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Operations Apprentice - India
The Apprenticeship Programme, offered over a duration of 12 or 24 months, is designed to provide participants with meaningful responsibilities and valuable hands-on experience from the outset.
You won’t just observe how a global bank operates – you'll help power it. In Technology and Operations, you sit at the heart of how we deliver for our clients each day. You’ll work on live processes, support real transactions and help ensure our clients’ needs are met accurately, effectively, and safely.
Throughout the programme, you’ll:
• Take ownership of meaningful assignments that impact real clients
• Build technical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Develop confidence working with data, systems and processes
• Learn how risk, controls and governance protect a global bank
• Strengthen your communication and stakeholder management skills
• Gain exposure to senior leaders and thought-leadership sessions
By the end of the year, you’ll understand how a global bank runs behind the scenes – and the role you can play in shaping its future.
What you’ll be doing
As an Operations Apprentice, you’ll support the teams that keep our banking engine running smoothly. You’ll:
• Support day-to-day processing activities to ensure transactions are completed accurately and on time
• Help monitor operational performance and customer service standards
• Assist in resolving client queries and improving service outcomes
• Track key metrics and maintain data to support reporting and decision-making
• Support managers in overseeing transactions and meeting payment obligations
• Learn how operational risk and controls work – and help ensure we meet regulatory and policy requirements
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within your team.
You’ll gain first-hand experience of how strong operations enable global deals, protect clients, and maintain trust.
What we’re looking for
We're looking for curious, driven individuals who want to learn how global banking works in practice.
You should:
No prior banking experience is required – just the motivation to learn and contribute.
About our Technology and Operations Team
Our Technology & Operations (T&O) team is the powerhouse for the Bank. We aim to go further, faster, to ensure we're agile and ready for tomorrow, today. Our diverse network enables us to innovate and build banking solutions that support communities to prosper. We're a place where talented people are encouraged to grow, learn, and thrive, to drive their own career journeys, to reach their full potential.
When you work with us, you’re protecting the reputation and legacy of a 170-year organisation and building on it. We’re driven by progress and continuously evolving to ensure we’re agile and ready for tomorrow, today.
Our Operations team is responsible for ensuring that the Bank operates with seamless execution, settles a variety of complex financial transactions through data driven decisions, process simplification and automation and by ensuring our internal and external stakeholders needs are met.
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:
What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
Recruitment Assessments
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Eligibility typically includes the qualifications and experience outlined in the job description above, with around 0-5 Years years of relevant experience expected for this role.
The key responsibilities for this role are detailed in the Key Responsibilities section above, covering the core duties expected of a Apprentice Operations GBS India 2026 at Standard Chartered.
This role requires around 0-5 Years years of relevant experience, as specified in the job listing. Please refer to the Qualifications & Experience section above for full details.
Skills relevant to this position are outlined in the Qualifications & Experience section above. In general, strong communication, domain knowledge, and the ability to meet role-specific targets are valued across similar BFSI positions.
You can apply directly using the Apply Now button on this page, which will take you to Standard Chartered's application process for this role.