Alpha Development · Live Webinar · Early Careers
Financial Services: Helping your graduates connect the dots
For L&D and Early Careers teams. A free, live 45-minute demonstration of how we make the financial services ecosystem meaningful to graduates and interns, and where their work fits in it.
Reserve your place See what we coverOne session. Two sittings.
Identical live content in each sitting - pick the one that fits your working day. Both include live audience Q&A.
“The skill of being able to articulate our role and how we work together to create value for our clients, in plain English, is like gold dust in this industry.” — Senior leader at a global bank client
What we'll cover
Graham Taylor, our Early Careers Lead Trainer, has spent 20 years making the bigger picture meaningful to graduates and interns. Using a simple map of the financial services ecosystem, he’ll show you how we help them answer questions like these.
Along the way, Graham will use the same questioning, examples and visual mapping techniques that feature in our early-career programmes. There’s time for your questions too.
Who are the main players, where does the money flow, and why do they need each other?
Who is the client, and what are they really buying?
How do different teams, products and divisions contribute to the same client relationship?
Where does a graduate’s work fit, and why does that context matter?
Built for the people who build Early Careers programmes
This session is for anyone who designs, runs or supports intern and graduate programmes in banks, asset managers, private banks, insurers and other financial services firms.
No finance background needed, just curiosity. If you shape how graduates and interns start their careers, you shape the bigger picture they see. This session will change how you think about your programme.
- ✓Heads of Early Careers and graduate programme leadsshaping what the programme delivers and how success is measured.
- ✓Programme managers and coordinatorsplanning cohorts, rotations and cross-divisional activity.
- ✓L&D and talent teamsdesigning onboarding and development for new joiners.
- ✓Campus and graduate recruitment teamssetting expectations before graduates and interns arrive.
- ✓Line managers of new joinersfielding the “why does my work matter?” questions on the desk.
Why commercial context matters
Client expectations are rising
Clients expect joined-up thinking from everyone they deal with, however junior. Graduates and interns who understand how the firm creates value can contribute to client conversations sooner.
Firms are interconnected
A graduate or intern may start in one team, but the client relationship spans many. Those who can see the links collaborate across teams instead of working in silos.
AI is changing junior work
As AI takes on routine work, graduates and interns are valued for their judgement. Without commercial context, the role AI leaves them is harder to fill.
Speaker for the session
“Graham is THE BEST. He is extremely knowledgeable about the markets, and very engaging. I truly looked forward to going to training every day with him as my instructor.” — Training participant
With more than 20 years delivering financial markets and product training to leading global institutions, Graham makes complex market structures, products and regulation clear and practical. As part of the Alpha team, he shapes every session around the real pressures facing financial services today.
Connect with Graham on LinkedInTake it back to your programme
Every registrant gets two resources taken from our own programmes, whether you attend live or watch the recording, plus the chance to talk about your own:
Register to get both resources and book your free ‘Let’s connect the dots’ diagnostic → attend live or watch the recordingHave a conversation with our team to strengthen how your Early Careers programme connects graduates and interns to the wider business, giving you proven ideas you can act on immediately.
The induction slide most firms never get round to building: how financial services fits together, on one page, ready to share with your graduates and interns.
Guided prompts for preparing for business conversations, decoding jargon and exploring the divisions most relevant to your programme.
Reserve your place
Registration is free. You'll receive a calendar invite, joining instructions and a reminder before your sitting.