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San Francisco, CA

Banking Associate Summer Internship Program 2026 San Francisco

Internship
Finance
Finance
Posted:
December 28, 2025

Barclays

Personal and corporate banking
76.1
Palpable Score
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Job description

Summer Internship Program Overview


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 Investment Banking Summer Intern Program?


As a Banking intern, you will be working with various Investment Banking teams. Here. you’ll come up with the answers to our clients’ most strategic questions. Advising a broad range of corporate clients, you’ll deliver holistic, structured solutions that help our clients deliver on their goals; whether that’s through mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, structured solutions or risk management.

As a Summer Associate, you’ll spend the summer learning the art and science behind executing a transaction. As a member of one of our industry, product or geographic groups, you’ll work on live deals and deal proposals. You may also work on projects that include:
•Financial analysis and modelling
•Valuation
• Industry research
• Client due diligence
• Developing written materials, including offering memoranda and new business presentations.

Investment Banking at Barclays


Barclays is one of the world’s top-tier investment banks. We are one of the only non-US, full-service rivals to the biggest US investment banks. And being headquartered in Europe gives us a unique advantage. We think and act differently. From Hong Kong to Houston, and Tel Aviv to Tokyo, everyone at Barclays enjoys a real sense of purpose, because they work for a business that fosters innovation, champions sustainability, and deploys finance responsibly for the common good and the long term.

Who we're looking for


To be considered for this program, you must be pursuing an MBA degree, graduating between December 2026- June 2027.

Ideally you'll have A GPA of 3.2 or above. You'll have a keen interest in business and finance and a curiosity to learn. We value resourcefulness, teamwork, enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial spirt, all of which might be showcased through your involvement in extracurricular activities.

Working in Menlo Park / San Francisco


You will be working at our 4 Embarcadero Ctr San Francisco location. This state of the art office is located in the heart of the city and is easily accessible to public transportation.

Salary / Rate Minimum: $175,000
Salary / Rate Maximum: $175,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any another type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

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.

It is the policy of Barclays that an applicant’s criminal conviction will not be a bar to employment*

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, it is the policy of Barclays to consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records

Purpose of the role

To participate in the day-to-day activities of the investment banking division. Gain broad exposure to different type of clients, transactions and focus on specialist areas.

Accountabilities

Associate Expectations

About the company

Barclays

Company overview
Barclays is a multinational bank and financial services group with major businesses in UK retail banking and international corporate and investment banking. Barclays serves consumers, small businesses, corporates, and institutional clients through products like lending, payments, cards, markets, and wealth services. Barclays also runs large technology, operations, and data teams that build and maintain banking platforms at scale. Barclays is headquartered in London and operates globally.

Locations and presence

Barclays has major UK hubs including London (Canary Wharf), Glasgow, Manchester, Knutsford (Radbroke), and Northampton, alongside a wide international footprint. Barclays has tightened office attendance expectations in recent years, with public reporting describing a minimum three-days-a-week in-office baseline for many roles, while client-facing teams can be more office-heavy.

Palpable Score

76.1
/ 100
Barclays gives graduates and students multiple reliable entry points through internships, a structured graduate programme (Explorer and Expert paths), apprenticeships, and an earlier Discovery programme. The main downside is that, despite clear official stage descriptions, candidate communication and closure can still feel uneven at scale. Learning support and early-career community design are strong, while published outcome metrics like conversion rates and time-to-promotion are still limited.
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