Completing this PhD gives you the opportunity to transition into a variety of career destinations in academia, policymaking and business practice.
Alongside a deep understanding of financial theory, you’ll develop strong analytical capabilities in data interpretation, financial modelling and policy evaluation, to help you address real-world challenges.
In addition to gaining a substantial level of specialisation, you’ll graduate with a wide range of skills, which are highly sought after by employers and transferable to careers in business consultancy and policymaking. These skills include dissecting problems, gathering and analysing data, writing papers and presenting information.
As an Accounting and Finance PhD graduate, you may wish to follow many of our previous PhD students into a career in academia, working at leading research-oriented universities in the UK or overseas.
During the programme, you will receive ample advice and feedback to prepare you for the academic job market via seminars, mock interviews and presentations.
Beyond academia, your advanced training and research experience will equip you for a wide range of professional opportunities in a variety of sectors:
- Financial services and banking
- Consulting services, including economic and strategy consulting
- Government departments and regulatory bodies
- International organisations and non-governmental organisatons
- Think tanks and policy institutes
- Corporate strategy and finance departments.
You’ll be ready to apply for a variety of roles, including:
- Economic or financial consultant
- Policy analyst or advisor
- Quantitative analyst or researcher
- Risk or data analyst
- Research financial economist
- Strategy associate
- Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) or sustainability analyst (particularly for those working in related topics).