Graduate Trainee – Financial Crime

Our Financial Crime Hub brings together all aspects of financial crime activities across the bank. Our purpose is simple, to prevent and detect against 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 depth and 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
• Experience a breadth of knowledge, skills and experiences within our financial crime hub, future skills, and critical people capabilities
• Enhance your leadership potential by building the skills you’ll need in the future 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 Investigators, Sanctions Analysts, Quality Assurance Analysts and Client Specialists. 

How you’ll benefit 

We’ll reward you with a starting salary of £35,000. And on top of your salary, you’ll also 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