International Corporate Banking Off Cycle

**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.

**Who we're looking for**
To be considered for this programme, you must be in your penultimate or final year - in any discipline. Language requirements: fluent in English and Spanish.

Ideally you'll have a keen interest in business and finance and an a curiosity to learn. We value resourcefulness, teamwork, enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial spirt, all of which might be showcased through your involvement in extracurricular activities.

**Barclays Europe**
We’ve had a presence in Europe almost as long as there’s been a Barclays. So, we’re building on solid foundations, leveraging our embedded talent, in 10 locations across the region allowing us to draw on a wealth of local and regional insight.

**Working in Madrid**
Our office in Madrid delivers informed strategic advice, comprehensive financial solutions and risk management services, creating sophisticated strategies customised to meet our clients’ needs.

**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