At a glance

Are you in your penultimate year at university? Are you considering a career in banking? Chart your career path with our summer internship programme at ABN AMRO, an international bank committed to your growth and professional development. We offer a work environment in which you will work intensively with different talents, as we believe that by working together we can produce the best results for our clients. Apply now to lay the foundations for a successful career in banking.

Our Internship Programme

We are delighted to launch our insightful Summer placements of various lengths across several departments within our London office.

What do we offer?

•    Valuable insight into Financial Services
•    Opportunity to work in a dynamic, inclusive and flexible environment where you are 
     encouraged to grow and develop
•    Collaboration on various activities and meaningful projects that drive towards the bank’s 
     objectives and supports our clients
•    Working with a wide range of people with different backgrounds, opinions and ideas
•    An environment where you will be challenged on a daily basis to refine your professional and 
     soft skills
•    Mentoring by the line manager of the department, who will equally ensure you are sufficiently 
     supported through guidance and any training required 

Department and Team Culture

The Compliance department is a diverse and multi-functional team, you will be working within a team that is critical to the bank’s operations, often involving balancing the business objectives with the need to follow regulatory requirements, making attention to detail and good communication critical. Our aim is to protect the bank, our colleagues and our customers, and enable sustainable business growth, by providing effective oversight, insight, advice and constructive challenge on Compliance and Behavioural Risks.
As a summer intern, you will spend your time with our UK team, building a solid foundation in Compliance and helping deliver our strategy.

What will your responsibilities look like?

You’ll be supporting multiple business lines across the entire UK branch. During your internship, you will get hands on experience and may be involved with:
 

• One week shadowing the UK Country Head of Compliance
• Policy reviews and investigating associated breaches and escalations to identify themes and create recommendations to increase efficiency.
• Maintaining the barriers between private side and public side teams.
• Delivery of Compliance Induction training.
• Production of regulatory reporting and routine notifications.
• Assisting with the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR) tasks.
• Performance of routine risk management activities across all business and support units, to assess the operating effectiveness of key controls.
• Organisation and maintenance of staff training records. 
• Maintenance and analysis of conflicts of interests and personal account dealing records in relevant systems and assisting with associated paperwork
• Assisting with the drafting and updating of UK Compliance Department procedures.
• Production of Monthly and Quarterly Management Information.
• Tracking of management action plans

Your working environment

At ABN AMRO we have a clear purpose: Banking for better, for generations to come. The shift towards sustainability is one of the most important challenges of our time. Supporting our clients at times that matter has always been our role and our responsibility. Together, we aim high and work towards lasting relationships that are relevant and responsible, both now and in the future. We want to be the bank that leads the way.

ABN AMRO is an enterprising bank with a primary focus on Northwest Europe. We serve clients in the retail, private banking and corporate banking sectors. We are also present internationally in a number of specialist activities, such as Corporate l Banking and Clearing.

ABN AMRO UK, part of our Corporate Banking network, has established positions in Corporate & Institutional Clients, Financing Solutions (Project and Leveraged Finance), Markets (Capital Markets, Sales & Trading), Transaction Banking and Clearing.

Our business lines are supported by a number of functions such as Risk, Compliance, Legal, IT, Finance (including Tax), Business Management and Human Resources. Our strategy requires a culture of working together and permanent learning from each other; it’s for this reason our core values of care courage and collaboration are at the heart and centre of everything we do. 
We currently employ around 380 people in the UK.

Equal opportunities for all
The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.

What are we looking for?

•    Penultimate year undergraduate student (studying a relevant degree) 
•    Enthusiastic individuals with contemporary values
•    A motivated interest in Financial Services
•    Ability to communicate clearly and comprehensively with a variety of audiences
•    Solid IT skills; proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint 
•    Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships
•    Excellent collaboration skills
•    Effective at following instructions

Additional Information

Interested?

If you feel that you would be a great candidate, please submit your interest for the placement that best suits your skills, ambitions and availability via the ‘Apply’ button. We understand that you may feel your CV isn’t extensive or wholesomely capture who you are and your skillset, for this reason we would like to hear more about you in a cover letter! Please note that you’ll need to submit this alongside your CV via the portal when prompted.

Successful applicants will be contacted regarding next steps which will involve a selection process consisting of an interview with the department of interest.

We review applications on a rolling basis and may close a role once we’ve received enough candidates. To give you the strongest chance of success, we encourage you to apply as early as possible.