Global Markets Apprenticeship 2026 - London
Bank of America
London (EC1A 1HQ)
Closes on Saturday 31 January 2026
Posted on 22 December 2025
Contents
Summary
Our apprentice programme starts in September 2026, you will join our Global Markets (GM) division working in a full-time role whilst studying with one of our trusted learning providers.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Investment operations specialist (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 9.00am to 5.00pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 14 September 2026
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
You’ll spend most of your time working alongside experienced colleagues, learning relevant and valuable skills, and contributing to exciting projects whilst also following an established apprenticeship program, graduating after four years with a Level 6 Financial Services Professional Apprenticeship, which includes a Degree in Applied Finance.
Apprentices evolve during the program based on their career aspirations and depending on how quickly their technical and soft skills develop. We encourage apprentices to take advantage of employee networks, mentorship and all other resources made available to them to accelerate their career. Successful apprentices will continuously relate what they are learning with their work at Bank of America, as they progress through their degree program.
Our Global Markets team operate at the centre of the world’s debt and equity markets. They provide sales and trading services, liquidity, hedging strategies and industry-leading insights, analytics, and competitive pricing to more than 9,000 institutional clients across six continents.
As an Apprentice within Global Markets, you will have a unique opportunity to delve into financial markets and understanding the wide array of products we offer to our client base from Bonds, Currencies, Commodities, Mortgages and much more. You will be working closely with experienced and supportive colleagues on suggesting and implementing improvements on strategic business initiatives and projects to help drive growth. In addition (but not limited to) you may be asked to help with supporting and preparing business case and presentation materials; building and nurturing advisory relationships; identifying issues, developing hypotheses, and communicating insights and recommendations to key decision makers and develop comprehensive and in-depth understanding of our business and external market forces.
As the successful applicant, you will have the following behaviours and competencies:
- The desire to learn with demonstrable evidence of self-learning outside of studies
- Be able to display clear motivation for exploring a career within financial services
- Be able to demonstrate capacity for creative thinking, problem solving and the ability to deal with competing priorities
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to interact with a variety of people
- Display evidence of strong teamwork
Where you'll work
2 King Edward Street
London
EC1A 1HQ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
Training course
Investment operations specialist (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Maintains a consistently high standard of service internally, towards clients and with intermediaries. Adheres to well defined timeframes, systems and processes. Consistently attentive to accuracy, detail and timeliness; meets required risk, regulatory and governance requirements. Performs tasks which may be complex, specialised, or non-routine, such as bespoke (OTC) derivative settlement and margin calculations, monitoring and processing these complex transactions through to completion; Preparing management, investment performance or review reports for internal and external clients.
- Adopts high quality written and verbal communication skills as appropriate for communicating with internal and external clients. . Builds positive relationships with clients and colleagues using sound interpersonal and influencing skills. Able to coach/train less experienced colleagues. Able to communicate and negotiate complex situations and issues that may arise.
- Consistently supports colleagues and the wider business, collaborating to achieve results. Aware of their role within team, how their team fits within the business and how the team’s decisions impacts on others. Takes a leadership role in the team when appropriate. Operates well under time pressure.
- Takes ownership for delivery in their area of responsibility, both for the core role and for developing and implementing changes. Able to exercise autonomy and judgement within fairly broad parameters. Finds effective ways to resolve issues. Escalates decisions and issues when necessary. Capable of resolving complex issues that may involve other business areas.
- Proactively plans and records their own development; seeks constructive feedback and incorporates within development plan; keeps up to date with changes in all areas of the role; shows commitment to the job and the industry.
Training schedule
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 5 or equivalent)
- Maths (grade 7 or equivalent)
Other in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We are devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organisation. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon completion, there are a number of careers which an apprentice can choose depending upon their interest
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000006349.
Apply now
Closes on Saturday 31 January 2026
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