SMBC Summer Intern Programme 2027

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What is the Opportunity? SMBC hosts a 9-week Summer Intern Programme for penultimate year students who will have the opportunity to work on teams, be exposed to significant firm-wide projects within their respective business areas and support a range of deals with our clients. Participants will work on a variety of projects including building financial models, developing client presentations, conducting research, and participating in client meetings, all to improve their understanding of the global banking industry. The Summer Intern Programme is a pipeline to the permanent Global Graduate Programme. Who We Are: SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group headquartered in Tokyo, offering banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance across more than 150 offices and 86,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. In EMEA, SMBC has more than 2,000 employees across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with a presence in key financial centres including London, Dublin, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid and Dubai, providing banking and financial services to corporate, institutional and sovereign clients. Interns will join one of the main front office teams: Structured Finance Solutions (Project Finance, Infrastructure, Net Asset Value, Leverage Finance, Origination); Corporate and Investment Banking (Capital Markets, Global Financial Institutions, Trade Finance, Corporate Banking); or Sales and Trading (Derivatives, Fixed Income, Credit). How the Programme Works: designed for penultimate year students, this 9-week internship commences in June and includes induction, on-the-desk training, a Senior Speaker Series, cultural Japanese activities, social networking activities, and a Volunteer Day with a local nonprofit. The successful candidate will possess or demonstrate: being in their penultimate year (2nd year of a 3-year degree or 3rd year of a 4-year degree, graduating in 2028); an excellent academic record; exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate concepts and ideas concisely and defend their validity; the ability to interact comfortably with clients in a professional and mature manner; outstanding ethics, integrity, and judgment; intellectual curiosity; unrestricted and unlimited right to work in the UK; availability to start on 14 June 2027. SMBC operates a hybrid workforce model, requiring employees to live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location; hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles. SMBC Group are proud signatories of the HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter, and are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse, high-performing workforce. Benefits offered once joining as a full-time employee include medical cover, well-being programmes, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, vacation and personal time, holidays, sick time, an Employee Assistance Programme, commuter benefits, and tuition and professional training reimbursement. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with assessment rounds starting ahead of the deadline, so early application is encouraged. A completed video interview is required before an application is considered further.