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Register Your Interest - Financing Solutions Graduate Trainee

Why Financing Solutions?

In Financing Solutions our goal is to provide debt financing, risk solutions and first-class advisory services for UK and European corporate and private equity clients. We cover a broad range of specialisms, including acquisition financing, specialist asset-backed financing, leveraged buyouts, infrastructure financing and project finance for greenfield renewable energy projects.

Our world-class graduate programme

As a graduate trainee in Financing Solutions, we’ll equip you with the knowledge, skills, and experiences you’ll need to make a significant impact and become a leading debt banker.

Over the course of this two-year programme, you can expect to:

• Build meaningful relationships with some of the most sophisticated customers in Europe, from medium sized corporations and blue-chip companies to leading private equity sponsors
• Gain debt product experience across loans, bonds, private placements, acquisition financing and derivatives, and develop a real insight into product development and digital banking
• Experience different business areas including our market-leading bond and derivative syndicate and execution franchise in NatWest Markets

At the end of the programme, you’ll be well positioned to apply for associate roles across our Corporate Banking & Structured Finance business including roles in leveraged acquisition finance, infrastructure projects finance, risk solutions and more.

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 and learn new approaches in a safe, inclusive environment
• Accelerate your financial modelling, credit analysis and risk management capability
• Develop your ability to pitch ideas, develop solutions and challenge the status quo
• 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 Financing Solutions graduate programme, you’ll need:

• To have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in your degree
• Integrity and creativity
• A strong customer focus
• The ability to build meaningful relationships
• To be curious, and willing to openly challenge the status quo
• A genuine desire to shape the best solutions for our customers
• To be motivated and ambitious

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.