The day to day role involved working with other members of a friendly team and looking in to how much profit the trading desk had made We looked to make sure they had made this profit whilst following regulation and without taking excessive risk
Reviewing communications and strategies from a Compliance perspective
Worked on an agile environment as part of the Unsecured Borrowing team performing functional testing and springboard service mesh Manteniance
I did project work so every day was different Due to the nature of my team I did not do any of the core functions of the team My normal day was 95 with maybe 34 meetings and mainly individual work for example on a project or a presentation I was doing
Research and assistance for junior and senior members of the leveraged finance team
I started the day with my teams daily call and any relevant meetings I would then do work on my given project reaching out to anyone necessary Throughout the week Id also have line manager meetings to discuss how my projects were going as well as ho
Collaborate in MandA projects help analysts in daily tasks
Working on technical tasks like middleware fullstack API projects
Daily tasks varied depending on amount of live deals Mainly gathering information regarding companies through either annual reports or Factset Worked closely with analyst and associate on team but occasionally also meeting with VPs Client interaction
The role involves supporting the wider team in day to day tasks building pitchbooks and creating ExcelPowerPoint presentations for different kinds of projects
Shadowing in on meetings with different stakeholders in the business Completing tasks set by the team Helping ensure that the bank stays regulatory compliant with rules set out by bodies such as the FCA
Most days would start with team meetings where we discussed progress on different jobs we were working on We then would have time to carry out our own tasks join in different meetings that were happening within the team or within Barclays as a whole an
Analyzing business processes and assessing the scope for technology solutions to automate them Specifically I would watch the process take place and ask questions to understand it fully then create a document containing my findings There was also a te
Investment Banking Summer Analyst Prepare slide decks multiples DCF analyses Attend weekly MampA meetings Help with teasers for pitches
As an intern I was facilitating the tasks of my manager and simultaneously learning about financial markets I developed tools that helped the traders in one of my rotations as well Alongside this I presented a trade idea to the traders as well
I worked with people in several areas of the banking sector to help design and implement a new computer system to help support other departments in the private banking sector
Researching on markets very time consuming but will achieve an extremely steep learning curve by the end of the internship My desk mostly involved navigating through kdb studio Tableau and using SQL and Python to code I used Microsoft Excel and user v
The programme is composed of 2 days The first day involved learning about Barclays company culture and the qualities they look for in candidates There was an interactive session where we learned about our social styles and how to interact with those wh
The virtual experience was really fun to be apart of and I would say that it really helps people new to Accountancy and Banking because it allows them to know more about it and knowing more about it means that it helps them build their path up to Accounta
Given the current environment Barclays and the early careers team done an extremely good job in ensuring the interns were actively engaged on a daily basis which allowed me to thoroughly enjoy the internship through an interesting experience
