Wealth and Insurance Industrial Placement Scheme - Leeds

targetjobs UK; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Targetjobs UK is recruiting for a year-long Wealth and Insurance Industrial Placement to help shape financial products and customer experiences. You will rotate across teams, learn about customer insights, data-driven decisions and commercial strategy within a UK-based programme.

The placement is hybrid with in-office days in Leeds or Edinburgh, designed for a penultimate-year student ready to develop leadership and analytical skills in finance, technology and customer insight.

Qualifications

• Penultimate-year university student in STEM/commerce would be ideal.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking with a data mindset.
• Ability to learn quickly and work collaboratively across teams.

Skills

STEM mindset

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

Penultimate year student

Job description

Help shape the future of financial confidence

We help millions of customers…. from insuring a first car to planning for retirement, helping customers invest for the future to protecting the things that matter most, we support millions of customers through life's biggest financial moments.

Our Wealth and Insurance business exists to help people feel more confident about their financial future. Whether that's protecting what matters today, building long-term financial wellbeing or preparing for retirement, our products and services help customers navigate an increasingly complex world.

Join our Wealth and Insurance IP Scheme and you'll play a part in shaping the future of how we support customers. You'll help us understand their needs, improve their experiences and develop the products, propositions and services that make a real difference to their lives.

You'll work at the intersection of customers, business, data and innovation, helping us respond to some of society's biggest challenges including an ageing population, changing retirement expectations, low confidence in managing money and the transfer of wealth between generations.

As the UK's only integrated banking, insurance and investment provider, we offer a unique opportunity to understand the full financial journey and help shape what comes next for millions of customers.

Is this scheme for you?

We're looking for people who are naturally curious and interested in how businesses create value for customers.

You might have an interest in finance, business, technology, customer experience or data. Whatever your degree background, you'll enjoy understanding problems, exploring new ideas and finding better ways to do things.

You'll thrive if you're curious and open-minded, comfortable challenging the status quo, interested in customers and what drives their decisions, analytical and commercially aware, collaborative and relationship-focused, and motivated to make a positive impact.

This is a year long placement for future leaders who want to help shape the future of Wealth and Insurance.

What You'll Learn

You'll build a broad understanding of our customers, products, propositions and commercial strategy while developing skills that will support your long-term career.

The impact you'll make

During your rotations, you could use customer insight and data to identify opportunities for improvement, support projects that influence future products and propositions, help improve customer experiences and journeys, contribute to strategic decisions that shape our business, work across teams and generate insights that support senior decision-making.

Most importantly, you'll help us deliver better outcomes for customers while gaining exposure to the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of financial services.

We'll invest in you

Alongside hands-on experience, you'll benefit from a structured learning and development journey designed to accelerate your growth.

We'll help you build the confidence, commercial understanding and leadership skills needed to succeed in Wealth and Insurance.

Why Wealth and Insurance?

The world is changing. Customers' expectations are evolving, technology is transforming our industry and financial confidence has never been more important.

That's why we're investing in the next generation of talent. People who can combine commercial thinking, customer understanding, digital capability and fresh perspectives to help shape our future.

Requirements

What you need to apply

• Be in your penultimate year at university.
• Be a problem solver who brings a STEM mindset, using data and logic while staying curious about people and how organisationswork
• While we do not require a set minimum degree level, we highly recommend the ability to demonstrate sound knowledge, comprehension and technical skills aligned to the role. Some aspects of this will be assessed through the application process.
• Note: We cannot sponsor visas.

Locations

Edinburgh and Leeds. We support hybrid working, where you’ll be expected to spend a minimum of two days each week in the office where you have been placed.

Opening and Closing Date

Applications for our Wealth and Insurance Industrial Placement open on 10th September and close on 8th November.