Job Description

Job Title: Risk & Compliance Internship Programme

Location: Edinburgh

Role Type: Full-time Internship

Period: June - August 2025 (10 weeks)

Closing date: Friday 18th October (We reserve the right to close earlier due to volume of applications)

Unlock your potential with abrdn’s Risk & Compliance Internship Programme.

About abrdn

At abrdn, we empower our clients to become better investors. With a global presence, we provide innovative investment solutions that drive positive outcomes. Our commitment to responsible investing helps us contribute to building a better world.

Why Choose Our Internship Programme?

Embark on a unique, challenging, and rewarding journey with abrdn. Our summer internship offers you the chance to work within our Risk & Compliance function. Here, you’ll engage in real projects, collaborate with talented professionals, and develop skills that will enhance your career.

What You'll Do

The mission of the Risk & Compliance function is to provide assurance, advice and challenge with a view to driving risk awareness and accountability across our global business.  Our intern placements give insights to our teams which include:

• enterprise risk
• anti-financial crime
• operational risk
• compliance

Regardless of which team you join within the R&C function, you will gain a depth of experience; getting the opportunity to work with seasoned professionals and engage in development activities with your peers on the internship programme. You will be based with the same team throughout the placement

What We Look For

We are looking for students in their penultimate year from diverse academic backgrounds who have an interest and understanding of Risk and Compliance. Ideal candidates have strong analytical skills, a passion for problem solving and performance driven.  Demonstrating inclusive and empowering leadership is essential.

Our Graduate Programme

Upon completing your internship, you’ll be considered for our 24-month rotational graduate programme, starting in September 2026. This offers a supportive environment to gain skills, experience, and industry qualifications. Our graduate programme focuses on developing our talent to give the best possible start to their career and support aspirations to be the future leaders of abrdn. Our development curriculum focuses on 3 key learning mindsets- Client, Leadership & Strategic. Through engaging content, group coaching and learning experiences these mindsets will develop your capability and equip you with the skills and knowledge to set you up for success in your career.  

Our Commitment to Inclusion

abrdn is dedicated to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is valued. As a Disability Confident Committed Level One employer, we welcome applications from all backgrounds and provide support throughout the recruitment process.

Contact us at [email protected] for any accommodations needed.

Our Benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported. You will enjoy competitive rewards, including 40 days of annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, private healthcare, and flexible benefits such as gym discounts and more. You can read more about our benefits here

Apply Today

Join us in building a future where everyone can thrive.

For more information visit our careers site: https://www.abrdn.com/en-gb/corporate/careers

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.  We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.  We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.