Alumni Interaction 5 on Finance and Its Job Opportunities – March 22, 2021
Objective: – To guide students of 1st semester 2020-22 Batch into the world of Finance and its Job Opportunities.
Target Audience: 1st Semester MBA, 2020-22 batch.
Mr Guruthej Vailaya, an ever-smiling personality who is an all Rounder who excelled in both Academics and extracurricular activities.
Mr Vailaya specialised in Finance stream and joined Northern Trust as an Analyst in 2009 and worked there for 9 years before he left as a Team Leader. His next stint was in Moody’s Analytics for a period of 1.5 years as Delivery Lead.
Mr Vailaya currently is associated with State Street as Manager. He being an Alumnus was invited to his alma mater to deliver a session on the subject titled above
Mr Vailaya started the session with an interactive Q&A on the topic of Finance. Then, he explained in-detail about the role of an entry level Finance professional, typically what are the roles & responsibility in a day at office.
He then moved on and started explaining the importance of MBA in an industry in today’s cut-throat competition the world is facing and how to stand out from the crowd. He focused on 3C’s which are Communication, Confidence & Career Objective and stressed on importance of these vital skills in an organization.
He then threw light on certification courses like CFA, CPA and parallelly focused on importance of MS Excel and other MS tools.
Furthermore, He motivated and emphasized students to join LinkedIn and make the best out of the platform, He concluded the session by clearing all the doubts of students during the Q&A session.
Grand Takeaways:
- The Speaker explained the opportunities in the arena of Finance and the career path of a Finance professional.
- Significance of Certification Courses.
- Importance of Networking and the learning involved in it.
The speaker was felicitated with a memorable memento by Dean as a token of appreciation in exchange for exemplary industry insights.
