I'm looking to connect with Quantitative /Finance professionals

1) Any advice on honing specific skills and projects for entering Quantitative Investment Management roles would be greatly appreciated

2) Also, which firms and entry-level roles would you recommend?

My background:
Masters in Operations Research, MBA,
CFI Financial Modeling and Valuation Analyst certification. I'm truly passionate about investment analysis, enjoy watching Bloomberg news for hours.

6yrsEXP Business Manager

Best programs to specialize in?
Blue prism, UI path, or AA

Time sensitive question, have two offers. One is GIR in SLC with GS. Other is Generalist Consultant at McKinsey. Which would you recommend (McKinseys offer is slightly higher but assuming due to location). Thank you greatly for any insight! Hoping to get into private equity in the distant future

How do I start preparation for big companies like MAANG?
I want to know what learning path should I follow. I know about lots of resources but can't follow them randomly.

How to be program manager?

I am in the process of finishing up my MBA but considering also getting my SPHR or PHR cert. Is it even worth it or a waste of time and money?

Hi everyone,
Hope you are doing well.

I am looking for an entry level role ( Tier 1 MBA college graduate) for Investment banking or PE roles. Please let me know if there is any relevant opportunity.
Thank you

Free MBA at Yale/Stern vs. Full price tag at H/S. What would you choose and why?

How do I train my critical thinking skills? Any book recommendations?

Hi!! If anyone here works for Axis, how do your titles work? I’m used to trainee (0-2 YOE), underwriter (2-4), senior underwriter (4+), then avp/executive underwriter.

Does someone know good instructors to get SCM certification?

Advice on taking and passing the SPHR exam?

What's one of the most important investments you've made in your career? Learning new skills? Changing companies? Getting an advanced degree? Things outside of work?

Has anyone found a way to automate salary certifications?

We get about 3-5 requests daily to fill out salary certifications for our employees in EMEA.

At the moment, we have to do all of them manually. We open a pdf, then open their employee file and plug away. It's tedious and time-consuming, but the banks I found won't accept an internal salary certification for some reason. They're adamant about using their form. Has anyone come across this?

Hi All, I want to upgrade my skills/knowledge in Payroll/Comp & Benefits area. Can anyone suggest good online course for the same. That would be really helpful. Thanks 🙏🙏

What would be the best method to transition from a financial advisory role to a more financial analyst focused position? Is this type of move unheard of/too difficult to do?

Any advice on how to break from a creative agency to Google In Strategy/Community Engagement with 2 years of experience?

Hi all,
I need your favour here.
Do anyone has job referral for Business Analyst profile?

About me: 3.4yrs of workex-
Worked as a Sales Manager and across sales-Ops. 75% Team management+ 25% Data analysis and interpretation
Want to shift towards more data driven role.
I know advance Excel and SQL fundamentals.
Last drawn Ctc: 14lpa fixed

Any leads/suggestions would be helpful.

Thankyou :-)

Any idea about salary range for UI/angular developer with 4+ years of experience?

Does anyone have success conceiving with low AMH? I am 30 yo and my AMH is 1.11, RE says it's low for my age.

Hi All,

Can you please suggest what's the period period mentioned in offer letter ( who received offer recently)

Where can we see the new hire RSUs allotted?
Workday just shows the annual RSUs not the new hire RSUs or joining bonus.

Do sales engineers need to create their own slide decks for demos or can they walk through the software itself? Thanks!

Should I transition to a tech sales job? Thoughts on risk vs reward? I am 34 yo, married with a baby incoming. I work at Google Cloud in solutions engineering (I help develop quantitative business cases with sales teams for customers). My cash base + bonus is $220k (going to ignore equity). I have an MBA from the University of Chicago, not that it matters much in sales. I have always been in a consulting role but I think I can make more in sales. I have a competitive personality and I am bored.

Best company to work for in the Triangle - NC area? Preferably with high diversity.

What’s the salary increase and VC% for Big4 Risk Advisory folks this year? Pls include:
Company
Service line
Location
Previous to current level
Previous Base Salary
Salary increase%
VC %

Which Bluetooth earphone to purchase for iphone13?

Ratings on three projects - 3,2,2. Utilization - 90%... Proposal hours - 15... Firm activities - 43 hrs... I then get a YE rating of 4 😕 ... How worried I should be regarding the layoffs???

What’s the average salary for a manger in FinTech. My wife is a Manager in FinTech and earns 95k base with a 10% bonus. Is that competitive? I hear that this field is getting hot and curious to know if she’s potentially leaving money on the table by not moving elsewhere.

Has anyone made a move from a “cushy” lifestyle to move to NYC? I’ve had a desire to move for a while but the logical part of my brain is holding back. Also insight into PwC NYM would be great!

Can anyone explain me the taxation of anywhere employees?
Is it simpler to normal employees or they are considered as self-employed consultant?

