Internal Audit Analyst Summer Intern Programme 2025 London

Join Us as a Summer Intern

Discover the world of finance and technology with our summer internship. Engage in real projects that provide a comprehensive business overview. Choose your desired business area for an in-depth introduction, taking on immediate responsibility with guidance from a mentor and line manager. Forge connections, explore new horizons, and unlock growth opportunities in this 8-10 week journey during the summer of your penultimate year of university. Build skills, expand knowledge, and embark on an impactful path towards a promising career.

Why the Internal Audit Summer Internship?

As a Summer Analyst, you’ll join one of our business-facing or functional teams, building a solid foundation in Internal Audit through hands-on experience and exposure to experienced colleagues and senior managers. During the program, you may participate in the following responsibilities:

Process Responsibilities:

• Support the team with projects, research, and other aspects of their role.
• Play a part in the audit delivery process through work delegated by the audit team.
• Consistently follow policy and procedure, taking into account Barclays' reputation at all times.

Internal Audit at Barclays

Internal Audit is an independent control function that's critical to our business around the world. Join a team that provides independent, reliable, insightful, and timely assurance to the whole business about effective governance, risk management, and control of current and evolving risks.

Barclays Internal Audit is a market leader in Data Analytics and other specialisms, known for innovative thinking and approach. This is your chance to work with industry experts who will help you build your knowledge and support your career.

Our structured programme will provide the skills needed to be a successful auditor along with a strong foundation in Risk and Controls knowledge, invaluable for any career in Financial Services. Start your career in the only place which can provide you with a broad picture of the whole bank and how Barclays operates at a strategic level.

What We Are Looking For

To be considered for this programme, you must currently be pursuing an undergraduate degree with an anticipated graduation year of 2026. Ideally, you should also have:

• An eagerness to learn and the willingness to take on new challenges.
• Experience in flexing and adapting style to meet the needs of others.

Purpose of the Role

Support the day-to-day operations of the internal audit division, providing insights and expertise that help more senior colleagues make informed decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new market opportunities.

Accountabilities

• Participation in audit planning, including documenting scope, process understanding, risk, and control identification and testing strategies.
• Completion of audit fieldwork by testing key controls and drawing conclusions about their design and effectiveness.
• Discussion and agreement on the factual accuracy of audit issues with the audit team.
• Writing high-quality issues and recording management’s action plans.
• Keeping updated with risks, issues, and changes across relevant business units.
• Challenging others to ensure the right conclusion is reached.
• Execution of all work in full compliance with regulatory requirements and Barclays’ policies and procedures.
• Recommend additional accountability and contribute to risk assessment activity.

Analyst Expectations

• Impact the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Take responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies/procedures appropriately.
• Embed new policies/procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision-making within own area of expertise.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls in relation to owned or contributed work.
• Deliver work and areas of responsibility in line with rules, regulation, and codes of conduct.
• Understand how own sub-function integrates with function, along with knowledge of the organisation's products, services, and processes.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to achieving organisational objectives.
• Make evaluative judgements based on analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through acquired technical experience.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex/sensitive information.
• Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside immediate function, building a network of contacts both outside the team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues are 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 are also expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Email for queries: first.last@barclays.com