Global Transaction Banking Graduate Programme 2026 London

London, England

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Graduate Programmes at Barclays

Our Graduate programmes deliver immersive experiences, transformative development and incredible support – giving each graduate the best possible start to their career. You’ll learn continually. From bespoke training to courses on our e-learning platform, you’ll become more capable and better-equipped every day.

Whichever programme you choose, you’ll do meaningful work, discover resources to help you build a long-term career and develop your skillset with the guidance of a hand-picked line manager and a dedicated talent coach.

Key information

Date live: 30/08/2025

Business Area: See job description

Area of Expertise: Early Careers

Contract: Graduate

Reference Code: JR-0000065352

Job description

Graduate Programme Overview

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.

Why the Global Transaction Banking Graduate Programme?

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

The Global Transaction Banking graduate programme imparts understanding of payment products' importance in our Corporate Banking offering. You will innovate payment solutions for global companies, mastering end-to-end product management with risk controls. Completing the programme will equip you with solid corporate product knowledge for a Corporate Banking career. You will also collaborate with key stakeholders, including tech and service partners, offers insights into the bank. You will receive training, project involvement, and collaboration with industry leaders, building a network for career growth.

There are a huge variety of roles, opportunities and career paths to explore at Transaction Banking. Our teams include people of all levels and experience. We have teams focusing on Technology, Digital, Customer Experience, Data, Specialist Sales, Liquidity, Coverage, Trade, Structuring, Operations and Control. Our roles range across the product lifecycle from deep technical specialists to client-facing relationship managers and experts in data, risk and operational rigour. Our Product Managers act like entrepreneurs running their own small business from beginning to end.

This variety gives our people the agility, deep product knowledge and broad commercial understanding to develop their careers in any number of ways. We’re committed to helping our people update and upgrade their skills as they grow with us.

Global Transaction Banking

Global Transaction Banking serves a diverse range of clients, including mid-sized corporates, large corporates, financial institutions, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). These clients are organised based on their specific needs: mid-sized corporates are typically owner-managed and single-banked; large corporates are multi-banked and aligned by industry sectors; financial institutions include banks, payment service providers, and alternative finance companies; and SMEs range from small businesses to more sophisticated financial institution clients.

We provide tailored solutions to meet the unique needs of each client segment, ensuring they receive the appropriate level of service and support.

Barclays Transaction Banking is a perfect place to begin, and build, a long, varied and successful career in finance. You’ll be exposed to an unrivalled depth and breadth of experience. You’ll learn skills and gain product knowledge that prepare you for any role in our organisation.

We are a wide ranging and diverse team of people across the UK, Europe, AsiaPac and the US. We have the strategy, leadership, and investment in place to grow our team significantly, upgrade our digital capabilities and drive global expansion. That’s because we are seen by the business as one of Barclays’ key opportunities for growth. With all this growth, there’s also the opportunity to bring a truly global perspective to your career. That could mean managing a global team from your current location, creating products that are adapted for use around the world, or making an exciting international career move.

The work we do touches every aspect of corporate and commercial banking. You’ll also get a unique perspective on global commerce, seeing how financial solutions and working capital support every stage of the corporate value chain.

You’ll be interacting with, and learning from, colleagues from Investment Banking, Corporate Banking, sales, operations, technology, relationship management, compliance and legal teams. You’ll be working closely with Transaction Banking experts who have years of experience and knowledge to share. You’ll be understanding the needs of every size and type of client, across every industry. The relationships and networks you build with colleagues, clients and other financial institutions will be priceless.

Throughout, you’ll be growing our business and forging new ground, with the support of one of the world’s leading corporate and investment banks. So you’ll enjoy more exposure, access and influence, at an earlier stage, than most established Transaction Banking teams can offer.

There are a whole range of roles to explore, and our commitment to growth means that you’ll have opportunities to innovate, be an entrepreneur and develop your career on a global stage. There are always new products, sectors, markets and regulatory environments to explore.

Who we're looking for

To be considered for this programme, you must be motivated and curious with a degree or expected degree – in any area.

