Wealth & Retail Banking Intern UAE 2027(UAE Nationals)

Standard Chartered; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 28,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured induction

Mentors and buddies

Professional skills development

Job summary

Standard Chartered invites penultimate-year students to join the Wealth & Retail Banking Internship Programme 2027 in the United Arab Emirates. You will rotate across Affluent Banking, Wealth Solutions, and Digital Banking, tackling real business challenges with guided mentorship, and gain hands-on experience within our global network.

The programme runs for 10 weeks, featuring induction, structured learning, and opportunities to contribute to client-focused projects while developing commercial

Qualifications

• Penultimate year student eligible to intern in June 2027.
• Permanent right to work in UAE.

Education

Penultimate year student

Job description

Job description

Wealth & Retail BankingInternshipProgramme 2027

Weservemore than 13 million individuals and small businesses, with a focus on the affluent segment which encompasses Private Banking, Priority Private, Priority Banking, and PremiumBanking. Within the mass retailsector, our strategic focus is onemerging affluent clients who will progress in their wealth journey with us, forming the futurepipeline of affluent clients.

We'rea leading wealth manager in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and our deep local presence and international network enables us to capture the strong structural tailwinds which are driving cross-border wealth flows. Our comprehensive productofferingsspan across deposits, payments, financing, advisory,investmentsand bancassurance.

About theInternshipProgramme- howyou’lllearn and grow

Join a skills-first organisation where your potential matters more than yourbackground.Over 10 weeks,you'llwork onreal businesschallenges, build future-ready skills, and gain insight into how we support clients,facilitatetrade and finance growth across our markets. Working alongside colleagues across our global network,you'lldevelop the skills,confidenceand connections to accelerate your career. For many interns, this is the first step towards a graduate role with us.

The programme will support your development through:

• A10-week summer internship
• A structured induction and orientation
• Exposure to our products,clientsand international network
• Real projects and meaningful responsibilities from day one
• Technical,professionaland behavioural skills development
• Support from managers,mentorsandbuddies
• Opportunities to learn from senior leaders and industry experts
• Community and volunteering initiatives.

Where you could work

You’ll be placed into one of the following teams:

• AffluentBanking:Accelerating wealth growth for our affluent clients - Personal,Premium, Priority, Priority Private and PrivateBanking.
• WealthSolutions:Committed to building,managingand protecting client’s wealth.
• Digital Banking:Using data and NextGen technology to deliver personalised banking solutions.
• Bancassurance Performance and Analytics:Supports the business through the application of data, AI, and analytics to enhance performance.

Bring the skills -we'llhelp youbuild your career

We welcome students from all degree disciplines and backgrounds, recognising that diverse perspectives drive innovation.

We'relooking for people who can:

• Take ownershipand show initiative when tackling challenges
• Think critically and solve problemsusing logic,analysisand sound judgement
• Learn quickly and stay curious, seekingopportunitiesto grow and develop
• Build strong relationshipsand collaborate effectively with others
• Adaptand perform under pressurein a fast-paced environment
• Demonstratecommercial curiosityand an interest in clients,marketsand global trends.

Eligibility

To be eligible for thisinternship, you should be apenultimate yearstudent,able to intern in June 2027, and start full time in July 2028. Youshould have the permanent legal right to work in the countryyou'reapplyingto.

You can only submit one application within a six-month period, so take time to review our opportunities and apply for the role that best fits your interests,skillsand career goals.

Exceptions

• UAE: UAE nationals.

Key Dates

• Assessment Centres: October 2026 onwards
• Start Date:June 2027

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter,we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment Assessments

Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

Preferred candidate

Nationality

United Arab Emirates