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Financial Services Entry Route

Register Your Interest

Due to high demand, we have unfortunately had to close this entry route for applications. Please register an interest in this pathway and also review our other Accelerate pathways to see if they also align with your interests. Please bear in mind that you can only apply to one Capgemini early careers role in each Academic year.

What is the Financial Services Accelerate Programme Pathway?

The Financial Services (FS) pathway of the Accelerate programme is designed for talented graduates passionate about FS, who are looking to combine strategy, creative design, transformation and technology. The programme will instil an inventive mindset to help you shape and deliver our clients’ most important strategic activities.

The Accelerate Programme consists of 2 parts:

  • The Institute (circa 3 months)
  • The Academy (circa 18 months)

Your first 3 months of the Accelerate Programme will be spent within The Institute, where you will learn core consulting skills and gain a broad understanding of everything we do at Capgemini Invent within a feed-back rich environment.

Following your time in The Institute, you will join the Financial Services Academy. The team structure of the Financial Services Academy is as follows:

The Focus of Your Role

As an Associate Consultant you will embark on a stimulating and exciting journey where you will develop key skills that influence how our clients evolve the way they work, perform and achieve their goals. You’ll have the opportunity to work on large scale transformation programmes. You will ensure the smooth delivery of end-to-end projects by working flexibly, demonstrating intellectual capability and delivering innovative solutions for clients. The day-to-day tasks can vary from engagement with senior stakeholders, conducting analysis of data or business requirements, designing business strategies through to delivering workshops and collaboratively working in cross-functional teams to drive continuous business performance improvement.

What you will need

We are interested to hear from you if you have experience working in the industries we operate in and are keen to start a career in an environment where you can drive change.

Ideally, you will have some or all of the following:

  • A passion for driving value and transformation in UK or global FS clients in Banking, Capital Markets or Insurance;
  • FS domain expertise or a good understanding how FS operates in the UK or globally
  • Understanding of digital trends, including cryptocurrencies, blockchain and DLT
  • A strong desire to further your own personal development and develop a career in FS consulting
  • An aptitude to overcome barriers through drive and determination
  • Expertise and drive to effectively manage senior stakeholder expectations
  • Problem solving skills and the ability to think strategically in a high pressure, collegiate environment
  • Drive to work collaboratively and communicate effectively in a fast-paced setting
  • Knowledge and / or application of Agile or waterfall project management in a client setting

At Capgemini Invent, although academics form part of our overall hiring decision, we do not select candidates purely on academic performance. We will assess your suitability for a role using several tools including video interviewing and assessment centres (all currently being held virtually).

Learning & Development

When you enter the Financial Services Academy, a heavy emphasis is placed on your development and being able to learn a variety of skills in a multitude of environments. You will be given access to technology specific experience, training and knowledge aligned with the market and client needs of our FS Sector Unit.

During the programme you will benefit from wider learning opportunities and can choose from a suite of accreditations including:

  • Agile @ Scale: (Scrum Master, Product Owner, SAFe)
  • Access to licenses for Coursera and Datacamp and opportunity to complete further qualifications in the skills above
  • Data Visualisation: Accreditation in using PowerBI, Tableau, RShiny, QLik, Plotly, Looker
  • Cloud Accreditations: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure

We will also support you with:

  • Developing an understanding of the financial services’ sector, learning from industry experts working across all major departments / functions
  • Learning and coaching from industry leaders in the FS sector unit
  • Provide a network of coaches and mentors to help you succeed
  • Provide fulfilling roles within the financial sector, developing your on-the-job skills and putting your learning to practical use within a range of client settings

What you can expect

Working alongside a world-class team with a wealth of consulting and industry experience, you will begin to create relationships across the organisation and acquire a foundation of consulting skills, tools and methodologies to help you accelerate your career. You will be part of a project team, building trust-based relationships at the heart of a client’s organisation, helping them change the way they work and transforming their business to achieve their goals. You’ll get early responsibility and build your skills through interesting and challenging work.

Abu Bakkar Amin

January 2023 Intake
Financial Services

“The Accelerate programme has been a positive experience early in my career! The opportunity to network with like-minded people – graduates, managers and VPs – in a safe environment has put me in good stead to have a successful career within my chosen sector of Financial Services. The learning has been invaluable from the off, and I look forward to seeing how the Accelerate Programme continues to develop consultants of the future.”

Naina Mahal

May 2022 Intake
Financial Services

“Initially, I learned soft skills while working on internal projects. After just a few months I was entrusted with overseeing complex stakeholder management of over 30 individuals at a global Investment Bank. I have benefited from weekly graduate learning sessions in The Academy, during which, I have created presentations to enhance my skills and teach other graduates about topics related to Financial Services, such as Investment Banking, Insurance, and Wealth Management. The programme places great emphasis on personal development and encourages us to pursue our own learning interests. With the support of the Financial Services team, I am currently preparing to take the SAFe 6 Product Manager exam.”

Why Capgemini Invent?

As a team, we value:

Engagement: We believe in providing a stimulating working environment where our consultants are empowered to share their values and are engaged in purposeful work.

Inclusiveness: We are building a diverse and inclusive environment that embraces and values different points of view. We run regular meetups, alumni events, and away days twice a year – all as chances to connect with the team, have fun and learn something new.

Diversity: Capgemini positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We are committed to hiring, developing and retaining the best people to deliver innovative, world-class solutions for our clients. We foster an inclusive culture that enables everyone to achieve their full potential and enjoy a fulfilling career with us. Our comprehensive flexible benefits package and lifestyle policies enable our employees to balance their individual, family and work-life needs.

Within the Financial Services Academy there are a variety of roles that you may take on, that include but are not limited to:

As a Business Analyst, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, having responsibility for understanding user needs, working closely with our stakeholders, translating requirements into user stories and defining acceptance criteria.

As a Scrum Master, you will guide teams and organisations on how to use Agile/Scrum practices. You facilitate reviews, retrospectives, daily stand ups and planning meetings, working closely with the scrum team and stakeholders, dealing with blockers and impediments.

As a Change Consultant, you will work closely with stakeholders to understand the vision for change and identify the impacts of the change on the business, communicating these impacts to wider stakeholders.

As the PMO, you will define and maintain standards for project management within an organisation. The PMO strives to standardise and introduce economies of repetition in the execution of projects

As a Project Manager, you will work closely with stakeholders to plan, execute and supervise projects to meet management’s strategic objectives and to ensure project delivery within budget and on time.

Register Your Interest

Due to high demand, we have unfortunately had to close this entry route for applications. Please register an interest in this pathway and also review our other Accelerate pathways to see if they also align with your interests. Please bear in mind that you can only apply to one Capgemini early careers role in each Academic year.