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Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive.
This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.
Why Risk?
In Risk, our role is to make sure we're doing the right thing as an organisation - for our people and our customers. Risk management allows us to strike a balance between taking risks and reducing them.
It's our responsibility to manage risk across the bank, ensuring we have the right culture, strategy and rules in place. We also manage interactions with key regulators, providing trusted advice to the colleagues who serve our customers.
Our worldclass graduate programme
As a graduate trainee in Risk, 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:
- Delve into the world of credit risk, oversight and challenge
- Learn from industry experts and immediately apply your learnings
- Understand how to identify, analyse and report risks
- Work in areas like credit risk, financial crime, operational risk and compliance
- Gain unique experience through a range of change and innovation projects
- Discover how risk is managed in a dynamic financial institution
- Shape our policies and determine risk appetites
- Accelerate your capability by studying towards a professional qualification
What’s in it for you?
We’ll reward you with a starting salary of £33,500 a year. If you join a team based in London you’ll be awarded an additional allowance of £3,450 (pro rata). And on top of your salary, you’ll also have access to our flexible benefits package.
You can also look forward to
- Benefiting from significant exposure to our executive committee
- Enriching your learning through our NatWest Group Academy
- Accelerating your business partnering and stakeholder management capability
- Mastering your ability to influence change and challenge the status quo
- Expanding your global professional network
- Growing your confidence, building your resilience, and elevating your presence
- Experiencing first-hand what it’s like working in a purpose-driven organisation
At the end of the programme, you’ll be well positioned to secure a job as a risk partner, conduct/compliance advisor, operational risk manager, Financial Crime specialist or credit risk analyst.
Entry requirements
To be eligible for our Risk graduate programme, you’ll need:
- Tohave, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree
- A growth mindset and passion for learning
- To be a keen problem solver
- Good analytical skills
- To enjoy collaborating and working as part of a team
- The ability to think strategically
Ready to apply?
The application window for this programme will be open until we receive enough applications to fill our cohort. When that happens, we’ll close the programme to new applications. It’s important to take the time to make sure you’re making the right decision about the programme you want to apply for (you can only apply for one programme) but please complete your application as soon as you can to make sure you don’t miss out!
If you need any adjustments to support your application, such as information in alternative formats or special requirements to access our buildings, or if you’re eligible under the Disability Confident Scheme please contact us and we’ll do everything we can to help.
