Compliance Analyst Summer Intern Programme 2025 - Glasgow

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Compliance Analyst Summer Intern Programme 2025 - Glasgow

Join us as a summer intern and discover the world of finance and technology. Dive into our culture, engaging in real projects that offer a comprehensive business overview. Select your desired business area for an in-depth introduction, taking on immediate responsibility guided by a mentor and line manager. Forge connections, explore new horizons, and unlock growth opportunities in this 8-10 week journey. Join us during the summer of your penultimate year of university to build skills, expand knowledge, and embark on an impactful path towards a promising career.

Why the Compliance Summer Intern programme?

Compliance is a fascinating, challenging and rewarding place to work. You’ll be joining a team that is absolutely vital to the bank’s operations, doing work that really matters. You’ll protect customers, fight crime, defend our reputation, define how we do business and look to the future. Simply put, without Compliance, Barclays could not operate.

As a summer analyst, you’ll spend the summer with our team, building a solid foundation in Compliance and helping the Group deliver our strategy – in the right way. You’ll either join one of our business-facing teams, supporting a particular business division, or one of our firm-wide core teams, supporting the entire Group. You may:  

• Review policy breaches and escalations to identify themes and create recommendations to increase efficiency 
• Draft procedures for regulatory disclosures  
• Advise colleagues about regulation related to specific products and services 
• Help maintain the barrier between private side and public side teams 
• Work closely with IT to represent Compliance requirements for new systems.

Compliance at Barclays

Acting as guardian for the whole of Barclays means taking on a whole range of important roles. Compliance people research and investigate. We gather, study and analyse complex data from a wide range of sources. We follow leads, identify risks, evaluate threats and predict the trends that will define the future. We’re involved in surveillance and control, product design and implementation. We are tech people, training professionals and communications experts. We are developers, project managers, consultants and administrators. Across all those disciplines, we are problem solvers, finding ways to deliver great outcomes for our business, our colleagues our customers and clients.

What we are looking for:

To be considered for this programme, you must currently be pursuing an undergraduate degree with anticipated graduation year 2026. 

Ideally, you would also have:  

A passion and enthusiasm to work in technology will help you to thrive and deliver results, no matter what role you are in. You’ll also need to be customer-orientated, full of resilience, drive and spirit, and take pride in a job well done.  

Working in Glasgow

Barclays Glasgow is at the heart of our business in Scotland, and a site of strategic importance. We have been in Scotland for 250 years, and our significance has never been as important as it is today: we’re recognised as a centre of excellence. 

It’s the focus for a national team of 2,500 people that offers the latest technology and a superb working environment 

The vibrant and buzzing city of Glasgow offers endless opportunities to enjoy life outside the office. From major exhibitions to festivals, you’ll find the best of culture, food, sport, art and entertainment. 

It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law. 

Purpose of the role

To gain experience of risk management skills, knowledge, and capabilities to deliver a broad range of compliance services to businesses and functions.

Accountabilities

• Guiding the business’ adherence to the Compliance risk management framework.
• Advisory services to colleagues about regulation related to specific products and services.
• Utilisation of data and analytics to proactively monitor and influence the business Compliance risk landscape.
• Development of Compliance risk insight and understanding, including Laws, Rules and Regulations, Financial Crime and Conduct.
• Training of business stakeholders.

Analyst Expectations

• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies / procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation, and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisation’s products, services, and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

About Barclays

Step into Barclays, a place where individuality is celebrated and innovation meets impact. We’re not just about numbers; we’re about you – your passions, ideas and curiosity.

Did we mention we’re top 10 material? The Times knows we’re the real deal of graduate employers. No fancy degrees required – just bring your energy, creativity and a can-do spirit. Our tech game is strong, so if coding’s your jam, you’re in for a treat. And hey, it’s not just about the tech – we’re all building the future of banking for everyone.

On a Barclays graduate programme, internship or apprenticeship, you’ll learn and grow every day, surrounded by people who love to think differently. Whether you’re based at our cutting edge campus in Glasgow or our thriving hub of activity in Barclays Manchester, our Radbroke campus or in the heart of London – you’ll join a community of collaboration and support from day one.

We’re the big shots with a heart, making waves that matter. Whether you’re into numbers or networking. You can dive into a world of impact, innovation and endless career opportunities. At Barclays, the future’s looking bright, and it’s got your name on it.

How to apply

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Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.