Hello, we’re IG Group. No, not Instagram – though we're a pretty big deal ourselves.
We’re a global, FTSE 250-listed company made up of a collection of progressive fintech brands in the world of online trading and investing. The best part? We’ve snapped up many awards for our top-class platforms, forward-thinking products, and incredible employee experiences.
We believe in financial freedom. And our purpose is to help ambitious people achieve it. Around 400,000 people use our groundbreaking technology and forward-thinking platforms to trade the financial products they know and love.
The role
IG Group is seeking an ambitious undergraduate completing a finance, accounting, or business-related degree to join an 11-month, fully paid industrial placement where you can experience the inner workings of a FTSE 250 Internal Audit department.
What you’ll do
You will work within the Internal Audit team, that is made up of 15 staff based in the UK, Poland and South Africa. The role of the team is to review and assess the risk to the business and the controls they operate. They do this by conducting audits of key business areas and identifying gaps and issues.
The role can be tailored to the successful candidate's skills and interests. Depending on your background and experience you could join the IT audit team and review technology activities including software development, IT operations and cyber security, or focus more on financial, operational and compliance auditing.
The role will grant the successful candidate the opportunity to gain hands-on experience within an enterprise-wide function that is responsible for assessing / auditing the risk and control environment that enables the success of the business, through:
- Attending meetings with stakeholders
- Documenting walkthroughs of business activities
- Assessing risk and testing of control activities
- Learning/developing data analytics skills and the expansion of AI capabilities/ techniques.
What you’ll need for this role
- Interest in financial services and ideally experience in trading the IG suite of products.
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to absorb and process new information.
- Microsoft Office experience (Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
How is it structured?
- Programme length: 11-month placement
- Salary: Competitive pro-rata salary
- Location: City of London
- Working model: hybrid (3 office days per week)
Throughout your 11-month placement, you’ll get exposure to a wide breadth of the business's activity including strategy, commercial development, back-office operations, finance, risk management and compliance.
Following your induction, you will be assigned a line manager who will support and coach you throughout your industrial placement. You’ll attend training courses alongside our graduates and have access to a huge range of IG learning and development resources. You’ll be part of a larger community of graduates which is a fantastic opportunity to grow your network.
On successful completion of your industrial placement, you will be able to apply for our graduate programme.
Industrial placement recruitment process
- Application review
- Online Assessment
- Interview with Internal Audit Team management
