Finance Internships
Salary £22,600 (pro rata)
Starts June 2024
Duration 8 weeks
Qualifications required On course to achieving a 2:1 degree
Our goal in Finance
Our customers expect their money to be well managed. We help our colleagues to make clear decisions while developing the right long-term financial strategy.
We tie together all of the Group’s financial activity so we can make, spend and invest money wisely. We manage our balance sheet, report on our financial performance, and make sure we’re making the right decisions for our customers.
What’s great about the programme?
Every area of our business is different – they each need their own skillsets, their own challenges, their own nuances. What better way to find out what working in a business area is like, than from the people who are already working there?
See what Anouska thinks about her experience in Finance.
Is the programme for you?
Are you the sort of person who likes to use your analytical skills to see how we use data to make decisions to improve what matters most to our customers and investors? Are you interested in developing your relationship management skills with people across all levels of the bank? Do you want to find out about how we help our stakeholders manage their business, and support them in planning for the future? Our Finance internship programme could be your perfect match.
This is your chance to gain up to date knowledge on the ever-changing financial services environment, and to take part in our external reporting activities, providing insights and analysis to help with business decisions.
The aim of this eight-week Internship is to give you a taste of what it’s like to work here, along with valuable skills and experiences that you’ll bring into your future career.
Where can our programme take you?
For the full eight weeks, we’ll pair you with a ‘buddy’ and a line manager, who’ll support you in gaining valuable experience to help guide your career choices.
During the programme, you’ll also work with other interns on a business project. This’ll help you develop key skills covering team working, planning, creative thinking, presenting, business plan writing and problem solving – gaining crucial experience in presenting to stakeholders.
You’ll also get time to support good causes in the communities we serve through a Corporate Social Responsibility day.
At the end of the placement, we’ll assess you on what you’ve learned. Complete this successfully and you could be offered a place on our 2025 Finance Graduate programme, where you can carry the skills you’ve learnt forward and take the next step in your career.
What can you gain from the programme?
- An understanding of the design and implementation of new organisational structures within Finance
- A chance to take part in projects to help us become more efficient, embedding continuous improvement
- Exposure to budget cycles and forecasting work
Internships in Finance
Application process
Step 1
Apply
Get your application off to a great start by reading through our top tips and finding out what we’re looking for.
Find out what we’re looking for
Step 2
Work scenario assessments
Once you’ve applied, we’ll invite you to complete some initial assessments. This will help you find out more about working at NatWest as well as helping us understand a bit more about you.
Ace our assessments
Step 3
Reasoning skills assessments
Once you’ve completed your work scenarios we’d like to learn a bit more about your reasoning and problem solving skills. These also give you an idea of the sort of work you might be doing with us.
Ace our assessments
Step 4
More about you
If you pass the initial assessments, we’d really like to find out more about you. We’ll ask you to record your responses to six questions that tell us why you’re the best person for the job.
Help yourself shine
Step 5
Virtual assessment centre
Once you’ve told us a bit more about yourself we’ll invite you to our final virtual assessment stage. This will help us find out how well you’ll fit in working with us.
Get prepared
Step 6
Offer
If you’re successful at our virtual assessment centre – congratulations, we’ll make you an offer!
What happens next?Meet our people
We all bring our own uniqueness to work, and why shouldn’t we. We’re encouraged to do so. Meet our colleagues and find out a little more about the people you could be working with.