Banking Operations Graduate

Consumer, Private and Business Banking (CPBB) Operations - Graduate Programme

The digital revolution has transformed banking and financial services. At the centre of our evolution is our Transformation, Technology and Operations (TTO) team.  They partner with our business, functions, regional and market teams, across our global footprint, to reshape our future. They’re a diverse, collaborative team, leading cutting-edge and complex transformation projects and providing and maintaining banking operational excellence.  All teams bring passion, innovation, diversity of thought and culture, and an ambition to realise our transformation journey.

We partner with the Consumer, Private and Business Banking (CPBB) business and take pride in providing our clients with a superior and user-friendly experience. Our client-first mentality means we approach work with a growth mindset by encouraging our team to continuously improve the way we do business by challenging the status quo and being change champions.  Across 30 countries and in three operational excellence hubs, we have highly skilled teams with deep technical knowledge in daily banking and a breadth of interchangeable and transferable skills.  As we operate in such diverse environments, we encourage our teams to bring their whole selves to work, and encourage mobility across teams and geographies, which supports individuals to build their skills, knowledge and grow their career.

About the Graduate Programme

You’ll focus on one of the specialist areas below with the support of our industry leading team.  Our consultative assessment process helps you understand more about the functions.  From day one, you’ll gain hands-on experience and be an integral member of our team.

Client Onboarding are responsible for driving seamless client experience through conceptualising and implementing the end-to-end client journey across processes, systems, and platforms.

Servicing and Transacting enables fulfilment of transactions through process automation, digital transformation, and system integration.

Wealth Management Operations is responsible for supporting the Wealth business to deliver its priorities through continuously improving on process productivity and efficient, meeting regulatory and internal requirements.  They will be facilitating continuously improving and simplifying the product sales process.

We’re looking for

• Strong analytical and judgement skills

• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to work under pressure
• Multitasking & time management skills
• Proactive and enthusiastic self-starter
• Positive attitude, willingness to learn and possess a growth mindset
• Passion, tenacity and resilience in an ever-changing environment
• Effective communication skills in English (both written & verbal)
• Proficient use of MS Office including MS Excel, Powerpoint & Word.

Eligibility

• We welcome students from all degree disciplines with excellent academic records and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds.
• Final year students, able to start July 2024
• Permanent legal right to work in the country you’re applying to
• We’re looking for team players who are agile, flexible, multi-tasking and open to nimble learning

Exceptions  

UK and UAE, we consider candidates requiring visa sponsorship. In the UAE, priority is given to UAE nationals

US Graduate roles, we will not consider applicants seeking Optional Practical Training (OPT) or Curricular Practical Training (CPT) employment.

About Standard Chartered   

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our colleagues, clients and communities.  And we’re on a journey to be the world’s most sustainable and responsible bank.  

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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term.
• 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 includes volunteering leave, maternity and parental leave for spouse/partner, compassionate leave, sabbatical leave, along with market competitive annual leave
• 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.

Recruitment assessments

Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.