Graduate Trainee – Commercial Banking - Relationship Management

Why Relationship Management?

In Relationship Management, we focus on building strong relationships and helping UK businesses to thrive in an ever-changing world. From entrepreneurial start-ups to FTSE100 customers, we own and manage our relationship with a portfolio of commercial customers and use our deep understanding of their needs and clear expertise in our services to find the right solutions for them.

If you like the idea of meeting customers and devising solutions for them, then Relationship Management could be the programme for you.

Our world-class graduate programme

As a graduate trainee on our Relationship Management programme, 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:

• Work directly with our customers to understand their challenges, assess their needs, and design and deliver solutions for them
• Support client relationship planning and execution across a wide range of products and services
• Get involved in shaping our innovation and digital agendas, improving customer journeys, and driving product simplification
• Build insights into key sectors such as manufacturing, technology, construction, land transport and logistics
• Complete a variety of placements across the other commercial banking streams which allows you to build a balance of depth and breadth of skills and experiences
• Enhance your capability by studying towards an industry recognised professional qualification

At the end of the programme, you’ll be well positioned to apply for jobs such as an Assistant Relationship Manager or Credit Delivery Associate.

You can expect to:

• Learn from industry experts and immediately apply your learnings
• Enrich your learning with access to world-leading research and insights
• Accelerate your relationship management capability
• Develop robust credit, lending and risk management skills
• Expand your global professional network
• Grow your confidence, build your resilience, and elevate your presence
• Experience first-hand what it’s like working in a purpose-driven organisation

Entry requirements

• To be eligible for our Relationship Management graduate programme, you’ll need:
• To have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree
• A strong customer focus
• The ability to build meaningful relationships
• Good communication skills
• Analytical problem-solving skills
• To be curious, and willing to openly challenge the status quo

How you’ll benefit

We’ll reward you with a starting salary of £35,000 and on top of your salary, you’ll also have access to our flexible benefits package.