The Client Coverage Internship Programme Kenya 2026 at Standard Chartered Bank Kenya is designed to support your skills development, offering a unique opportunity to work alongside talented professionals, tackle real business challenges, and discover what it’s like to be part of a global organisation. As a skills-first organisation, your potential is valued more than your background. You will build valuable skills, contribute to innovative projects, and form connections that will last throughout your career. Many interns are subsequently invited to join us as graduates - this could be where your journey begins.
The Programme
The programme will support your skills development through:
- A 10-week summer internship.
- A structured induction and orientation process.
- Classroom learning focused on our products, platforms, and business operations.
- Hands-on on-the-job training and specialised technical seminars.
- Comprehensive support provided by dedicated managers, mentors, and buddies.
- Exclusive networking events with senior leaders across the Bank.
- Opportunities to actively contribute to community initiatives.
Where You Could Work
You’ll be placed into one of the following key teams:
- Corporate Coverage: Partnering with top-tier multinational, local and middle-market clients to deliver tailored banking solutions – from cash management, and trade financing to lending, capital markets, and advisory services.
- Financial Institutions Coverage (FIC): Partnering with a diverse client base across banking, insurance, asset management, public sector, and private equity. The team plays a key role in delivering solutions across financing, risk management, cash and securities, and investment strategies.
Roles
Our industry-leading bankers will help you join one of the specialties below. As part of our assessment process, we help you learn more about the opportunities and determine which best suits your skills, attributes, and interests. Whichever route you take, you’ll gain hands-on experience and become an integral part of the team.
1. Assistant Relationship Managers
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting Senior Relationship Managers in the execution of deals.
- Coordination between clients and product partners.
- Account planning and business approvals.
- Sales responsibilities will be assigned to you.
- Working with multiple stakeholders to identify opportunities.
2. Credit Analysts
Responsibilities include:
- Assisting Relationship Managers in managing risk.
- Structuring deals.
- Monitoring existing clients.
- Gaining a deep understanding of our CIB products and how they are structured.
- Conducting credit, financial, and industry risk analysis.
- Learning about environmental, sustainability, and reputational risk types and how we manage them.
Skills and Qualifications
We believe that diverse skills drive innovation, which is why we welcome students from all degree disciplines and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We are seeking candidates who possess:
- Strong academic performance and extracurricular involvement.
- The ability to work effectively in a team with agility and resilience.
- Ability to think analytically with strong attention to detail.
- A passion for dynamic, fast-paced environments.
- Excellent project management and communication skills.
- The permanent legal right to work in the country you’re applying to (Kenya).
- You must be a penultimate year student and available to intern in June 2026* and start full-time in July 2027.
