Working in Financial Services

Financial services is a key sector for STEM students and graduates, offering a wealth of fantastic career opportunities. There’s much more to financial services than just investment banking, the sector can include anything that involves providing a service to the finance industry. We have run three hugely successful graduate careers events focused on roles in financial services, with more planned for the future. We also list lots of great roles and opportunities in this sector, from large investment banks to SME’s, and startups.

Upcoming events

Financial services is anything that involves providing a service to the finance industry. Jobs within this sector usually involve providing data, insight and news that financiers need to make investment and commercial decisions.

In-Person (London)

London STEM Women Graduate Careers Event - sponsored by Fluor

Monday 9th October 2023
12:00 pm - 4:30 pm GMT
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In-Person (Leeds)

Leeds STEM Women Graduate Careers Event - sponsored by Enfinium

Wednesday 11th October 2023
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT
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In-Person (Manchester)

Manchester STEM Women Graduate Careers Event - sponsored by LANXESS

Wednesday 18th October 2023
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT
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In-Person (Glasgow)

Glasgow STEM Women Graduate Careers Event - sponsored by Raytheon

Friday 20th October 2023
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT
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In-Person (Birmingham)

Birmingham STEM Women Graduate Careers Event - sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover

Wednesday 25th October 2023
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT
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In-Person (Belfast)

Belfast STEM Women Graduate Careers Event

Tuesday 31st October 2023
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT
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In-person (Dublin)

Dublin STEM Women Graduate Careers Event

Wednesday 1st November 2023
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm GMT
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In-person Amsterdam

Amsterdam STEM Women Graduate Careers Event

Monday 6th November 2023
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm (UTC + 2)
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In-Person (London)

London STEM Women Graduate Careers Event

Monday 13th November 2023
11:00am - 3:00 pm GMT
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In-Person (London)

London Women in Tech Networking Evening (1+ year’s work experience required)

Monday 13th November 2023
5:00pm - 7:30 pm GMT
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In-Person (Australia)

Melbourne STEM Women Graduate Careers Event sponsored by Department of Transport and Planning

Tuesday 12th March 2024
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST
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In-Person (Australia)

Sydney STEM Women Graduate Careers Event

Friday 15th March 2024
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm AEST
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Financial Services job roles

Zopa
United Kingdom

Graduate Analyst (Analytics/Product) - Jan 2024

We are kicking off interviews for our January 2024 intake with opportunities up for grabs across Credit Risk, Product Analytics…

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Jane Street
United Kingdom

Sales and Trading Internship, June-September

As a Sales and Trading intern, you’ll work alongside our experienced Sales people and Sales-Traders, learning how we engage and…

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BAE Systems
United Kingdom

Summer Internship

Our summer internships offer practical experience and expert insight you can take with you on the next step of your…

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RWEST
United Kingdom

Finance Graduate Programme

As one of our graduates, you will be able to create your own career path across our locations and gain…

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Glencore
United Kingdom

2024 Commercial/Trading Opportunities – Energy Division

Graduate opportunities within the 2024 Commercial Graduate Programme also continue to our sustainability team, supporting our journey to our target…

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What type of roles are there in the Financial Services sector?

When you work in financial services, you could be involved in investing money, managing it, protecting it, working with individual customers, corporate clients, investors, shareholders and colleagues. Financial services can roughly be divided into accountancy, investment management, banking, insurance and the actuarial profession, but within each of these sectors there is a wide range of work for graduates.

Fast-paced

No two days are the same when you work in financial services.

Diversity focused recruiters

The growing skills gap has increased awareness of the imbalanced within the financial services, leading to a boost in diversity and inclusion in this sector.

Career progression

This sector offers great opportunities for promotions and progression.

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