Career prospects

The MSc is designed to support career entry and development in the financial sectors in the world financial markets, government agencies, international financial agencies and higher education, amongst others. Some of our recent graduates now work in AEG, PwC, Bank of China, and the NHS. MSc Finance graduates go on to work in a variety of roles including, Investment Manager, Financial Advisor, Consultant, Contract Manager, Assurance Auditor, Financial Analyst, Asset Management Specialist, and Accountants.

Careers Support

From the moment you start your MSc you will have access to a specialist careers team which includes a professionally qualified MSc Careers Adviser and a dedicated International Employer Engagement Officer.

Master's Consultancy Challenge

Master's students at the Management School have the opportunity to take part in the ‘We can work it out’ master’s consultancy challenge. Students form several groups and are presented with consultancy problems from a number of organisations.

In 2019, Unilever, Mando, Airbus, Sysdoc, Chester Zoo, PwC, Santander, Open Programmatic, Deal Moon, Decathlon, Rad Wraps, Hays, and Totem learning all took part in the challenge and worked with our students. During the challenge students have access to a consultancy expert and benefit from workshops such as ‘developing consultancy skills’ and ‘pitching an idea’.

Learn more about our alumni.