Risk Internship Programme 2026
Every decision a bank makes – from supporting international trade to financing growth and managing emerging risks – relies on strong risk management. Our Risk teams help the Bank make informed decisions, protect our clients and business, and navigate an increasingly complex global environment.
As a Risk intern, you’ll gain insight into how a global bank identifies, assesses and manages risk across our markets. Whether you’re supporting risk analysis, governance, reporting or strategic projects, you’ll gain exposure to real business challenges and see first-hand how risk shapes decision-making across the organisation.
About the Internship Programme – how you’ll learn and grow
You’ll be part of a skills-first organisation where your potential matters more than your background. During the internship, you’ll work on real business challenges, develop practical skills, and learn how we support clients, facilitate trade, and finance growth across our markets.
Working with colleagues across our global network, you’ll build the confidence, experience, and connections to support your future career.
You’ll benefit from:
• A structured induction and onboarding experience
• Exposure to our products, clients and international network
• Real work and meaningful responsibilities from day one
• Training to develop technical, professional and behavioural skills
• Ongoing support from managers, mentors and buddies
• Opportunities to learn from senior leaders and industry experts
• Ways to get involved in community and volunteering initiatives.
Bring the skills - we’ll help you to build your career
We’re interested in your potential, not just your degree subject. Whether you’re studying business, finance, technology, engineering or another discipline, we’re looking for people who are motivated to learn, solve problems and make an impact.
We’re looking for people who:
• Are curious about how organisations identify, assess and manage risk
• Think critically and use evidence, analysis and sound judgement to make decisions
• Demonstrate integrity and a commitment to doing the right thing
• Pay attention to detail while understanding the bigger picture
• Communicate effectively and build trusted relationships with others
• Learn quickly and adapt confidently in a changing environment
• Have an interest in the global, regulatory and economic landscape that shapes international banking.
Eligibility
To apply, you should:
• Have graduated in 2026 or be due to graduate in 2027
• Be available to start the internship in August 2026
• Have the permanent legal right to work in the country you’re applying to
You can only submit one application within a six-month period, so we encourage you to choose the opportunity that best fits your interests and career goals.
Key Dates
• Interviews: July 2026
• Start Date: August 2026
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
What we offer
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 all sorts of 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.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
Recruitment Assessments
Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
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