Risk Analyst Graduate Program 2025 New York City

Additional Job Description

If you're a recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate, join us and unlock a world of carefully curated experiences, knowledge, and connections to shape your career. Along the way, you can expect all the training and support you need to make your mark on the world. Put simply, we’ll empower you to help determine how we do things and where we go next. Our graduates are a vital part of our success, and we welcome applications from people from all walks of life. Whoever you are and wherever you want to join us, if you’re curious, creative, and ambitious, this is a world in which you can truly belong. 

2-year rotational program designed to give you depth and breadth of experience. 

Why the Risk Graduate program? 

In our business, successfully managing risk is more than strategically important – it’s essential. As an integral part of our success, Barclays’ Risk team helps determine the level of risk considered appropriate for our client, group of clients, or other legal entity. Think you have what it takes to succeed here? Join us as an analyst.   

Real responsibility, right away   

You’ll start out with four weeks of intense training, covering various topics, including accounting, finance, stock and bond analysis, and an overview of all major instruments and businesses. Then, you’ll begin the first of three, eight-month long rotations in our offices – with a potential opportunity to work in London for part of the time - exposing you to a variety of areas across Risk. During this program, you’ll be placed in one of the key areas in Risk, including Credit, Market Risk, Operational, Treasury and Model. Along the way, you’ll build excellent foundational knowledge while getting to know our business and our people. As a Risk analyst, you may:  

• Research and analyze financial statements and industry peer groups to assess creditworthiness 
• Prepare and maintain industry and counterparty credit reviews and ratings 
• Monitor and report on a product’s risk profile 
• On-board new clients and ensure counterparty data is complete and accurate
• Assist in handling trade requests, including analyzing transaction specific risks

Risk at Barclays 

Barclays is a global force in banking, and Risk at Barclays is involved in every single transaction, every product, every service, and every decision Barclays makes across the full suite of Global banking operations. For the 3,000 people who work in Risk across the world, the sheer scale of our operation gives them unrivalled exposure, insight, breadth of experience – and the opportunity to build rich and varied careers within Risk and beyond. 

To be considered for this program, you must:  

Be an undergraduate student with an anticipated graduation date between December 2024 – June 2025 and a GPA of 3.2 or above. 

Ideally, you would also have:   

Problem-solving skills and analytical thinking. An interest to understand how a global bank adapts in a constantly evolving regulatory environment and an interest in how our bank responds to external market influences and find the support to build a successful career within Risk. 

Working in New York 

You will be working at our Americas Headquarters at 745 Seventh Avenue. This 37-story office tower is located in Times Square in the heart of Manhattan and features a cafeteria, fitness center, and state-of-the-art LED signage on the façade of the building. 

Salary / Rate Minimum:    $100,000
Salary / Rate Maximum:    $100,000
 
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. 
 

 
To be eligible, applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Barclays will not sponsor applicants for work visas or offer any employment-based immigration sponsorship for any internship, post-graduation program or permanent employment, including assistance with or execution of any documentation in support of optional practical training (OPT) or curricular practical training (CPT). 
 

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.