Sales, Trading and Structuring Graduate Programme 2026 Milan

Overview

Sales, Trading and Structuring Graduate Programme 2026 Milan — Barclays

Join to apply for the Sales, Trading and Structuring Graduate Programme 2026 Milan role at Barclays. If you're a recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate join us and unlock a world of carefully curated experiences, knowledge and connections to shape your career. After intensive initial training, you will start your career as a salesperson or a trader on a specific desk in one of our business areas.

Barclays makes markets in major asset classes, providing sophisticated, timely solutions to our clients. Our Sales & Trading team works in a fast-paced environment, quickly processing information and anticipating market trends to help clients make their next move.

Responsibilities

• As a Sales Analyst: Analyse and develop solutions to clients’ needs; monitor markets and formulate trade ideas; perform analysis on fundamental and technical data; attend client meetings or calls with traders, salespeople and research colleagues.
• As a Trading Analyst: Monitor markets and generate trade ideas; participate in pricing products; help with daily tasks such as trade reporting or P&L analysis; assist with managing risk of the team’s trading books.
• Execute small research projects, prepare presentations and reports to communicate findings, and collaborate with senior management to implement research results for the global markets division.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives and participate in training and development programmes.
• Identify opportunities, develop business cases, manage deployment and launch of new products and services for the global markets division.
• Manage client relationships and provide customer service to clients, responding to questions about products and processing transactions.
• Develop and implement financial models and strategies to support decision making in the global markets division.
• Provide training and mentoring to junior colleagues.

Qualifications & Who We're Looking For

• Motivated and curious with a degree or expected degree in any area.
• Language requirements: fluent in English and Italian; German, French, Spanish are desirable.
• Interest in business and finance, strong work ethic, eagerness to learn and develop a technical skill set.

Working in Milan

Capital of the Lombardy region, Milan is located in the Po Valley. Barclays is based at Via Broletto 4, Milan, where you will be part of our international finance team serving clients worldwide.

Purpose of the role

To participate in the day-to-day activities of the markets division providing insights and expertise that help senior colleagues make informed decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new market opportunities.

Accountabilities

• Execution of small research projects, communication of research findings, and collaboration with senior management to implement results for the global markets division.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
• Participation in training to enhance skills and knowledge.
• Identification of opportunities, development of business cases, and management of deployment and launch of new products and services.
• Management of client relationships and provision of customer service, including responding to product questions and processing transactions.
• Development and implementation of financial models and strategies to support decision making in the global markets division.
• Training and mentoring of junior colleagues.

Analyst Expectations

• Impact on the work of related teams; partner with other functions and business areas.
• Take responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities; escalate breaches of policies as needed.
• Embed new policies/procedures due to risk mitigation; advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Manage risk and strengthen controls; deliver work in line with rules, regulations and codes of conduct.
• Understand how sub-functions integrate with the function and how products, services and processes fit together.
• Make evaluative judgments based on factual information; resolve problems using established precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex information; act as a contact point for stakeholders outside the immediate function.

Other

• Barclays values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship apply to all colleagues.
• Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge and Drive.
• Seniority level: Associate
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Finance and Sales
• Industries: Banking and Financial Services