International Corporate Banking Graduate Programme 2027 Paris (m|f|x) Paris

If you’re a recent graduate or about to graduate, join us and unlock a world of carefully curated experiences, knowledge, and connections to shape your career. Along the way, you can expect all the training and support you need to make your mark on the world. Simply put, we’ll empower you to help shape how we do things and where we go next. Our graduates are a vital part of our success, and we welcome applications from people from all walks of life. Whoever you are and wherever you want to join us, if you’re curious, creative, and ambitious, this is a world where you can truly belong.

Why the International Corporate Banking Graduate Program?

With a global investment banking presence across the Americas, the UK, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, you’ll enter a supportive, collaborative environment known for its fast pace. While balancing work and life, the program fosters entrepreneurial skills within the bank’s fast-growing division. You’ll interact with global clients, work on deals, and learn from senior bankers. Barclays provides the tools, while support from a manager, coach, and mentor helps you grow. This program covers financial modeling, credit skills, CIB products, and solutions, as well as an understanding of product lines such as FX, DCM, and Barclaycard. You will master the end-to-end deal process, execution, and soft client management skills. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to growth, develop innovative solutions, align with sustainability goals, and support senior bankers—gaining a platform for making an impact and advancing your career.

Your responsibilities will include assisting with relationship loans, cash management RFPs, and trade finance facilities, among other tasks. You’ll learn valuable career and job skills from experienced colleagues. You will make a tangible impact on the Corporate Bank while also advancing your own career journey and skill sets.

International Corporate Banking at Barclays

The International Corporate Bank combines the strengths of the corporate and investment banks, enabling us to build strong relationships with the world’s most significant organizations by offering lending, trade finance, cash management, liquidity, digital banking, and hedging solutions to our clients. We are focused on building lasting relationships with Barclays’ clients and providing them with the right products and solutions at all times.

Tasks

Purpose of the role: To participate in the day-to-day activities within the International Corporate Banking division by providing transactional support that helps senior colleagues manage key client relationships, make informed decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new opportunities.

• Support client management as a key member of the Relationship Team—assist in managing client relationships by responding to inquiries, supporting onboarding, and contributing to proposals for cash management, trade finance, and lending solutions.
• Work alongside senior bankers to help identify and manage opportunities within Global Treasury Coverage—with a focus on products and services provided by International Corporate Banking.
• Prepare meeting materials, research sector-specific topics, and collaborate with teams across the Investment Bank.
• Support the end-to-end deal process, including credit analysis, financial modeling, internal committee reviews, and documentation for debt facilities and treasury solutions.
• Identify opportunities for new products and services, contribute to business cases, and assist in launching initiatives that align with sustainability and growth objectives.
• Take ownership of embedding risk controls, adhering to policies, and escalating violations appropriately.
• Participate in structured learning programs covering credit skills, client management, and treasury products, while seeking continuous improvement through mentorship and feedback.

Profile / Your qualification / Your personality

To be considered for this program, you must be motivated and curious, with a degree or expected degree in any field.

Language requirements: fluent in English and French.

Ideally, you’ll be interested in finance and business, proactive, and a good communicator. We value resourcefulness, teamwork, enthusiasm, and an entrepreneurial spirit—all of which may be demonstrated through your participation in extracurricular activities.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform assigned tasks in a timely manner and to a consistently high standard, driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in your assigned area of expertise.
• A thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise.
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, assigning work tasks, and coordinating team resources.
• If the position involves leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviors to create an environment where colleagues can thrive and consistently deliver to an excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviors are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energize and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR, for an individual contributor, they develop technical expertise in their area of work, acting as an advisor when appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Collaborate with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for the final results of a team’s operational processes and activities.
• Escalate violations of policies or procedures appropriately.
• Take responsibility for implementing new policies and procedures adopted to mitigate risk.
• Advise and influence decision-making within your area of expertise.
• Take ownership of managing risk and strengthening controls related to the work you lead or contribute to. Carry out your work and fulfill your responsibilities in accordance with relevant rules, regulations, and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually deepen your understanding of how your sub-function integrates with the function, along with knowledge of the organization’s products, services, and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how various areas coordinate and contribute to achieving the objectives of the organization’s sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgments based on the analysis of factual information, paying close attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience, guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex or sensitive information.
• Serve as a point of contact for stakeholders outside the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside the team and external to the organization.

That awaits you

Our office in Paris provides a full range of investment banking services to our local and global clients. Our integrated coverage model means we are able to provide our clients with access to deep expertise across sectors, regions, and products

. Entry Salary: €65,000

Upper Salary: €65,000

The entry and upper salary information above includes only the annual full-time equivalent base salary and represents the typical pay range for the role. The actual pay rate will reflect the level of responsibility associated with the role and the individual’s level of experience. The entry and upper salary information does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are also eligible for a suite of competitive country-specific benefits.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

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Location

Avenue de Friedland 34/36, FR-75008 Paris