2026 Global Markets Graduate Analyst - Structuring

Country: United Kingdom

Programme: Graduate

City: London

Department: Global Markets

About BNP Paribas 

BNP Paribas is one of Europe’s leading banks with an international presence in 68 countries and more than 193,000 employees. We provide clients with financing, investment, savings and risk management solutions while maintaining the highest ethical standards. 

In the UK, our history dates back to 1867. Today, our clients benefit from our global reach, expertise and long-term commitment to building a responsible and sustainable financial future.

Company Purpose:

Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.

Our employer promise is built around three pillars:

• Being a great place to work
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact
• Being dedicated to the development of our people

Business Area 

BNP Paribas’ Global Markets offers consistent client service and innovative solutions for investment, hedging and financing opportunities across asset classes and geographies, and research and market intelligence to help our clients make strategic decisions.

Global Credit

Our Global Credit business enables us to realise synergies while maintaining strict boundaries between the public and private sides. We provide solutions to clients throughout the entire credit continuum from origination through execution to secondary market trading and post trade services.

Global Equities

Building on our long-establish world-class Equity Derivatives business, BNP Paribas continues to diversify and scale our Equities offering. Clients can now access the combined strengths of our market-leading Prime Services and Cash Equities platforms.

Global Macro

Global Macro offers the full spectrum of products across FX, Rates and Commodities in both developed and emerging markets, from millisecond electronic trading supported by the most advanced AI platforms, through to long dated, high touch solutions.

BNP Paribas’ Global Markets offers consistent client service and innovative solutions for investment, hedging and financing opportunities across asset classes and geographies, and research and market intelligence to help our clients make strategic decisions.

The Programme

The Global Markets Graduate Programme allows you to join a specific desk an develop your expertise in this space from Day 1. You’ll be able to develop your skillset and add real value to your team from the outset.

Key Responsibilities

What You’ll Do:

• Designing, pricing and marketing derivatives
• Create innovative products and ideas suited to market conditions and client needs
• Support marketing efforts through back-testing and presentations
• Interact closely with Sales, Trading and Clients when needed
• Contribute to the digitalisation of our platform
• Ensure product offerings are in line with BNPP trading capacity and policiesTrade execution and short-term risk management
• Aid trading activities by analysing opportunities, producing research and market analysis
• Trading report development and evaluation of trading strategies and their appropriateness for our customers
• Market commentary and analysis for internal and external distribution
• Develop modelling tools for markets analysis

Requirements

What We’re Looking For:

To join the Global Markets Graduate programme, you must be completing your degree course in 2026 (or be within two years of graduating) and have:

Candidate Profile

• Finance, Economics or Engineering background is not a requirement
• Methodical, logical, systematic and solution-driven approach
• Creativity and willingness to challenge and innovate
• Strong drive to exceed expectations and take initiative
• Great multitasking and time management skills
• Strong analysis and judgement
• Meticulous accuracy with a keen eye for detail
• Confident verbal communication skills
• Team player
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Additional languages are an advantage

Technical Skills and Qualifications

• Excellent academic background, minimum 2:1 or equivalent in Bachelor’s degree
• Keen interest and basic understanding in Capital Markets
• Strong desire and capacity to learn
• Strong mathematical, analytical & quantitative skills are advantageous
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Proficient with MS Office tools, including Excel (any additional computer skills/coding are an advantage)
• Strong interpersonal skills and a sense of professionalism
• Previous internship or work experience
• Pro-activeness

Conduct 

• Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct 
• Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks 
• Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues 
• And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct). 

A bit more about why you should join us

1. We’re a great place to work

We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)

We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:

• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.

* Subject to relevant caps

2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.  

For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.

But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.

3. We believe in our people

We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.

We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally. 

Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:

• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:
• Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.

Equal Opportunities

BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

Adjustments

We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.

Additional Information 

You may only apply for one Graduate programme per academic year (Global Banking, Global Markets, Technology or Securities Services) 

Successful candidates for this Graduate programme will be considered for Global Markets - Structuring ONLY 

Successful candidates for this Graduate programme will be considered for London ONLY