We are looking for keen and motivated graduates to join our 2025 Graduate Programme as part of our Wealth Management division, Cazenove Capital Management.
About Schroders
Schroders is a global investment manager which helps institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their aspirations, and prepare for the future.
Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to our clients through active management. By serving clients, we serve wider society. Channelling capital into sustainable and durable businesses accelerates positive change in the world. Funding the future is a privilege: we use it wisely and responsibly.
We employ over 5700 talented people worldwide operating in 37 different locations across Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, close to the markets in which we invest and close to our clients.
Schroders has developed under stable ownership for over 200 years and long-term thinking governs our approach to investing, building client relationships and growing our business.
The base
We're based in the City of London - close to our clients, in the heart of the UK's financial centre and have everything we need to work flexibly.
The department
Cazenove Capital Management ("Cazenove Capital") is the UK Wealth Management business of the Schroder Group in the UK. Cazenove Capital offers specialist financial solutions to high net worth individuals, family offices, charities and their advisers, utilising both Schroders and Cazenove Capital's investment expertise and external providers and resources. We are one of the best providers of portfolio management, banking and investment advisory services for private clients and charities. Founded on the long-term relationships forged over many years, we've established ourselves as a leader in the private wealth management sector.
We focus on growing and preserving wealth, using the knowledge of our economics and investment strategy teams, and using both proprietary Schroders investment products and external funds in structuring our clients' portfolios. This enables us to provide a highly personal wealth management service to wealthy individuals, families and their advisers.
We provide a full range of products including deposit-taking, cash management, custody and execution services, discretionary asset management, financial planning, private assets, family office services and specialised lending.
Sustainability is embedded into our investment process and we are regarded as one of the industry experts in responsible investment
Clients benefit from the unique combination of exceptional management, a top professional team, and excellent technology for risk management and portfolio construction. The team is known for its dynamic, client focused and entrepreneurial culture.
The programme
As a graduate within Wealth Management you will spend time within a variety of different teams within the Wealth Management business, in order to help you build a broad and agile career within wealth management.
Together with your peers you will join a Schroder-wide technical training programme which introduces you to all aspects of the Investment Management business in preparation to do the Investment Management Certificate Exam and the CFA qualification as part of your training programme.
What you'll be like
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Genuine passion and interest in wealth management
- Innovative and analytical – you're happy to think outside the box and look for a fresh perspective
- A desire to get involved in variety of tasks and projects
- Teamwork
The knowledge, skills and qualifications we're looking for
- An honours degree or equivalent – we're not fussed when it comes to your degree subject or predicted grade
- You will be in your final year of study or already graduated
Why join us
- Gain the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) in your first few weeks. The IMC benchmark entry-level qualification into the UK investment profession
- Gain a professional qualification like the Chartered Wealth Management (CWM)
- over the course of the programme
- Benefit from a series of immersive and engaging training sessions equipping you with the skills you need to adapt to the world of work, hit the ground running and make an impact – training covers industry knowledge, technical and soft skills training
- Attend “Lunch and Learns/ “Coffee Hours” led by senior people across the business – your chance to build contacts in the industry and grow your professional network
- Access to a buddy – You'll be paired with a team buddy who will support you during the first few months, both before and after you join the Graduate Programme, helping you integrate smoothly into the team and the business.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing you with access to 24 hour confidential telephone counselling and a comprehensive online source of information on a range of issues, including Mental Health
- Free use of private GP Service
- On-site staff restaurant
- Free use of on-site gym
Recruitment process
- Online application form and CV
- Online assessments
- Online video interview
- Assessment centre
Candidates should be available to start the graduate programme on 18th September 2025.
If you think you may require disability-related adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact adjustments@employ-ability.org.uk our disability partner EmployAbility (employ-ability.org.uk) for a confidential discussion and advice.
We recruit on a rolling basis and may choose to close this role earlier than advertised. Therefore we recommend you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
We recognise potential, whoever you are
Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to clients through active management. Diversity of thought facilitated by an inclusive culture will allow us to make better decisions and better achieve our purpose. This is why inclusion and diversity are a strategic priority for us and why we are an equal opportunities employer: you are welcome here regardless of your age, disability, gender identity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or any other protected characteristics.
We regret to inform you that, for graduate roles, we are unable to consider applicants who do not have the legal right to work in the UK.
