Barclays - International Corporate Banking Off Cycle Internship Programme 2025 Luxembourg

Wherever you join us, you’ll discover a platform to help you absorb the essential skills and knowledge you’ll need to progress on your journey at Barclays. You’ll receive genuine support and encouragement, with both senior and junior mentors to guide you; and you’ll have the opportunity to take part in networking and social events. We want you to feel part of our community from the very start.

Off-Cycle Internship Overview

Join us on an Off-Cycle internship for 3-6 months working within our Investment Banking, Markets, Corporate Banking, Quantitative Analytics and Private Bank & Wealth Management business areas. Immerse yourself in our work and culture and gain invaluable insights into life as a full-time analyst with this longer internship.

Why the International Corporate Banking Off-Cycle Intern Programme?

As an off-cycle analyst you will enter a supportive, collaborative environment known for its pace. During your internship, we will teach you entrepreneurial skills within the bank's fast-growing division. You will have access to our diverse bank groups and product sets, building versatility. You'll interact with global clients, support in deals, and learn from senior bankers. This programme covers financial modelling, credit skills, CIB products, and solutions, plus understanding product sets like FX, DCM, and Barclaycard. You will gain a deeper understanding to master the end-to-end deal process, execution, and soft client management skills. You have the chance to contribute to growth, innovate solutions, align with sustainability goals, and assist senior bankers, gaining a platform for impact and development.

Your responsibilities encompass assisting with relationship loans, cash management RFPs, trade finance facilities, amongst others. Valuable career and job skills are learned from experienced colleagues. As an off-cycle analyst, you will be exposed to our projects for a longer period of time, allowing you to gain a deeper understand of our business area. If you decide to go on and do the graduate scheme, then you can have a tangible impact on the Corporate Bank while also advancing their own career journey and skillsets.

International Corporate Banking

The International Corporate Bank fuses the power of the corporate and investment bank, that allows us to anchor our relations with the world's most significant organisations by offering lending, trade finance, cash management, liquidity, digital banking, and hedging solutions to our clients. We are focused on developing lasting relationships with Barclays’ clients and providing them with the right products and solutions at any given time. 

Working in Luxembourg

Working at our Luxembourg office will give you the perfect start to your career. With facilities that will enable you to do your best work from day one, our Luxembourg office is just one of our global offices that we're proud to call home to our colleagues. Whether you're collaborating, learning, networking or growing - the Luxembourg office is the perfect place for you to be.

Purpose of the role

To participate in the day-to-day activities of the international corporate banking division providing insights and expertise that help senior colleagues make informed decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new market opportunities.

Accountabilities

• Execution of small research projects, research to support strategic decision making, preparation of presentations and reports to communicate research findings, collaboration with senior management to implement research findings for international corporate banking, interacting with global clients and supporting in deals.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
• Participation in training and development programmes to enhance skills and knowledge.
• Identification of opportunities, development of business cases, management of the deployment and launch of new products and services for international corporate banking.
• Management of the development and implementation of financial models and strategies that support in decision making for international corporate banking.
• Training and mentoring of junior colleagues.

Analyst Expectations

• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedures appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation. 

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.