Intern, Markets

Job Summary

We are looking for a motivated and curious Intern to join our Markets team. This internship offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience within Financial Markets and develop an understanding of how a global bank supports its clients across markets products and solutions.

You will work alongside experienced Markets professionals and support the team with client analysis, business development, marketing activities, and the preparation and execution of client-related activities. Throughout the internship, you will gain practical exposure to the business while building your professional network across the Bank.

This internship provides an opportunity to combine academic knowledge with practical experience in an international banking environment. You will work alongside experienced professionals, gain exposure to real business and client activities, strengthen your understanding of Financial Markets, and develop skills that will support your future career in banking and finance.

Key Responsibilities

As an Intern in Markets, you will:

• Support Markets team members with day-to-day business, origination, and execution-related activities.
• Conduct client and market analysis and prepare relevant statistics, presentations, and other supporting materials.
• Assist with business development and marketing activities.
• Support the team in maintaining and developing strong relationships with clients and key internal stakeholders.
• Gain practical exposure to Financial Markets products, processes, and client activities.
• Work closely with colleagues across the CCIB business and collaborate with other functions across the Bank.
• Support client-related trade execution activities in accordance with applicable policies, procedures, laws, and regulations.
• Follow established Financial Markets processes and contribute to maintaining strong standards of risk management, governance, and compliance.
• Take on additional responsibilities and projects as appropriate throughout the internship.

Learning & Development

During your internship, you will have the opportunity to:

• Get to know the Bank, its businesses, and key stakeholders through comprehensive induction sessions.
• Build valuable practical experience through on-the-job learning and training.
• Participate in speaker sessions and gain exposure to senior and executive management.
• Expand your professional network by collaborating with colleagues across Markets, CCIB, and other areas of the Bank.
• Participate in community and employee engagement initiatives.

Risk Management, Governance & Conduct

• Adhere to applicable policies and standards relating to governance, compliance, conduct, credit risk, market risk, operational risk, and reputational risk.
• Demonstrate exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for maintaining high standards of ethics, regulatory compliance, and business conduct.
• Understand and comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Support the identification, escalation, mitigation, and resolution of risk, conduct, and compliance matters.
• Embed the Here for good brand promise and the Group's values in your day-to-day activities.

Skills & Experience

We are looking for someone who is:

• Genuinely interested in Financial Markets and the banking industry.
• Analytical and comfortable working with financial and quantitative information.
• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn.
• Able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Well-organised, with strong attention to detail.
• A confident communicator who can interact professionally with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, international environment.
• Committed to high standards of integrity, risk awareness, and professional conduct.

Knowledge of areas such as market and liquidity risk, credit products or derivatives, and business strategy would be beneficial but is not essential.

Qualifications

Education

• Currently pursuing a university degree, ideally in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Financial Markets, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
• A strong interest in financial markets, banking, and the broader economic environment is expected.

Languages

• Fluency in English and French is required.
• Additional language skills are an advantage.

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.