Global Markets Apprentice

Bank of America

London, EC1A 1HQ

Closes on Friday 7 February

Posted on 3 December 2024


Summary

Our apprentice programme starts in September 2025, you will join our Global Markets division working in a full-time role, graduating after four years with a Level 6 Financial Services Professional Apprenticeship, which includes a Degree in Applied Finance.

Training course
Financial services professional (level 6)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm ; may include additional hours

37 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 8 September

Duration

4 years

Positions available

5

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Our Global Markets team operate at the centre of the world’s debt and equity markets. They provide sales and trading services, liquidity, hedging strategies and industry-leading insights, analytics, and competitive pricing to more than 9,000 institutional clients across six continents. 

As an Apprentice within Global Markets, you will have a unique opportunity to delve into financial markets and understanding the wide array of products we offer to our client base from Bonds, Currencies, Commodities, Mortgages and much more. You will be working closely with experienced and supportive colleagues on suggesting and implementing improvements on strategic business initiatives and projects to help drive growth. In addition (but not limited to) you may be asked to:

  • Help with supporting and preparing business case and presentation materials; building and nurturing advisory relationships
  • Identify issues, developing hypotheses, and communicating insights and recommendations to key decision makers
  • Develop comprehensive and in-depth understanding of our business and external market forces

Where you’ll work

2 King Edward Street

London

EC1A 1HQ

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

Your training course

Financial services professional (level 6)

Equal to degree

Course contents

Your training plan

This training plan has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

Requirements

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this company

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We are devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organisation. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Apprentices evolve during the program based on their career aspirations and depending on how quickly their technical and soft skills develop.  
We encourage apprentices to take advantage of employee networks, mentorship and all other resources made available to them to accelerate their career.  
Successful apprentices will continuously relate what they are learning with their work at Bank of America, as they progress through their degree program.   

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000290181.

Apply now

Closes on Friday 7 February

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