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Designing a Blended Graduate Training Programme For The Next Generation
We delivered a structured, immersive graduate training programme for technology graduates as they transition into their new roles. The programme provides a strong foundation in financial markets, essential technical skills, and professional competencies, ensuring graduates can contribute effectively from day one.
Client
Financial Service Corporation
Industry
Financial Services
Specialism
Software Engineering
The challenge
Our client is a global leader in investment banking and financial services, operating in fast-paced, technology-driven markets. To equip its next generation of technology talent, they endeavoured to reimagine their approach to analyst training, prioritising experiential learning, digital integration, and fostering a shared sense of purpose among new hires.
They sought to modernise graduate training by:
• Bridging the gap between academic learning and real-world financial technology environments.
• Embedding experiential learning through case studies, simulations, and interactive challenges.
• Ensuring graduates develop both technical and professional skills, enabling them to collaborate effectively in global teams.
• Aligning with the organisation’s three-year learning journey, ensuring continuity from internships to full-time roles.
Given the evolving demands of financial technology, the training needed to be structured yet flexible, providing graduates with the opportunity to personalise their learning while ensuring baseline competencies were met.
Our solution
We designed an interactive, agile learning programme that blends foundational financial markets education, technical skill-building, and professional development.
Key features include:
1. Introduction to Financial Markets
• Understanding trading, risk management, and financial instruments.
• How technology supports front-office, middle-office, and back-office operations.
• The role of automation, cloud, and AI in capital markets technology.
2. Experiential Learning & Technical Training
Graduates engage in simulations, games, and contests, where they compete on coding challenges, financial data analysis, and scenario-based problem-solving, creating an engaging, pressure-free learning environment.
• Python for financial applications: hands-on programming exercises solving real-world challenges.
• Version control & DevOps: using Git, CI/CD, and cloud environments for enterprise development.
• Cybersecurity essentials: understanding risk management, threat detection, and regulatory requirements.
• Cloud engineering: hands-on labs deploying financial applications in cloud environments.
3. Professional & Leadership Skills
Following the client’s conference-style format, we eschewed traditional classroom learning in favour of interactive and dynamic learning experiences. Graduates curate their own learning journey, selecting electives and prerequisites to match their unique career paths.
• Impactful communication: presenting complex technical solutions to senior stakeholders.
• Collaboration in global teams: working across time zones and financial business units.
• Networking & career development: connecting with organisational leaders, mentors, and peers.
Delivery
The programme was delivered as a series of agile sprints, incorporating:
• Live instructor-led workshops: technical deep dives and hands-on coding sessions.
• Case studies & simulations: replacing passive lectures with experiential learning.
• Gamified assessments: competitions tracking real-time learner performance.
• Virtual & in-person networking opportunities: encouraging community-building.
Graduates participated in virtual cafeterias, global team projects, and structured group challenges, fostering a sense of shared mission and connectivity across the organisation.
Results
Our graduate programme has achieved strong measurable outcomes:
Accelerated onboarding
Graduates gain the technical and professional skills needed to contribute immediately.
Stronger technical proficiency
Hands-on coding, DevOps, and cloud training ensure real-world readiness.
Enhanced collaboration & communication
Professional skills training equips graduates for stakeholder engagement.
Organisational alignment
Flexible training allows for individualised development, aligning with the client’s long-term learning strategy.
Feedback
By integrating financial markets education, technical expertise, and experiential learning into a comprehensive graduate programme, we have helped a global financial services organisation develop a new generation of technology professionals. This training programme embodies our client’s reimagined approach to learning, ensuring graduates are not just technically proficient but also engaged, connected, and ready to drive innovation in financial markets technology.
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