Summer Intern Program – Financial Markets (Nov 2025)

Start your career with an organisation that celebrates a diverse and inclusive workplace, where we thrive on the different perspectives and life experiences of our people. Build your employability, develop your skills, and expand your professional network to create an inspiring career. Our Financial Markets Summer Intern Program is a 4-week program designed specifically to back you in this early stage of your career. You’ll experience a dynamic work environment and be supported with learning sessions, networking with senior leaders, trading simulation games and a dedicated support network. This highly bespoke program is an investment into your future career as a financial markets specialist.

• Be empowered to make a positive difference for our customers and communities.
• Join an organisation where you’re given the opportunity to learn, grow and achieve.
• Discover what it’s like to learn and work at one of Australia’s largest and most successful financial institutions.

Join our Financial Markets team…

We use sales, trading and research expertise to provide local and offshore customers with access to both traded and illiquid markets, including fixed income, money markets, credit, derivatives, currencies and commodities. We trade between all types of banks, superannuation funds and both domestic and multinational companies.

Our business covers every segment of the corporate and investor markets, from global supranational through to high-net-worth customers looking to build their investment portfolio.

This program stream is held in Sydney. 

In this role, you will

• Drive your passion for financial markets and desire to build your career in areas like trading, sales, economic or quantitative research.
• Identify and ability to solve quantitative problems.
• Ability to work with code to find solutions.
• Demonstrate your great communication and interpersonal skills.

What you’ll bring:

• Passionate about sharing creative and innovate ideas.
• Lover of complex problem solving.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Curious and not afraid to challenge the status quo.
• Genuine enthusiasm to make a difference.
• Exceptional communication skills.

Key Financial Markets Summer Intern Program dates…

Our program commences between 24 November – 19 December 2025, and during this period you’ll need to be available for full time employment.

 A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of equity and respect – where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their authentic selves. In partnership with our multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) we continue to foster an inclusive environment, where all NAB colleagues’ unique backgrounds and identities are understood, respected and celebrated.  We are committed to providing an environment where you can work your way. 

If you are one of more than 4 million people living with disability in Australia and require adjustments throughout our recruitment process to be at your best, please let us know in your online application.

For details on our recruitment process, please visit our Overview > Recruitment Process section.

Join NAB

If you think this role is the right fit for you, we would love to hear from you. 

To be eligible for our Summer Intern Program you MUST:

• Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident at the time of submitting your application.
• Be in your penultimate (second last) year of your undergraduate/postgraduate degree and free to commence full time employment by end of November 2025.
• Commit to and be available for full time employment over the 4-week program.
• Complete the online application and if successful you’ll progress to an online assessment, video interview and engagement centre. Engagement centres are held by stream and will be held in person.