London – Long Term Internship 2025 – Automated Client Execution

Company Purpose

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact
• Being dedicated to the development of our people

Business Area

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach, present in 73 countries and employing more than 196,000 people, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group’s activities include Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (covered by Retail Banking & Services), and Corporate & Institutional Banking (serving corporate clients and institutional investors).

BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions. The Front Office Internship is part of either the Global Banking or Global Markets business lines.

Global Markets is BNP Paribas’ capital markets business within the Corporate & Institutional Bank (CIB), delivering solutions across asset classes and industry-leading services for clients including institutionals, corporates, private banks, and retail distribution networks.

The Automated Client Execution (ACE) team within FXLM provides algorithmic execution services to clients through its range of market-leading FX algo strategies.

Job Purpose

The role is to assist senior team members in day-to-day business activities and contribute to a variety of tasks and projects, providing a general introduction to the business, helping the team advance the product platform, and supporting the generation of P&L.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in technical and business skills training.
• Support senior team members with day-to-day activities.
• Gain familiarity with the algo platform and complete projects to improve and advance it.
• Gain familiarity with the FX fixing business and complete projects that contribute to the ACE team’s P&L.

Requirements

• A degree from a leading university in a quantitative discipline (such as Mathematics, Physics, or Computer Science) with an excellent academic record; or equivalent work experience.
• Good understanding of financial markets.
• Curious and eager to learn.
• Confident verbal and written communication and networking skills.
• Proficient with MS Office tools, including Excel.
• Great organisational, multitasking, and time management skills.
• Meticulous accuracy with a keen eye for detail.
• Team player with a proactive, independent, enthusiastic self-starter mindset and strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent spoken and written English; additional languages are an advantage.
• Strong programming skills: proficiency in either R or Python (both preferred). Knowledge of Java is desirable.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrable experience in data analysis and visualisation.

Conduct

• Be a role model by supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct.
• Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks.
• Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues.
• Embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity, and Code of Conduct).

Additional Notes

• You may only apply to four Long Term Internships over the course of a year (across any business area).
• Successful candidates for this long-term internship will be considered for London only.
• Please discuss the available start dates with your interviewers.
• Unsuccessful candidates’ CVs will be shared with other teams within BNP Paribas and considered for potentially suitable roles for the relevant recruitment round.

Location and Duration

• Location: London
• Duration: 11 months

Why Join Us

1. A Great Place to Work

• Aim for optimal work/life balance, which may include hybrid working, flexible working, and agile working (depending on role).
• Award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy, including:
  • Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays), with option to buy and sell holidays.
  • Valuable financial plans including a 12% non-contributory pension (moved to sustainable investments subject to relevant caps), life assurance, income protection, and personal accident insurance.
  • Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering (including private medical scheme, dental cover, wellbeing app, CBT support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP, Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support, neurodiversity assessment and support).
  • Key onsite services and facilities in London, including physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations, and a free onsite fitness centre.
  • Additional benefits such as emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and more.

2. Positive Impact

• Committed to Net Zero in all financing and investment portfolios by 2050.
• By 2030, 80% of energy production financing will be low carbon.
• Empowering people through volunteering: everyone gets four volunteering days each year (2023: over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people).

3. Development and Inclusion

• Support for skills development through training, talent programmes, mentoring, career days, and in-house career tools.
• Collaborative and inclusive culture with direct feedback and professional networks supporting Diversity and Inclusion, including Pride Network, Ability Network, MixCity, Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network, and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal Opportunities and Adjustments

• BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to legally protected characteristics.
• If you have a disability or health condition that may mean you’d benefit from adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.