Job description

Why Risk Modelling Specialism?

In Risk, our role is to make sure we’re doing the right thing as an organisation, for our people and our customers. Risk management allows us to strike a balance between taking risks and reducing them.

It’s our responsibility to manage risk across the bank, ensuring we have the right culture, strategy, and rules in place. We also manage interactions with key regulators, providing trusted advice to the colleagues who serve our customers.

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Our world-class graduate programme

As a graduate trainee Modelling Specialist in Risk, you get the best possible start to your career as we’ll equip you with the knowledge, skills, and experiences you’ll need to make a significant impact through your work. 

Over the course of this two-year programme, you can expect to:

• Develop highly sought-after coding and modelling skills
• Explore new technology developments, emerging regulations, and new strategic risks
• Discover how to analyse and interpret historical data
• Design, build, and validate risk models
• Accelerate your risk modelling capability by completing a world class training programme
• Gain unique experience by delving into the world of credit risk, oversight, and challenge
• Understand how to identify, analyse, and report risks
• Learn from industry experts and immediately apply your learnings

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What’s in it for you?

We’ll reward you with a starting salary of £36,000 a year. And on top of your salary, you’ll have access to our flexible benefits package. 

You can also look forward to:

• Benefiting from significant exposure to our executive committee
• Enriching your learning through our NatWest Group Academy
• Accelerating your business partnering and stakeholder management capability
• Mastering your ability to influence change and challenge the status quo
• Expanding your global professional network
• Growing your confidence, building your resilience, and elevating your presence
• Experiencing first-hand what it’s like working in a purpose-driven organisation

At the end of two years your programme will end, and we’ll support you to apply for your next job. Past graduates have been successful in applying for jobs such as Risk Model Analyst.

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Entry requirements

To be eligible for our Risk graduate programme, you’ll need:

• To have, or be on course to achieving a 2:1 in a STEM subject for your degree, preferably in a strong numerical discipline
• A growth mindset and passion for learning
• To be a keen problem solver
• Good analytical skills
• To enjoy collaborating and working as part of a team
• The ability to think strategically

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