Share Your Work Experience Form
Name: Aslam Aziz
Organization: BankT&D Consulting Limited
Designation: Managing Director
Work Experience (in years): 36
Industry: Banking/ Financial Institution
Expertise:
Q. What to expect at the entrant level? (Ups and downs during the early years)
Rapid learning opportunities
Decent compensation
Long hours and hectic work schedule (work-life balance does improve as you grow senior!)
Q. Explain the Career progress that is typical to this field? (Growth pattern/ promotion chances/ overseas placements)
Fairly rapid career advancement, especially in international financial institutions that also offer chances of international mobility
Q. What pre requisite courses need to taken to help students to enter this career path? (Courses/ certifications that help in this field)
Basic understanding of the concepts in the following areas:
1. Accounting
2. Finance
3. Economics
4. Mathematics
5. Statistics
6. Decent interpersonal skills
7. Reasonable communication skills
Q. Do employers have a preference for certain individuals? (CGPA or a specialized Bachelors or masters requirement)
There is tremendous variation of preferences.
MBA's are mostly preferred over BBA's.
Q. Who are the industry leaders and trend setters in this field? (Companies that need to be looked out for)
Citibank
HSBC
Barclays
Chase JPMorgan
Q. Any advise that you can offer to current students?
Hard work and talent may get overlooked in the short term but will never not pay in the long run.
Good grades (GPA) help enter the right organization at the right level but once you are in, it is your EQ that matters as much as your IQ. In other words, longer term career success and your initial academic brilliance are not very strongly correlated!
