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Register Your Interest - Financial Crime Graduate Trainee Programme - Manchester

Why Financial Crime? 

Our Financial Crime Hub brings together all aspects of financial crime activities across the bank. Our purpose is simple, to prevent and detect against financial crime, so that we can protect people, families and businesses and contribute to a more secure society. 

Our world-class graduate programme 

As a Financial Crime Graduate, 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: 

• Detect and prevent financial crime in a fast paced, ever evolving environment
• Work with respected industry leaders to build a depth and breadth of specialist financial crime skills
• Gain unique experience working with key internal and external stakeholders across all three lines of defence
• Gain first-hand experience in multiple financial crime disciplines including operations, risk management, and data and analytics
• Experience a breadth of knowledge, skills and experiences within our financial crime hub, future skills, and critical people capabilities
• Enhance your leadership potential by building the skills you’ll need in the future to lead projects and high-performing operational teams

At the end of the programme, you’ll be positioned well to apply for specialist roles in Financial Crime such as Anti-Money Laundering Investigators, Sanctions Analysts, Quality Assurance Analysts and Client Specialists. 

How you’ll benefit 

On top of your salary, you’ll also have access to our flexible benefits package.

You can also expect to: 

• Learn from industry experts and immediately apply your learnings
• Enrich your learning with access to world-leading research and insights
• Test, learn and fail in a safe and inclusive environment
• Accelerate your creative thinking and decision-making capability
• Build a foundation of sought-after skills to build your career on
• Develop your data literacy and change 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 Financial Crime graduate programme, you’ll need: 

• To have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree
• A deep sense of curiosity
• Analytical skills
• To enjoy collaborating with others and working as part of a team
• A proactive and resourceful approach to your work
• To be a keen problem solver
• Good attention to detail

About NatWest

We’re more than just a bank. We're your partners in progress, dedicated to empowering individuals like you. We believe in the potential within everyone, and we're here to help you unlock it. From bustling cities to quiet communities, we're building a future where financial barriers don't exist. Together, let's think again and explore a new world of possibilities.

Discover a world of opportunities with us. We're a leading UK financial services group home to a diverse family of iconic brands, including NatWest, RBS, Coutts, and more.

Our approach:

• Ethnically diverse: It’s important that the diversity of our team reflects the diversity of our customers; we’ve set ourselves the goal of identifying, developing and appointing at least 14% Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) leaders by 2025.
• Gender balanced: A gender balanced team is vital to our success and we're working towards a target of having women in 50% of our top level leadership roles by 2030.
• LGBT+ Innovative: Our goal is to deliver a better LGBT+ colleague and customer experience by continuously challenging the status quo. With insight, education and support we are working towards being an LGBT+ employer of choice.
• Disability smart: We're positively addressing the needs of disabled colleagues and candidates, and we’ve set ourselves the goal to be recognised externally as a disability smart organisation through our actions and internal initiatives

Our Graduate, Internship, and Insight Experiences offer structured learning tailored to your aspirations. We're committed to helping you find your perfect fit within our organisation. Whether you thrive in fast-paced environments or prefer a more strategic approach, we’ve opportunities to suit your unique skills and ambitions.

We believe in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. Our diverse teams bring fresh perspectives and drive innovation.