2026 MUFG UK Summer Internship Programme: Japanese Corporate Banking

MUFG

  • London
  • Training
  • Full-time
  • 2 days ago
Do you want your voice heard and your actions to count?Discover your opportunity with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world’s leading financial groups. Across the globe, we’re 150,000 colleagues, striving to make a difference for every client, organization, and community we serve. We stand for our values, building long-term relationships, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world.With a vision to be the world’s most trusted financial group, it’s part of our culture to put people first, listen to new and diverse ideas and collaborate toward greater innovation, speed and agility. This means investing in talent, technologies, and tools that empower you to own your career.Join MUFG, where being inspired is expected and making a meaningful impact is rewarded.Working as a Summer Intern in Japanese Corporate Banking Division offers the possibility to observe and experience the whole business development process with Japanese customers located in the UK, from client marketing to credit analysis as well as interaction with support functions like operations.Applications close on 4 January 2026. To learn more about our programmes and how to apply, please visit our website:Who We AreWe are MUFG. With over 360 years of heritage and more than 150,000 employees in 40 countries, we’ve grown to become one of the top ten banks in the world.Combining our global network and financial strength with a dedication to becoming the world's most trusted financial group, we pride ourselves on exceeding client expectations and building long-term relationships. We support our clients and protect their interests with the highest levels of professionalism and expertise, while also serving society and fostering a sustainable vision for growth.Our Business AreasOur securities business offer a comprehensive product suite to clients around the world through five key business lines in the primary and secondary markets: capital markets, credit, rates, equities, and structured products.Our commercial banking arm is a leading corporate lending bank offering an intensive range of services from Project Finance and Syndicated Loans through to Transaction Banking and Asset Finance.By joining MUFG, you’ll have the opportunity to enhance your financial expertise and become part of a truly international organisation.With our global reach and collaborative culture, you have the opportunity to create a brighter future at MUFGWhat to ExpectOur Summer Internship programme is designed to provide you with a unique insight into commercial banking. Our Japanese corporate banking business is in a global leading position in commercial banking for Japanese Clients and offers a comprehensive banking product suite from Corporate Finance and Structured Finance through to Transaction Banking.Your role within the team will be to actively support relationship managers to manage a portfolio of corporate clients and drive business growth with appropriate instruction, guidance and support provided, which includes:
  • Prepare business proposals/materials, potentially attend client meetings with relationship managers
  • Support to perform regular credit analysis including creating credit applications, borrower ratings, collecting information to monitor credit portfolio
  • Support to handle operations while complying with internal procedures
  • Coordinate with relevant divisions (e.g. Operations, Markets, Transaction Banking division, Credit division, etc.) to respond to client’s request, join internal meetings with them
As part of a select intake, you will have the opportunity to learn from some of the experienced professionals in the corporate banking industry and will be allocated a buddy to make sure you have all the support to get the most out of the summer internship.Our Summer Internship Programme acts as a pipeline for our full time Analyst programme and a successful summer intern may receive an offer to join our full time Analyst Programme the following year.Join Our TeamWe look for talented, motivated and ambitious people who will be able to help drive our business forward. Successful candidates will:
  • Fluent in both Japanese and English (verbal and written language skills)
  • have a strong interest in financial markets
  • Excellent communication skills
  • A proactive, motivated approach
  • A structured and logical mindset
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
  • be in their penultimate year of study
We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.

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