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.

Our worldclass graduate programme

As a graduate trainee Modelling Specialist in Risk, we’ll give you the best possible start to your career by equipping 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 regulation and new strategic risks
  • Discover how to analyse and interpret historical data
  • Design, build and validate risk models
  • Accelerate your risk modelling capability by completing a world class training programme
  • Gain unique experience by delving into the world of credit risk, oversight and challenge
  • 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 £35,000 a year. On top of your salary, you’ll also have access to our flexible benefits package.

You can also look forward to:

  • Benefiting from significant exposure to our executive committee
  • 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-driven organisation

At the end of the programme, you’ll be well positioned to secure a job as a Risk Model Analyst.

Entry requirements

To be eligible for our Risk graduate programme, you’ll need:

  • 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

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!