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London, UK

Group Investigations UK Intern 2026

Internship
Finance
Legal
Posted:
December 29, 2025

Standard Chartered

Global banking and financial services
75
Palpable Score
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Job Description:

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Group Investigations Intern 2026

Group Investigations’ (GI) primary role is to investigate matters that are likely to involve possible breaches of law, regulation, bank policy or standards and/or that pose potentially significant financial, legal, regulatory or reputational risk to the Bank. GI currently forms part of a wider team which includes eDiscovery (eDDA) and Operations & Analytics.

 

Group Investigations is responsible for managing a wide range of investigations, and so the team has a range of professional backgrounds, including lawyers, law enforcement and security, accounting firms and other experience gained within the banking industry. During your programme you’ll work across both the eDDA and Operations and Analytics teams. They are responsible for managing the Speaking Up Channel, for governance relating to GI and the provision of specialist

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About the programme

Our 10-week Internship Programme gives you the opportunity to gain first-hand experience working on real-world problems, hone your skills, create lasting relationships, gain insights, and discover your strengths. Throughout the programme, you'll acquire the skills for immediate success, as well as understand what's required for the future as our industry and your career evolve. A strong performance on the programme could lead to a graduate job offer.
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Through this immersive programme, you'll learn about our Group Investigations (“GI”) team and the processes, people and roles. You’ll gain a thorough understanding of what a career within the GI team could look like.
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Your programme will include:
•    A one-day orientation introduces you to the Bank and your fellow interns
•    Four days of classroom instruction on our products, our business, and our bankers
•    On-the-job training and technical seminars to support your learning
•    Performance reviews and support of managers, mentors, and buddies  
•    Presentations by senior management (speaker series) and engagement with executive management
•    Networking within the GI business function and across other divisions
•    Engaging in community service

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Eligibility

We encourage students from diverse backgrounds to apply.

For this role, we particularly value backgrounds in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Legal.

You need to be a penultimate year student, able to intern for 10 weeks from June 2025 and start full-time employment in July 2026.You’ll have the legal right to work in the UK (on a full time basis) for the duration of the internship you’re applying to.

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About the company

Standard Chartered

Company overview
Standard Chartered is a multinational bank focused on connecting clients and capital across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, with additional presence in Europe and the Americas. Standard Chartered operates across Corporate and Investment Banking, Wealth and Retail Banking, and a large operations and technology footprint. The company serves individuals, SMEs, and large institutions with products spanning lending, transaction banking, markets, and wealth solutions. Standard Chartered is headquartered in London and is publicly listed.

Locations and presence

Standard Chartered states the company operates across 52 markets, with major hubs including London and large operations and technology centres in places like India. Standard Chartered has maintained a hybrid working approach without a fixed in-office-days rule, while still signalling that in-person time matters for mentorship and junior development.

Palpable Score

75
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Standard Chartered offers clear early-career entry through global graduate and internship pathways, plus earlier on-ramps like spring insight programmes in some markets. Standard Chartered also gives candidates a more explicit view of the hiring journey than many banks, including assessment centre guidance and timeline expectations. The score is capped by limited public pay transparency for junior roles and incomplete public data on conversion, retention, and promotion rates, alongside recent cost-cutting job moves affecting some teams.
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