duration: Full-time (5 weeks) or part-time (5 weekends)

Business Support Manager - Operations NEST (National Employment Savings Trust) competitive UK-London 14 May 12

Responsible for providing operational and strategic support to the Director and has a central role ensuring th...

Analyst - Intern (UK) AXA Investment Managers . UK-London 14 May 12

Our objective is to attract world-class talent that will enable us to maintain a leading position in our indus...

Internships – Operations - Nationwide Santander Competitive UK-North West 14 May 12

It's time to find your calling with one of the world's largest banks.

Analyst, Natural Resources Commonwealth Bank of Australia Competitive UK-London 14 May 12

The role will support members of the NRS Team in London in the origination of new business and the management ...

Project Analyst NEST (National Employment Savings Trust) Market Competitive UK-London 14 May 12

NEST Corporation is looking for talented individuals to join their PMO team as a project analyst. The role wil...

Derivative Sales Trainee Société Générale - UK Competitive UK-London 14 May 12

Supporting the Derivate Sales desk covering coroporate clients across Russia, CIS by assisting in daily tasks....

Trainee FX Sales Assistant - Internship Société Générale - UK Competitive UK-London 14 May 12

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Bank is a leading player with 12,000 professionals in over 40 countrie...

Interest Rate / FX Derivative Sales Assistant Société Générale - UK Competitive UK-London 14 May 12

Interest rate/FX derivative Sales Assistant within the cross selling tea

Loan Sales Intern Société Générale - UK Competitive UK-London 14 May 12

This is a unique opportunity to work within and support a high profile Loan Sales team within the bank's loan...

Financial Institution Advisory Trainee Société Générale - UK Competitive UK-London 14 May 12

The trainee will join the Financial Institution Advisory (FIA) team in charge of providing advisory and custom...

German speaking Economic Research Analyst, London Morgan McKinley NA UK-London 14 May 12

A global investment bank is looking to hire an Economic Research Analyst to join their Fixed Income Sales and ...

Regulatory Transactions Consultant IMS to £25,000 plus bonus and benefits UK-London 14 May 12

The IMS Group is a professional financial services group for the asset management and securities industry. IMS...

2012 Financial Software Development - Entry Level Bloomberg benefits UK-London 14 May 12

The Role Bloomberg, the premier financial technology firm, offers exciting opportunities for highly motivated ...

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