Innovative & experiential early careers training for banks
Our innovative early careers banking training solutions help banks to attract, onboard, and develop talent through experiential learning that reflects the realities of modern banking. From programmes for school leavers and interns, to onboarding and inductions for apprentices or graduates, our learning solutions build practical product, industry, and professional skills.
An approach that’s centred on learning by doing
Specialists in interactive and experiential early careers training, we are partners to some of the world’s top banks, creating highly innovative and unique programmes. Our expertise includes recruitment and insight events, school leaver and intern programmes, and apprentice and graduate inductions. Each time, we tailor our learning solutions to ensure we reflect our client’s specific values, culture and commercial context.
Our learner-centred approach immerses new hires in an experiential cycle of learning and development. Our exciting mix of practical learning experiences includes engaging banking simulations and gamified activities across technical, industry and professional skills.
Unique business simulations for banking
Drawing on our growing team of learning technologists, we develop practical and relevant experiential learning solutions for our banking clients. Our continued investment in technology enables us to successfully deliver large-scale onboarding and global inductions that embrace our unique banking simulations, activities and digital learning solutions. From our Run the Bank Simulation that explores the business divisions of a bank, through to simulations that focus on trading and global markets, risk management or trade life cycle – we have a portfolio of practical and flexible solutions that you can blend with your new and existing programmes.
Interactive workshops for the banking industry
Our workshops blend practical banking simulations and gamified activities to provide learners with the opportunity to apply and reinforce their understanding.
Equities: Understand market dynamics, risk metrics and trading strategies using live market scenarios.
Fixed income: Explore pricing, yield calculations, duration concepts, and curve interpretation with real companies.
Foreign exchange: Navigate FX market mechanics, quotes, forwards, and hedging strategies in the world’s most liquid market.
Commodities: Understand futures contracts, pricing drivers, swaps, and portfolio diversification techniques.
Financial statement analysis: Interpret financial statements, construct key performance metrics, and calculate ratios to assess business performance and financial health.
Valuation techniques: Understand valuation methodologies including discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, comparable company analysis, and precedent transactions using market multiples (P/E, P/B, EV multiples).
Excel for finance: Develop essential skills: lookup functions, pivot tables, statistical analysis, and dynamic dashboards using real financial data.
Financial modelling: Construct integrated three-statement models, build M&A scenarios, and create consolidated financial statements with confidence.
Treasury management: Funding structures, interest rate risk management using swaps and derivatives, liquidity management, and asset-liability matching.
Trade finance: Letters of Credit, documentary collections, bank guarantees, supply chain finance, and trade risk mitigation techniques.
Transaction banking: Cash management solutions, payment systems, liquidity structures, and foreign exchange transactions for corporate clients.
Asset finance: Leasing structures and their applicability to your customer, residual value risk, credit assessment.
Regulatory capital: Calculate Risk Weighted Assets (RWA), understand Basel III requirements, capital and cyclical buffers, and leverage ratios.
Risk measurement tools: Apply Value at Risk (VaR), stress testing, scenario analysis, and portfolio risk metrics.
Credit risk management: Understand probability of default (PD), loss given default (LGD), exposure at default (EAD), and expected credit loss models.
Operational risk: Identify operational risk exposures, control frameworks, and mitigation strategies.
Introduction to blockchain: Dive into the world of blockchain technology and its transformative potential in the financial sector.
Technology’s impact: Explore how technology is reshaping financial market trading.
Algorithmic trading: Gain insights into algorithmic trading strategies and their application in modern finance.
Credit assessment: Analyse financial statements, calculate debt service coverage ratios, evaluate cash flow available for debt service (CFADS), and assess working capital adequacy.
Lending products and structures: Understand lending products and structure appropriate lending solutions.
Loan documentation: Navigate facility agreements, security packages, financial covenants and non-financial undertakings.
Credit risk mitigation: Structure deals with appropriate security, guarantees, and covenant protection while pricing for risk.
Tailored to the needs and context of the banking industry, our professional skills workshops develop practical tools and insights that help change behaviours in the workplace through a better understanding of self and others.
From developing emotional intelligence and resilience, to time management and personal brand, we offer a suite of flexible workshops which can be utilised for early careers development. Based on your developmental needs, we will tailor a solution to meet the needs.
Tailored to your needs, we can design a workshop that draws on a number of themes, including: Building belonging, visibility, Speaking up, Embracing neurodiversity, The power of authenticity and vulnerability, Psychological safety, Leveraging networks, Strategies for overcoming challenges, Embracing diversity of thoughts and feelings, Countering tokenism, Overcoming imposter syndrome, Addressing unconscious bias, Building cultural awareness, Celebrating workplace role models.
Self-paced online learning for the investment banking industry
Designed for convenience, our e-learning solution offers on-demand bite-sized learning, accessible on any device. It is ideal for: new hires,, early careers programmes (standalone or support), CPD and refresher training. Our e-learning portfolio offering includes: equities, fixed income, derivatives, currencies, asset management, accounting, Excel modeling, and more. Contact us today for a free demo account to explore our online learning portal.
Partnering with leading global banks & financial institutions
