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UK Corporate Banking

On the UK Corporate Banking programme, you’ll work with some of the largest and most influential businesses within the UK, addressing their diverse banking needs. Our industry-specialised approach sets us apart, ensuring that you and all our colleagues are experts in their respective markets. Join us, and you'll play a crucial role in supporting strategic clients, ranging from daily banking needs to complex mergers, acquisitions, and ESG planning.

Highlights

  • Master the art of relationship management and technical banking skills.
  • Learn how to support corporate clients with a full spectrum of banking solutions.
  • Develop the expertise to become a future Relationship Director or technical expert.

About the role

The UK Corporate Bank at Barclays supports large and medium corporate clients across the UK. Our specialised business units, such as Large Corporate, Medium Corporate, Public Sector, and Real Estate, are market leaders in their respective fields. In this programme, you’ll be responsible for helping clients access Barclays' comprehensive suite of solutions, including Barclaycard and Personal Banking. You’ll gain foundational banking knowledge, develop key relationship and technical skills, and work on complex corporate transactions that will help clients achieve their growth ambitions. This programme is designed to equip you with the tools and experience needed to excel in a career as a Corporate Banker at Barclays.

What to expect

UK Corporate Bank supports large and medium corporate clients turning over £6.5m pa up to FTSE 350 firms. We provide the financial and advisory capabilities UK businesses need – day-to-day banking to complex corporate financing arrangements. Our dedicated sector and regional specialists leverage market-leading relationships, powerful data and insights, and the wider Barclays network, to deliver innovative financing solutions that help achieve a more expansive, better-connected future for our clients.

How you'll develop

Our Graduate programme will teach banking from a grass roots level and inform graduates on the role a bank plays in the UK economy as we support strategic clients with complex needs ranging from day to day banking through to complex mergers and acquisitions as well as broader topics such as ESG planning.

Who thrives here

We’re committed to making Barclays everything it can be – for our customers, for our clients and for the future of our business. So we need graduates who are customer-obsessed, ready to develop a deep understanding of what we do, why we do it, and how your role impacts on our business outcomes. Candidates that succeed in this role will show a curiosity in the UK corporate market place, keen to develop skills in analytics, stakeholder management and be solution orientated.

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