Graduate Trainee - Finance

NatWest Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Scotland is seeking a Graduate Trainee in Finance. This three-year program includes placements in Edinburgh, London, and Manchester, equipping you with crucial skills in financial management and stakeholder relations. You will receive a starting salary of £36,000 along with a flexible benefits package. Ideal candidates should possess a 2:1 degree and demonstrate strong analytical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a proactive approach. Apply early to secure your position!

Benefits

Flexible benefits package

Learn from industry experts

Access to world-leading research

Qualifications

• Must have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, communication skills.
• Attention to detail with creative problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with industry leaders in financial services.
• Manage the bank’s balance sheet and financial strategy.
• Develop excellent stakeholder management skills.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Creative problem-solving

Sense of initiative

Education

2:1 degree or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Why Finance? In Finance, we tie together all the financial activity across the bank through analysis, insight, and reporting. It’s our job to manage the bank’s balance sheet, report on our financial performance, and make sure we’re making the right decisions for our customers.

Our customers expect their money to be well managed. We help our colleagues to make clear decisions while developing the right long-term financial strategy.

Our world-class graduate programme

As a graduate trainee in Finance, we’ll equip you with the knowledge, skills, and experiences you’ll need to make a significant impact through your work.

Over the course of this three-year programme, you will have 4 x 9 month placements (3 of which will be in Edinburgh or London with one of your placements being in Manchester) and you can expect to:

• Work with respected industry leaders to develop a comprehensive understanding of the financial services sector, products, and operations
• Quickly deepen your analytical skills and see how we use data to make decisions to improve what matters most to our customers
• Be involved in core finance activities, such as managing the bank’s balance sheet, reporting on financial performance, and developing a long-term financial strategy
• Nurture excellent relationship management skills by managing multiple stakeholders from a range of businesses
• Develop your ability to negotiate and challenge with purpose to make clear decisions and deliver good customer outcomes
• Tailor your experience by studying towards a professional accountancy qualification with ICAS

After three years, your programme will end. Before that, we’ll support you in applying for your next job and you’ll be well positioned to apply for finance roles in Tax, Treasury, Investor Relations, Finance Partnering, and Business Intelligence teams, and across our control functions.

How you’ll benefit

We’ll reward you with a starting salary of £36,000. And on top of your salary, you’ll have access to our flexible benefits package.

You can also expect to:

• Learn from industry experts and immediately apply your learnings
• Enrich your learning with access to world-leading research and insights
• Accelerate your analytical capability
• Explore your potential in a truly inclusive environment
• Develop your relationship and stakeholder management skills
• Expand your global professional network
• Grow your confidence, build your resilience, and elevate your presence
• Experience first-hand what it’s like working in a purpose-driven organisation

Entry requirements

To be eligible for our Finance graduate programme, you’ll need:

• To have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Great communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Creative problem-solving skills
• A real sense of initiative and resourcefulness in your work

Ready to apply?

The application window for this programme will be open until we receive enough applications to fill our cohort. When that happens, we’ll close the programme to new applications. It’s important to take the time to make sure you’re making the right decision about the programme you want to apply for (you can only apply for one programme) but please complete your application as soon as you can to make sure you don’t miss out!

Not all of our graduate programmes offer Skilled Worker sponsorship. We will only offer sponsorship if there is a business requirement to do so and the job meets Skilled Worker Visa eligibility criteria.

Have another question?

Head over to our Applying and eligibility support page now for answers to some of our most commonly asked questions.

Hours

Hours 35

Job Posting Closing Date: not yet published. Ways of Working: Remote First