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NatWest Graduate Risk Modelling Specialist programme developing coding, statistical modelling and analytical skills to build, validate and assess credit-risk models across the bank.
Why Risk Modelling Specialism?
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, 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
What’s in it for you?
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 look forward 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.
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 to apply
Apply directly through the company website. Clicking the link below will open the application page in a new window.
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Industry: Banking & Financial Services
We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate. As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these. Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence. One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025. We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.
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