Bittrex or Binance? Or another? Is it possible to convert Litecoin to Alt coins on Binance?

Any recommendations on credit cards with lounge access? Currently have the Chase Sapphire Reserve which has Priority Pass, but have been turned away from lounges not accepting PP at peak times

Does anyone or know of any finance professionals that have exited to go work in the music industry or entertainment? I studied Econ/Finance and Music (songwriting) in college so I’ve always been interested to see if there’s a possible transition over to the music industry later on. I really enjoy finance and banking but a part of me wants to know if the music business/clients/development is a possible exit opportunity when I’m older and have put in my time in finance. Thanks!

GP Stakes and PE secondaries: how good is the medium/long term outlook for the market and would a niche specialty in these areas be very limiting for my career?

🗣️ #ASpaceToVent 🗣️
Making a career change is tough! Let's use this thread for venting, asking for community support and feedback, or just being witnessed on something that needs to be shared. A space to say what you can't say elsewhere!

Dilemma… I left my old company 4 months ago. Today, they’ve reached out to me to ask me to come back at a higher role, Operations Manager. I would’ve jumped on this opportunity if they asked me before. However, this role would be hybrid (2x in office) and come along with more responsibilities and hours than my current WFH role which is very chill. The pay is only 15% more than I currently make. Any thoughts?

Edward Jones advisor with 30 million AUM and roughly 250k gross production. Been there for almost 4 years. Got an offer at Merrill Lynch to take over a 100 million dollar retirement transition plan in 5 years, or to join a 5 person Merrill Lynch team that manages a lot.

Pros to EJ: Have my own office, a year or two away from partnership, great office setting and client satisfaction.

Pros to Merrill: Bump in compensation, additional tools and services w banking, ability to take over assets.

Trying to think of some places to leave Citi for. Already applied to JP and GS. Someone reached out to me today via LinkedIn after one of my posts of places I’m looking to relocate to and they recommended Capital One. Never even considered them. Anybody know anything about them? Good company to work for, good culture? Any negatives?

I came from a consulting background in tax credits and incentives. I went into finance to pass the time on my non compete clause from my previous firm, but now I have an interview at EY and I’m not sure if I want to give up the work life balance. Any advice?

Does anyone know about Sales Strategy and Operations roles and how the career path looks? Ultimately looking to break into venture. Currently in TMT IB and have zero interest in PE

What do you guys think about a career in investor relations / capital formation for a decent size PE. I think principals get carry.

Has anyone ever left finance (or know someone that has) to do something completely different? My experience is split between FP&A and accounting and while I have progressed, I am becoming depressed b/c I feel like I’m in the wrong field. I am generally a motivated, high performing person, but I al starting to slip up and care less, b/c my work is not satisfying to me. I know I just sound like a complainer, but does anyone have any advice?

Anyone here know/work at Facebook? Recently applied to a program there and would love to connect and chat further

So I work with Citi and have about 9 YOE in finance, banking, accounting, AR, AP etc. a lot of different experience across all the spectrums. Intrigued by Fintech. What are some of the big companies hiring for fintech roles that maybe I could look into? Looking to make a change quickly. Live in Tampa.

Any particular segment of sales good for ex-finance? Currently 3 years in at fortune 100 bank on business development side (on commercial loan originations team but no commission/targets at the associate level, basically do credit analysis and build pitch books for the producers) This role has been great as I have gotten both analytical experience and tasted sales experience (I say taste bc I’m not the producer) but would potentially like to transition to a sales role that is less analytical

I’m asking to get my notice period waived. I have a 30 day notice period per the employment agreement I signed, but it says they can waive it at any time after I gave notice. Im not going to a competitor or even the same industry. How likely is for my current firm to allow this?

Is anyone familiar with post IB exit into something like IR? Still new to the game and other than PE (due to the herd mentality), I don’t know much about other exits for better work/life balance. If anyone has insight on type of work, recruiting process, and comp it would be super appreciated. TIA

I desperately need help/guidance from someone, I tried going to some therapists but they just emphasize antidepressants.

Below are my thoughts rn: Man, I’m 28 and such a bum. I work a job I hate, I have no social circle. I have never had a gf. All these things are so challenging because I’m autistic. I can’t change that. What’s the point of living when society treats ppl like me like I don’t matter. Maybe I should just take a bunch of sleeping pills so I don’t have to deal with life anymore.

What is a realistic salary to negotiate for when applying for a VP position in Risk? Currently have 5 years of experience

Currently a MS in Finance candidate. Got into the MBA program with a finance concentration at the same school - Johns Hopkins. Don’t care about target , non -target (already happy with my role, industry, firm). What’s more valuable in terms of longer term prospects between the two degrees? Any thoughts or guidance?

Best websites to find new jobs. LinkedIn isn’t working for me at all. Looking to relocate to Tampa