Graduate Trainee - Financial Crime

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

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Edinburgh seeks a Financial Crime Graduate to join their two-year programme. You'll gain invaluable experience in preventing financial crime while working alongside industry experts. The role offers a starting salary of £36,000 and access to a flexible benefits package. Ideal candidates are analytical problem solvers who are collaborative and detail-oriented. Apply promptly as the window may close once enough applications are received.

Benefits

Flexible benefits package

Access to world-leading research

Inclusive environment for learning

Qualifications

• To have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree.
• A deep sense of curiosity and analytical skills.
• Enjoy collaborating with others and working as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Detect and prevent financial crime in a fast-paced environment.
• Work with industry leaders to build financial crime skills.
• Gain experience in operations, risk management, and data analytics.

Skills

Curiosity

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Education

2:1 or equivalent in degree

Job description

Why Financial Crime?

Our Financial Crime Hub brings together all aspects of financial crime activities across the bank. Our purpose is simply to prevent and detect financial crime, so that we can protect people, families, and businesses and contribute to a more secure society.

Our world-class graduate programme

As a Financial Crime Graduate, we’ll give you the best possible start to your career by equipping you with the knowledge, skills, and experiences you’ll need to make a significant impact through your work.

Over the course of this two-year programme, you can expect to:

• Detect and prevent financial crime in a fast-paced, ever evolving environment
• Work with respected industry leaders to build a breadth of specialist financial crime skills
• Gain unique experience working with key internal and external stakeholders across all three lines of defence
• Gain first-hand experience in multiple financial crime disciplines including operations, risk management, and data and analytics
• Enhance your leadership potential by building the skills you’ll need to lead projects and high-performing operational teams

At the end of the programme, you’ll be positioned well to apply for specialist roles in Financial Crime such as Anti-Money Laundering Investigator, Sanctions Analyst, Quality Assurance Analyst, and Client Specialist.

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
• Test, learn, and fail in a safe and inclusive environment
• Accelerate your creative thinking and decision-making capability
• Build a foundation of sought-after skills to build your career on
• Develop your data literacy and change 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 Financial Crime graduate programme, you’ll need:

• To have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree
• A deep sense of curiosity
• Analytical skills
• To enjoy collaborating with others and working as part of a team
• A proactive and resourceful approach to your work
• To be a keen problem solver
• Good attention to detail

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