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Career Path

Career Path:


Associate Analyst
Sanford Bernstein

"If you want to work in equity research, you can't be afraid to have an opinion."
Managing Director, Head of Multi-Product Derivatives Sales
Merrill Lynch

"At the end of the day you need enthusiasm, a strong work ethic, opinions, and courage."
Chief Operating Officer
BNP Paribas Financial Services

"As you move through different roles you develop a perspective for operations that can’t be obtained in a textbook."
President
MWW Group's Financial Relations Board

"Someone in this role needs to have the gravitas, or presence to work with senior executives. Even in a more junior role it’s critical to be proactive and come up with forward-thinking strategies for clients."
Financial Services Regulatory Practice
KPMG

"Compliance people can accomplish things by authority, leverage and power, but they’re most powerful when they connect, communicate, coordinate and collaborate with the business side to find the right answers."
Partner and Chair, Securities and Capital Markets Practice
Paul Hastings

"We work hand in hand with restructuring attorneys to provide advice concerning disclosure and other regulations before, during, and after a bankruptcy proceeding."
CEO
Iris Financial

"It is hard to be in this industry if you don’t have a lot of energy."
Chief Information Risk Officer
Goldman Sachs

"We will still see a full-spectrum of career opportunities for people who are willing to learn and adapt."
Chief Investment Officer
KBK Wealth Management

"This field (private banking) is about working with people, understanding their concerns and being attuned to their life needs and how you can help fulfill them."
Managing Director, Investment Banking
JPMorgan

"It's critical to be a team player. We're under too much stress for people to push up by pulling others down."
Managing Director, Interest Rate Products and Services
Chicago Mercantile Exchange

"The regional route is slower and takes persistence, but you get a good ride along the way. "
Vice Chair, Investment Banking Group
Scotia Capital

"It’s critical to constantly maintain the networks you build early in your career, whether it’s keeping connected with your former classmates or through organizations that you have been involved with."
Managing Director
Salem Partners

"It’s important to be even tempered because almost every deal is an emotional roller coaster. Nothing is ever as bad or as great as you might want to think."
VP, Credit Risk And Management Advisory
Goldman Sachs

"If the Fed is announcing stress test results, a company is announcing earnings, or the FDIC is taking over a bank, I need to be on top of what that means."
Director
Ryan Beck & Company

"It's not even necessarily the hours, but the mental acuity required to really keep on top of things. It's the capacity to do a lot in a short amount of time."
VP, funds management
J.P. Morgan Asset Management

"Most important is the ability to listen to clients. This allows you to determine which products are best suited to helping them achieve their goals."