Job Summary

Join our Markets team as an Intern and take the first step toward a successful career in financial services. This internship offers a unique opportunity to apply academic knowledge in a real-world environment, develop practical skills, and gain hands-on exposure to global markets. Under the guidance of experienced professionals and a dedicated mentor, you will support key business activities, contribute to client initiatives, and participate in cross-functional projects that shape our corporate and institutional banking strategy

Why Join Us?

• Gain exposure to the front-office environment of a leading international bank.
• Work alongside experienced market professionals and develop hands-on industry insights.
• Build a strong professional foundation with dedicated mentorship and continuous training.
• Expand your professional network and develop skills that accelerate your career.

Key Responsibilities

Learning & Development

• Participate in comprehensive induction sessions to gain a strong understanding of the bank’s structure, culture, and stakeholders.
• Acquire valuable hands-on experience through on-the-job assignments and training sessions.
• Build a strong internal network by collaborating with colleagues across the CIB business function and other divisions.
• Take part in meaningful community engagement and social impact initiatives.

Business Support

• Conduct client analysis and prepare relevant market or client statistics.
• Contribute to marketing activities and help develop client-focused materials.
• Support senior colleagues in managing client interactions, processes, and operations.
• Promote cross-asset and cross-border collaboration to enhance client service and returns.
• Assist with client onboarding processes, including documentation and coordination with internal teams.
• Provide reliable backup support for team members during absences.
• Assist in the origination of BBD Non-Flow deals and liaise with FM Structuring & Trading teams to deliver tailored risk solutions.
• Help monitor client trading limit utilisation and coordinate approvals for potential excesses.
• Maintain updated account plans for Financial Markets products across assigned clients.

Skills and Experience

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Strong interest in global markets, client engagement, and financial products.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong sense of initiative, curiosity, and willingness to learn.
• High level of integrity and commitment to professional ethics.

Qualifications

Education      Studies in the field of Financial Markets, Economics, etc.  
Languages    English is mandatory.  Additional European languages are an advantage.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.