This role is based in the United Kingdom and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United Kingdom.
It’s important we assess you for the programme that really suits your talents. Please only make one application, and note that if you make more than one we’ll only accept your first.
Why Risk Modelling Specialism?
My experience in Risk
Every area of our business is different – they each need their own skillsets, their own challenges, their own nuances. Who better to find out what working in a business area is like than from the people who are currently working there?
In Risk, our role is to make sure we're doing the right thing as an organisation, for our people and our customers. Risk management allows us to strike a balance between taking risks and reducing them.
It's our responsibility to manage risk across the bank, ensuring we have the right culture, strategy, and rules in place. We also manage interactions with key regulators, providing trusted advice to the colleagues who serve our customers.
Your graduate journey
As a graduate trainee Modelling Specialist in Risk, you get the best possible start to your career as we’ll equip you with the knowledge, skills, and experiences you’ll need to make a significant impact through your work.
Over the course of this two-year programme with three rotations, you can expect to:
Develop highly sought-after coding and modelling skills
Explore new technology developments, emerging regulations, and new strategic risks
Discover how to analyse and interpret historical data
Design, build, and validate risk models
Accelerate your risk modelling capability with hands on experience in the world of credit risk models and intendent model oversight
Understand how to identify, analyse, and report risks
Learn from industry experts and immediately apply your learnings
Entry requirements
To be eligible for our Risk Modelling graduate programme, you’ll need:
To have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in a STEM subject for your degree, preferably in a strong numerical discipline
An interest and experience in using programming languages
An understanding of statistical techniques, and how they are applied
A growth mindset and passion for learning
To be a keen problem solver
Good analytical skills
To enjoy collaborating and working as part of a team
The ability to think strategically
How you’ll benefit
We’ll reward you with a starting salary of £37,500 a year. And on top of your salary, you’ll have access to our flexible benefits package.
You can also expect to:
Gain meaningful exposure to senior leaders across the organisation
Enriching your learning through our NatWest Group Academy
Accelerating your business partnering and stakeholder management capability
Mastering your ability to influence change and challenge the status quo
Expanding your global professional network
Growing your confidence, building your resilience, and elevating your presence
Experiencing first-hand what it’s like working in a purpose-led organisation
At the end of two years, your programme will end, and we’ll support you to apply for your next job. Past graduates have been successful in applying to Risk Modelling Analyst roles.
Ready to apply?
The application window for this programme will be open until we receive enough applications to fill our cohort. When that happens, we’ll close the programme to new applications. It’s important to take the time to make sure you’re making the right decision about the programme you want to apply for (you can only apply for one programme) but please complete your application as soon as you can to make sure you don’t miss out!
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