Ideally, you'll have a can-do attitude and have analytical skills. You'll have some experience translating data, and be a good communicator. We value resourcefulness, teamwork, enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial spirit, all of which might be showcased through your involvement in extracurricular activities.

For the graduate programme:

Please be advised that the 2026 Global Transaction Banking Graduate Programme is not one which we can offer sponsorship for at this time. Accordingly, applicants for this position will need to have the legal right to work in the UK on a full time basis from August 2026 to August 2028.

Following the graduate programme:

Please note that the Global Transaction business area is currently deemed out of scope for sponsorship. Please be assured that we considered all factors very carefully, prior to making this decision. Accordingly, as it currently stands, you would not be eligible to receive a Skilled Worker Visa from Barclays at the end of the Graduate Programme if you obtain a role in this area.

Working in London

If you love the buzz of city life, our global HQ is the place to be. Our London hub is in Canary Wharf, at the heart of London’s financial district. Here, you won’t just be perfectly placed to explore the nation’s capital; you’ll be in a place where you can explore all the many functions and opportunities of a global financial giant. And if you’re technically minded, you’ll get more from your tech career by collaborating with other brilliant minds on game-changing innovations that are redefining the future of finance.

Purpose of the role

To participate in the day-to-day activities of the global transaction banking division providing insights and expertise that help senior colleagues make informed decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new market opportunities.

Accountabilities

Execution of small research projects, research to support strategic decision making, preparation of presentations and reports to communicate research findings, collaboration with senior management to implement research findings for transaction banking, participating in the development of payment solutions for global companies as well as end-to-end product management with risk controls.
Collaboration with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
Participation in training and development programmes to enhance skills and knowledge.
Identification of opportunities, development of business cases, management of the deployment and launch of new products and services for transaction banking.
Management of client relationships and provision of customer service support to clients and customers, under steadily decreasing supervision, responding to questions about products and services, processing of transactions.
Training and mentoring of junior colleagues.

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 / procedures 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 organisations 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.

What you get in return

However high you rise at Barclays, we believe all our employees should receive a competitive package of core benefits flexible to you and your family’s needs. At Barclays, you’ll support our customers and clients, and we’ll support you with rewards that will genuinely make a difference.

Paid holiday and vacation

Competitive pay

Private medical care

Disability assurance

Flexible working

Life assurance

Voluntary benefits

Retirement planning

Where will you be located?

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What makes a successful Graduate at Barclays?

These key qualities will help you lay a solid foundation for success on our programmes. From day one, we’ll help you further develop and strengthen them.

Why Barclays?

There’s no other business quite like Barclays. There are no other careers quite like ours. We’re here to champion your development, and we truly want you to enjoy your career journey. We’ll give you all the support and encouragement you need to make the most of this experience. And you’ll have the chance to make a genuine contribution to our inclusive culture and support our purpose as we serve our customers, clients, communities and colleagues.

The Barclays Way

This is the spirit of Barclays. It’s why we exist, what we believe and how we behave. But most importantly, it’s how we make decisions, take action and get things done.

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Purpose

Working together for a better financial future.

Values

We believe great talent RISES. It acts with Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Mindset

We discover our full potential through our desire to Empower, Challenge and Drive each other.

You get exposed to really supportive and intelligent people that push you to be your best self.

- Alexi

It's great to be surrounded by so much technical talent, but also people through a variety of functions. And I feel like I thrive because there's so much opportunity to network.

- Imogen

There's really a lot of impactful work you can do day to day. You get to work with really senior engineers on a daily basis and you learn a lot from working with them.

– Yuming

I can reach out to anybody and know that I will be able to find mentorship, support and just a community at Barclays as well.

- Becky

More about working at Barclays

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Step 1 - Your application
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Step 3 - Your interview
Step 4 - Next steps

We aim to create an inclusive work environment where everyone can reach their full potential. If you require any adjustments to our recruitment process, please let us know as part of your application.

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Barclays offers a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture. A place where people can bring their whole selves to work and be respected for who they are, valued for what they do and celebrated for their contribution to our business and our community.

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

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.