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Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Getting back into banking - international (continued)

Anonymous wrote:

Sorry, I did not mention that I am a British Citizen (recent). Also my IT experience is in Europe (mostly) and India. Will that make a difference?

Thanx


Marks Sattin's regional manager for the Middle East replied:

I am afraid that the relevant experience to us seems to come from India. Being a British citizen would help from a visa perspective, but the major issue is where your experience would have the most credibility.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Is an accountancy background/qualification essential for working in Corporate Finance?

I am currently working for a boutique specialising in lead advisory/broking for sale mandates. Whilst I very much enjoy the work, I would ideally like to gain employment within the corporate finance team of a top 10 accountancy firm or specialist boutique. I believe that this would provide me with the opportunity to develop my career and also to be able to access larger and more complex transactions.

Although I now have 2 years of experience handling deals from inception to completion (typically £0.5 - £5m in value), I am not an accountant by training. Prior to my current role, I was an IFA and worked in financial services for 8 years (including qualifying to AFPC level).

Do you think this will be possible and if so, at what level do you think I could enter?

Many thanks, Dan W.