Front Office Graduate at IG Group

Programme description 

By joining IG as a Graduate Trainee you will spend 18 months developing a keen understanding of our clients, products and business.  

Your initial IG experience will be in our Trading Services team. This will be an exciting and insightful 6 months when you will understand how the business works. During this time you will have opportunity to converse with our clients about financial markets and our latest innovations, platforms and products (i.e. CFDs, Spread betting, Share dealing etc.) and learn to support them with any trade related queries. 

After successfully learning about our business, products and clients alongside our colleagues in Trading Services, you will move around IG to broaden your understanding and apply your skills in other areas. You will gain exposure across our business which could involve rotations in: 

• Trading Operations
• Marketing Services
• Commercial Office
• Onboarding Operations
• Compliance and Risk

Career development: 

During the graduate programme you will have access to: 

• A variety of practical hands-on experiences in multiple disciplines 
• Formal training sessions on our products and clients 
• A support network of people with significant experience in their field opportunities to further your professional and personal development (communication, presentation, prioritisation, career development) 

On successful completion of the graduate programme you’ll have the opportunity to learn and expand your skill set by applying for a new role in the wider Group according to your strengths, preferences, and available vacancies – graduates who have made a positive contribution to the business will be rewarded and offered clear paths to progress.  

We’re looking for people with a real passion for delivering business outcomes.  

It is important that you have: 

• A good grounding in Finance, Economics or Mathemetics  
• An interest in financial markets  
• Recently graduated.

People who recognise the below attributes in themselves would also be very suitable: 

• Numerate: is confident with arithmetic under pressure, and is skilled and comfortable working with numbers  
• Analytical: enjoys spotting opportunities, risks, patterns, discrepancies and trends in data 
• Decisive: confident when making decisions quickly, with the character to take responsibility no matter what happens 
• Personable: able to instil a feeling of trust and support in clients and colleagues and can relay complex issues and ideas simply and with ease