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Standard Chartered posted this role. Below, we break down what it means for a working student in Frankfurt: your weekly hours, take-home pay and visa limits. You can also open ChatGPT or Claude with a ready-made prompt to tailor your CV, check your fit, draft a cover letter or prep for the interview.
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Description provided by Standard Chartered
We are looking for a highly motivated Intern to support our Debt Capital Markets (DCM) team in delivering high-quality services across our European Corporate and SSA client base.
In this role, you will contribute to market analysis, preparation of client materials, and the execution of live transactions, gaining hands-on experience in capital markets.
The internship offers a valuable opportunity to develop technical knowledge, collaborate with diverse stakeholders, and build a strong foundation in investment banking
Key Responsibilities
- Assist in the preparation of client pitch materials and presentations
- Support live transactions and deal execution activities
- Produce market updates and analysis for internal and external stakeholders
- Monitor market developments and trends in fixed income and bond markets
- Contribute to the generation of trade ideas and strategic insights
- Maintain awareness of European DCM activity and competitor landscape
- Work closely with internal teams
- Ensure effective communication and timely delivery of outputs
- Provide high-quality support with a focus on accuracy and timeliness
- Assist in building strong client relationships through reliable delivery
- Contribute to continuous improvement and efficiency of team processes
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in: Finance, Economics, Business, or related discipline
- Basic understanding of:
- Debt Capital Markets (DCM): Primary market where governments and corporates issue bonds to raise capital
- Fixed Income: Financial instruments (e.g. bonds) providing regular interest payments
- Bond Market Products & Processes: Structure and lifecycle of bond issuance
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
- German – fluent/professional level
- English – business proficiency
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive mindset with attention to detail
- Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Eagerness to learn and adapt in a dynamic market environment
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together We
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
Working student essentials
What this Finance internship in Frankfurt means for you: the pay rules, the social contributions, and what international students should check before applying.
Weekly hours
Internships have no 20-hour cap, but a voluntary internship longer than three months generally has to pay at least the German minimum wage. Mandatory internships in your study programme are exempt.
Working student rulesSocial contributions
Mandatory internships are largely exempt from social contributions. Voluntary internships are treated like regular employment once they run long enough, so contributions usually apply.
Check your insuranceInternational students
Non-EU students can work 140 full or 280 half days per year (raised from 120/240 in March 2024). A working student contract usually fits within this — confirm the exact limits printed on your residence permit.
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