Get your career off to a flying start with our 10 week paid internship in Finance You'll gain real insight into the evolving world of financial services, and be perfectly placed to join our graduate programme the following year. About the business area In Finance, we tie together all financial activity across RBS, helping the bank make, spend, and invest money wisely. Our core activities include:
• Managing the bank's balance sheet and making sure we have the capital we need to operate every day
• Reporting on the bank's performance, providing an accurate picture of our financial position
• Achieving our business goals in a sustainable, profitable way, while developing the right long-term financial strategy
• Understanding our customers' needs and helping them to make the right decisions
• Helping our customer franchises to serve their customers well while remaining cost efficient
• Providing a consistent service as one, functionalised Finance team About the programme We've designed our 10 week summer internship in Finance to give you direct experience of the work we do, our goals and our team culture. This programme will give you a unique opportunity to quickly gain experience and insight into the financial services industry, our products and our operation. You'll also interact with and learn from respected industry leaders. We'll reward you with a salary of £21,500 pro rata, depending on location. The internship starts with an induction where you'll learn about RBS, meet your fellow interns, and get the chance to talk with colleagues from around our business. You'll then begin a 10 week placement, where you'll attend training workshops, get involved with our day to day work, and take part in a business improvement project with your fellow interns. During the programme, you'll also work on a corporate social responsibility challenge. This will help you to develop keys skills including team working, planning, creative thinking, business plan writing and problem solving, all while contributing to a valuable cause. You'll deliver your business plan on a specific day towards the end of the programme. For the full 10 weeks, we'll pair you with a 'buddy' and a line manager. Your buddy will be a current graduate, who'll help you get settled and share their experience. Your line manager will provide guidance and support throughout the programme, discuss career options and help you grow your professional network. At the end of the placement, we'll assess you on what you've learned. Complete this successfully and you'll be offered a place on our 2021 Finance graduate programme, where you can carry the skills you've learned forward and take the next exciting step in your career. About you To be eligible for this internship, you'll need to be in your penultimate year of a university degree, and on course to achieve a 2:1. We'll be looking out for people with:
• Good analytic skills
• Long term, strategic thinking
• An inquisitive and creative mindset
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build great working relationships If that sounds like you, then why not apply?