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The Graduate Program Global Banking EMEA – Investment Banking track in few words:
The Graduate Program Global Banking EMEA –
Investment Banking
track, is designed as a real experience accelerator to boost your professional development.

You will join BNP Paribas CIB (Corporate & Institutional Banking) through a rotational 12-month program allowing you to better understand the different investment banking activities. This means two 6-month rotations: the first one in the
M&A team
in Milan (the team you will later join full-time) while the second in one of the Global Capital Markets teams in Paris.

What will your first 12 months look like?
You will be part of a cohort of European graduates recruited from different countries and sponsored by a member of the Global Banking EMEA Senior Management Team.

Your journey will start with a specific two-week development program from the
Investment Banking Academy
, covering both technical and soft skills. It will take place in the BNP Paribas training Campus in France, near Paris.

Then, for your first rotation, you will be joining the M&A team in Milan (part of the EMEA Advisory Group) – corresponding to the department you will land at the end of the programme (permanent position). For your second rotation, you will have the opportunity of spending 6 months in Paris (our Head Office) joining the Global Capital Markets platform.

• EMEA Advisory Group (EAG): by joining EAG, you will have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of M&A deals (buy or sell-side, public or private). You will be involved end-to-end, from marketing to execution.

• Global Capital Markets: at Global Capital Markets, you will have the opportunity to join one of the following teams:

• Debt Markets: support companies and private equity clients of the bank, originating, structuring, and executing all DCM /High Yield Bonds and syndicated loan transactions.

• Real Assets – Energy, Resources & Infrastructure (ERI): evolve within a wide range of specialized hedging, specialized financing and debt advisory activities in the energy, natural resources, infrastructure. Clients include corporates, sovereigns, financial sponsors, and institutional clients. The energy transition is at the core of the Real Assets strategy, in close collaboration with the newly created Low Carbon Transition Group.

Some Examples Of Your Assignments In These Different Positions

• Contribute to the preparation of presentations and pitches to support the marketing effort,
• Carry out research on sectors and companies by synthesizing information from various sources, operational benchmarks analysis, financial modelling and valuation analysis,
• Perform financial and risk analysis to facilitate discussions with the bank's internal partners, develop financial models,
• Contribute to the proper execution of projects (process management, preparation of marketing materials and financial models),
• Support the marketing of transactions including the development of the strategy, schedule, target investors, collection and analysis of comments,
• Participate in the training of the interns working in the team,
• Interact with internal (legal, syndicate, rating advisory, risk management, compliance) and external partners.

Throughout and after the Graduate you will continue to benefit from an adapted development program.

The missions are important, but so are the team and the work environment
You will join the Global Capital Markets and EMEA Advisory Group departments of Global Banking EMEA, within CIB.

Within the EAG, you will join a team of around 200 Junior Bankers, from Analyst to Vice President, who support the Directors and Managing Directors of M&A EMEA and Industry Groups. The team has its main hub in Paris with over 80 juniors and has geographic offices in Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, UK, Dubai, Netherlands, Switzerland and Portugal.

The Global Capital Markets platform (of which are part Debt Markets and Real Assets – Energy Resources & Infrastructure) is deployed throughout the EMEA region, with 650 employees, the main teams being in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Brussels, Milan and Madrid. The Parisian teams bring together around 280 employees. The Global Capital Markets teams work closely with Industry Groups and M&A teams as well as Global Markets.

You will work in a very international and challenging environment.

Your main location / home country will be Milan, Italy

During your rotation in Paris you will be based in a dynamic business district, near Opéra.

What about the remuneration?
This is an important subject, which will of course be addressed during the recruitment process.

How to be part of this unique program?
Very simple, send us your CV

Once selected, you will receive an invitation to assess your behavioral skills with a Human Resources person.

You will also have at least two technical interviews with Business Lines representatives.

Why join BNP Paribas?
Our world is changing: our way of informing ourselves, of consuming… and of working too Today, what matters in a job is to have real experiences, to learn, to share goals and results with colleagues. In short, to chart your own path, different, responsible, and sustainable. At BNP Paribas, we recruit our employees with the idea that they will help us design the world and the bank of tomorrow. Do you want to know all the reasons to join us? Go to: https://group.bnpparibas/emploi-carriere/bnp-paribas

Are you our next Graduate Global Banking EMEA (M/F)?
The Graduate program is intended for people with less than 2 years of professional experience from the date of graduation and, at least, 1 relevant internship experience (Investment Banking / Private Equity internship is a plus).

You have a master degree diploma from a business school, engineering school or university equivalent with solid knowledge in corporate finance and financial modeling, and a willingness to invest yourself fully in the demanding end rewarding investment banking activities.

You demonstrated your proactivity and your communication skills. Are you rigorous and have a strong collaborative spirit? Are you able to adapt quickly in a demanding environment? Are you fluent in both Italian and English? Are you constantly looking to improve your performance and your knowledge?

Finally, we attach particular importance to ensuring that our future employees act on a daily basis with ethical and professional responsibility.

In a changing world, diversity, equity and inclusion are key values for the well-being and performance of teams. At BNP Paribas, we want to welcome and retain all talents without distinction: this is how we will build, together, the finance of tomorrow, innovative, responsible and sustainable.

At any time during the recruitment process, the information on your CV and your identification data may be verified by an external service provider appointed by BNP Paribas.

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Do not hesitate any longer and join us
Onboarding date into the program: end June 2026
This announcement is addressed to any gender (D.Lgs. 198/2006, Codice Pari Opportunità)