General Requirements
- Background or strong interest in economics, business and/or finance
- Demonstrated interest and passion for financial services industry
- An understanding of financial markets and an interest in a long-term career in financial services
- Track record of leadership and excellence in academic and extracurricular activities
- Ability to work in teams and independently
- Ability to work in a fast paced matrix environment
Skills required
- Well-rounded individuals with a track record of outstanding academic achievement and/or work-experience
- Demonstrate leadership through diverse extracurricular activities
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey information and ideas and influence others into action
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment and develop strong working relationships with clients, business partners and other stakeholders
- Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and respond with a flexible and adaptable approach
- Strong client-service orientation
- Given the international nature of Financial Services Institutions, fluency in a second language is an asset (not required)
- Desire to learn and an eagerness to make a meaningful contribution
- An understanding of financial markets and trends, global and regional
- Advanced Excel skills
- CFA designation to demonstrate technical skills, as well as interest in the field
- CSC for some advisor roles
- FRM for risk roles
- For Capital Market roles, GPA is important. Others depend on the function/area of the institutes
Type of Jobs
- Investment Banking
- Sales & Trading
- Equity Research
- Risk Management
- Corporate Banking
- Commercial Banking
- Internal Strategy
- Business Analysis
- Internal Audit
- Marketing
- Human Resources
- Rotational Programs
- Wealth Advisor Program
- Financial Markets Rotation Program
- Graduate Leadership Program
- Technology Leadership Program
- Finance Management Development Program
- Marketing Associate Program
Technical Preparation/Knowledge Building
- Market knowledge – know current business events in local and international markets and understand the effect on financial services
- Understand the structure and different lines of business
- Rotman Curriculum (see Rotman Electives Guide)
- Major – Investment Banking/Risk Management & Financial Engineering/ Funds Management
- For Capital Markets, should participate in all the Banking competitions through the RFA
- CFA Designation
Internal Resources
- Rotman Finance Association – RFA
- Rotman Asset Management Association – RAMA
- Rotman Risk Management Association – RRMA
- Rotman Business Design Club – BDC
- Rotman Marketing Association – RMA
- Rotman Business Technology Association – BTA
- Rotman Management Consulting Association – MCA
- Milt Harris Library > Career Guides
- Milt Harris Library > Research and Databases > Databases by Subject
External Resources
