UK Corporate Banking Summer Internship Programme 2027 London

Purpose of the Role

To participate in the day-to-day activities of the UK Corporate Banking division, providing insights and expertise that help senior colleagues make informed client-focused decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new market opportunities.

Accountabilities

• Manage client relationships and provide customer service support to clients and customers, responding to questions about products and services, and processing transactions under steadily decreasing supervision.
• Execute small research projects to support strategic decision-making, and prepare presentations and reports to communicate research findings; collaborate with senior management to implement research findings for UK Corporate Banking.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
• Participate in training and development programs to enhance skills and knowledge.
• Identify opportunities, develop business cases, and support the deployment and launch of new products and services for UK Corporate Banking.

Analyst Expectations

• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a consistently high standard, driving continuous improvement.
• Use in-depth technical knowledge and experience in the assigned area of expertise.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.
• Lead and supervise a team by guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements, and coordinating team resources (where applicable).
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors where there are leadership responsibilities: Listen and be authentic; Energise and inspire; Align across the enterprise; Develop others.
• For an individual contributor, develop technical expertise in the work area and act as an advisor where appropriate.
• Have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Take responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies and procedures appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies and procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision-making within own area of expertise.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls in relation to work owned or contributed to, delivering responsibilities in line with relevant rules, regulation, and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how the sub-function integrates with the function, alongside knowledge of the organisation’s products, services, and processes.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to achieving the objectives of the organisation’s sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgments based on analysis of factual information, with attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions using acquired technical experience, guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members, communicating complex or sensitive information.
• Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside the immediate function and build a network of contacts outside the team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

Summer Internship Programme Overview

Join us as a Summer Intern and discover the world of finance and technology. Engage in real projects that provide a comprehensive business overview. Select your desired business area for an in-depth introduction, taking on immediate responsibility guided by a mentor and line manager. Build connections, explore new horizons, and unlock growth opportunities in this 10-week journey. Join us during the summer of your penultimate year of university to build skills, expand knowledge, and embark on an impactful path towards a promising career.

Why the UK Corporate Banking Summer Internship Programme?

The Barclays UK Corporate Bank oversees senior corporate coverage within the bank’s home market. This unit strategically collaborates with major corporate clients in the UK to address their banking requirements. We differentiate through an industry-specialised approach, ensuring staff are experts within chosen markets. With regional offices providing nationwide coverage, we can effectively assist and engage with UK corporations using a localised relationship model.

As a summer analyst, you will gain foundational banking knowledge, learning about a bank’s role in the UK economy. You will support strategic clients with diverse needs, from everyday banking to complex mergers, acquisitions, and broader areas like Environmental, Social and Governance planning. As an intern, you’ll develop essential relationship and technical skills for a banking career and engage with various banking divisions, mastering the skills required for exceptional corporate banking.

UK Corporate Banking at Barclays

UK Corporate Bank supports large and medium corporate clients turning over £6.5m per annum up to FTSE 350 firms. We provide the financial and advisory capabilities UK businesses need, from day-to-day banking to complex corporate financing arrangements. Our dedicated sector and regional specialists leverage market-leading relationships, powerful data and insights, and the wider Barclays network to deliver innovative financing solutions that help achieve a more expansive, better-connected future for our clients.

Who We’re Looking For

To be considered for this programme, you must be in your penultimate year of your degree, in any discipline.

Ideally, you have a keen interest in finance and business. We value resourcefulness, teamwork, enthusiasm, and an entrepreneurial spirit, which may be shown through involvement in extracurricular activities.

Barclays will accept applications from candidates who require visa sponsorship to work in the UK and will provide a skilled worker visa for successful applicants if they meet the Home Office’s eligibility criteria for a skilled worker visa. Successful applicants who are not eligible to receive a skilled worker visa, and who we are therefore unable to secure a skilled worker visa for, will be required to have their own legal right to work in the UK on a full-time basis from June 2027 to August 2027.

Working in London

If you love the buzz of city life, our global HQ is the place to be. Our London hub is in Canary Wharf, at the heart of London’s financial district. Here, you’ll be well placed to explore the nation’s capital and the many functions and opportunities of a global financial giant. If you’re technically minded, you’ll also collaborate with other brilliant minds on game-changing innovations that are redefining the future of finance.