Strategic Advisory & Solutions Intern Singapore 2027

Cooper & Hall Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Chartered’s Corporate & Investment Banking division invites applications for a Strategic Advisory & Solutions Intern in Singapore for 2027. You will work on real business challenges within a global advisory platform, gaining insight into capital structure, financing and sustainability decisions.

Over ten weeks, you’ll receive structured induction, exposure to products and international network, and meaningful responsibilities from day one, with guidance from managers, mentors and

Job description

Strategic Advisory & Solutions Intern Singapore 2027

The Strategic Advisory & Solutions (SAS) team is a global advisory platform within Corporate & Investment Banking. They partner with corporate and financial institution clients across multiple sectors and regions to deliver strategic advice on complex capital structure, financing and sustainability decisions.

Bringing together expertise across Capital Structure & Rating Advisory, Transition Finance & Advisory and Islamic Banking, SAS operates in a product and sector agnostic manner, combining deep analytical capabilities with the Bank’s global network to deliver tailored, outcome-driven solutions.

With presence across all Standard Chartered’s key markets, the team works closely with coverage, product and sector teams to originate opportunities, unlock balance sheet capacity and drive revenue growth for the Bank.

Join a skills-first organisation where your potential matters more than your background. Over 10 weeks, you’ll work on real business challenges, build future-ready skills, and gain insight into how we support clients, facilitate trade and finance growth across our markets. Working alongside colleagues across our global network, you’ll develop the skills, confidence and 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:

A structured induction and orientation

Exposure to our products, clients and international network

Real projects and meaningful responsibilities from day one

Technical, professional and behavioural skills development

Support from managers, mentors and buddies

Opportunities to learn from senior leaders and industry experts

Community and volunteering initiatives

Where you could work

During the assessment process,we’llhelp match you to the role that best fits your strengths and interests:

Transition Finance & Advisory

Islamic Banking

Bring the skills - we’llhelp youbuild your career

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

We’re looking for people who can:

Take ownership, show initiative and are willing to learn

Think critically and solve problems using logic, analysis and sound judgement

Learn quickly, stay curious and seek opportunities to grow and develop

Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with others

Adapt and perform under pressure in a fast-paced environment

Are curious about how businesses, markets and economies connect and grow.

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.

About Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB)

We are a super-connector for many of the world’s largest companies across more than 50 markets, playing a central role in global trade, capital flows and economic growth. We work with governments, financial institutions, and some of the world’s most ambitious corporates to help them expand, invest, and navigate uncertainty across increasingly complex and fast-changing markets.

What makes us distinctive is our combination of deep local expertise with an extensive and unique global network. We support clients across risk management, financing, transaction services, advisory, and sustainable finance, helping move capital to where it’s needed most and supporting the real economy across our footprint.

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 well being.

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 globalstandards 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

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