2016 Technology Graduate opportunities

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Company Profile

Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses, large corporations and governments with a full range of financial and risk management products and services. Our purpose is to make financial lives better.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the marketing name for the Global Banking and Markets businesses. Combining our local knowledge and global expertise, we offer products and services across Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Global Markets and Consumer Card. In Europe, the Middle East and Africa we have offices in 21 countries serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and government clients.

Being a responsible business is integral to the success of our employees, clients and stakeholders, which is why we’re committed to making a difference in the communities in which we live and work. Our efforts focus on youth employment, environmental sustainability, arts and cultural investments and responsible business practices.

Our goal is for each employee to have the best possible experience with us throughout their career. This is why we offer everyone the highest level of training and mentoring support. Furthermore, our commitment to diversity, our communities and the wellbeing of our employees, brings numerous opportunities for all employees to participate in initiatives that help make Bank of America Merrill Lynch a great place to work.

Our business

In order to maintain our competitive edge and deliver the best solutions to our global client base, we continually invest in cutting-edge technology. This includes the development of programs and applications that allow you to work with the latest technologies and some of the most highly regarded technologists in the industry. The global nature of our business offers you the opportunity to travel, work and interact with colleagues from around the world, supporting an expanding product range and high level of global demand.

Technology Opportunities

Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s strategic vision is to deliver market-leading technology that drives our business forward and meets the needs of our clients. Our business-aligned technology teams develop and support the software platforms critical to that goal. These cover the full spectrum of our business including sales, trading and research applications, trade processing, risk management and portfolio management.

We’ll offer extensive induction and training programs, as well as a dedicated learning curriculum that covers both technical and soft skills training. By working with and learning from senior leaders and mentors, you’ll begin to chart a path for a rewarding career.

Our Technology Analyst Program offers opportunities within the following areas:

Global Markets Technology

Our Global Markets Technology (GMT) division provides technology and operations solutions and support for the equities, electronic trading, rates and currencies, credit and structured products, commodities, sales and capital markets, and research businesses. As an analyst, you will be exposed to a broad range of technologies covering many diverse environments with the opportunity to work across all aspects of the software development lifecycle.

Join a development technology team that will challenge you to deliver and input solutions, creating or extending one of the many in-house software applications. These operate complex trading systems using languages such as Java, C++, .NET and Python to power and improve our business. In today’s market it is technology that turns trading strategy into a trading profit, putting us ahead of our competitors.

Technology Infrastructure

Technology Infrastructure (TI) meets the needs of Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s clients and employees by working alongside development technology teams to design, implement and support cutting-edge applications and infrastructure. Our TI teams provide tools, applications and services such as network, compute capacity, enterprise storage and databases used to host trading applications, payment systems, mobile applications and other end-user applications.

As an analyst, your day to day tasks would range from the design of infrastructure used by multiple lines of business, to supporting the design and implementation of our next generation data-centres or developing mobile solutions to enable our employees to work effectively in geographically diverse locations. Your role will give you the opportunity to take responsibility for the deployment and support of core infrastructure that underpins the company’s daily operations and give you the unique ability to work on one of the largest open trading floors in Europe.

Enterprise Change Information Officer

The Enterprise Change Information Officer (ECIO) team is responsible for providing end-to-end technology and change management support to enterprise functions for Bank of America Merrill Lynch including Chief Financial Officer, Global Human Resources, Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Global Corporate Services, Legal, Compliance, Audit and Regulatory Relations. The team also manages and delivers critical enterprise control functions such as Enterprise Data Management and Architecture, Enterprise Change and Divestitures, and manages the execution of New BAC initiatives across GT&O.

As an analyst you will provide technical excellence to design, develop and maintain state-of-the-art technology applications, be responsible for internal and external client requirements gathering and developing and testing algorithms to solve complex business problems

Opportunities

Bank of America Merrill Lynch offers numerous technology opportunities from first year insight weeks, ten week summer internships, six and 12 month industrial placements to full time graduate positions.

What we look for

Strong academic qualifications and quantitative skills are important for success in our analyst programmes. Equally important are initiative, strategic and creative thinking, good communication skills and a genuine interest in technology. A degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or other related subjects is beneficial, please refer to the individual job vacancy details in our application system.

How to apply

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Deadlines:

As assessments begin before the deadlines and we recruit on a rolling basis, we strongly encourage you to submit your application early to avoid disappointment:

Full-time Technology: Thursday, 26 November 2015

Summer Internships: Thursday, 26 November 2015

Spring Insight programme: Thursday, 7 January 2016