Wealth & Retail Banking Graduate (UAE Nationals) 2026

Wealth & Retail Banking Graduate (UAE Nationals) 2026

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About the Wealth & Retail Banking Team

We serve more than 13 million individuals and small businesses, focusing on the affluent segment that includes Private Banking, Priority Private, Priority Banking, and Premium Banking. In mass retail, we target emerging affluent clients who will progress in their wealth journey with us, forming the future pipeline of affluent clients.

We're a leading wealth manager in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Our deep local presence and international network enable us to capture the strong structural tailwinds driving cross border wealth flows. Our comprehensive product offerings span deposits, payments, financing, advisory, investments and bancassurance.

About the Graduate Programme - how you'll learn and grow

Join a skills first organisation where your potential matters more than your background. From day one, you'll build the skills that matter through real world projects, mentoring and tailored learning journeys. The 12 month graduate programme is designed to accelerate your development and set you up for long term success. You'll benefit from:

• Structured learning: Classroom training combined with hands on experience
• Global collaboration: Work with diverse teams and experienced leaders
• Skill development: Build technical expertise and professional capabilities

In addition, you'll be given early responsibilities and be able to make extensive connections across different teams, including:

• Affluent Banking: Accelerating wealth growth for our affluent clients - Personal, Premium, Priority, Priority Private and Private Banking.
• Wealth Solutions: Committed to building, managing and protecting client's wealth.
• Digital Banking: Using data and NextGen technology to deliver personalised banking solutions.
• Bancassurance Performance and Analytics: Supports the business through the application of data, AI and analytics to enhance performance.

Bring the skills and we'll help you to grow Skills

We believe that diverse skills drive innovation, so we welcome students from all degree disciplines and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds:

• Strong academic performance and extracurricular involvement
• Team player with agility and resilience
• Analytical thinker with attention to detail
• Passion for dynamic, fast paced environments
• Excellent project management and communication skills
• Have a permanent legal right to work in the country you're applying to
• You must be a final year student, able to start full time employment in July 2026

Key Dates

• Assessment Centres: January 2026
• Start Date: July 2026

Exceptions

• UK & UAE: Candidates requiring visa sponsorship will be considered
• UAE: Priority is given to UAE nationals

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you bring.

Our purpose-to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good-is achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together We

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holidays, which together total a minimum of 30 days
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first aiders and all sorts of self help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential

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