Why specialize in finance?

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Context

Why does finance appeal to students?

Finance is a complex field with a special place in the collective imagination. So why do students want to go into finance?

Strong employability

Finance plays a vital role in a country’s economic equilibrium. Through its actions, it helps to ensure the creation of the value needed to sustain the system, which is essential to improving everyone’s standard of living. It is an extremely dynamic field whose employability is never in doubt. Covering a wide range of fields, it enables extremely varied profiles to find a job, whatever their preferred sector. Whether in insurance, banking, market finance, auditing or consultancy, the career prospects are vast enough to attract a wide range of people. What’s more, the sector offers particularly attractive remuneration packages, with opportunities to progress more quickly than in other professional sectors.

A network maintained by the grandes écoles

The attractiveness of finance is maintained by a network whose mindset and values are shared by all. Having followed similar courses at leading management or business schools, the students share a specific culture, including a taste for challenge and a desire to excel.

Students appreciate working with people who have the same background and the same fundamental thinking. The Grandes Ecoles nurture a common mindset, thanks to comprehensive, targeted study programmes in partnership with leading companies in the sector.

It is this proximity that gives young people the confidence to project themselves immediately into a position of high responsibility. The feeling of being part of an elite and the accessibility of power fostered by these establishments contribute greatly to the attractiveness of the environment.

International opportunities

If there’s one field that wants to break free of borders, it’s the finance sector. No matter what country you do business in, finance is the lifeblood of every business. To facilitate the exchange of accounting data around the world, many processes have been standardised and harmonised (Basel II and Basel III agreements). This common framework makes it possible to contribute to creating a framework so that the accounting information of companies respects the rules of comprehension and reliability. Although the tax systems of major groups and multinationals differ considerably depending on their location, they have been forced to adapt to an imposed framework, with the obvious aim of improving transparency and efficiency. Thanks to these rules established on an international scale, cross-border exchange has been greatly improved. This ease of exchange and the constant contact with international firms encourages the creation of a vast network, and helps people to project themselves rapidly towards a career beyond their country of origin. It’s a goal that motivates many young students.

Opportunities

Specialisation in Finance: boosting your career

Whatever the sector or technical specialisation, whether corporate and investment banks, mutual banks or private banks, the range of banking professions is wide and constantly evolving. Technological advances and the digitalisation of the sector offer new career opportunities, and are constantly helping to renew it.

Finance is one of France’s biggest recruiters, with more than 300,000 employees in a wide range of professional fields. The wide range of services and the increasing complexity of financial operations mean that particularly advanced training is required to meet new demands.

Leading schools in the sector offer targeted training, so that students can follow courses tailored to their individual profiles and aspirations. INSEEC, for example, offers a wide range of courses in finance, enabling students to acquire the expertise they need to boost their careers.

Financial analysis in particular is the basis for many of our training courses. Its aim is to extract information about a company’s financial health, in particular its profitability and solvency, based on accounting documents. This is why INSEEC’s training is geared towards capital raising operations and the financial management of a company. Whatever direction you want your career to take, the school offers a wide range of specialised courses.

Future

Target a sector where there are jobs thanks to a specialisation in finance

The grandes écoles are still the benchmark for finance training. Their partnerships with leading players in the sector bring you into contact with qualified professionals who will pass on their know-how and skills. By choosing a specialisation in finance, you can be sure of benefiting from top-quality supervision and building up a future professional network while you study. As they learn, students acquire technical skills that will be crucial to their future career development. Whatever they choose to specialise in, students will find the right job within the sector, with an unrivalled rate of employability. There are over 300 jobs in the sector. This represents an infinitely wide range of possibilities:

treasurer
project manager
customer adviser
insurance broker
trader
internal auditor
portfolio manager
financial director
financial analyst
financial controller
customer adviser

Find out more about our career opportunities in finance and real estate here.

Evolution

The finance sector is constantly training its professionals

Employees working in the world of finance need to keep their knowledge up to date. It’s a constantly evolving field that’s important to keep abreast of in order to remain effective and competitive. So, for those involved in asset management or accounting, companies have every interest in regularly training their employees so that they can keep up with changes in technology, legislation and products.

This is an opportunity you should consider if you want to embark on a career in the sector. The chance to receive funding for training in order to broaden your skills on a regular basis is relatively rare in the business world. By regularly maintaining your field of action, you can benefit from particularly interesting development opportunities, and more quickly than elsewhere.

Specialisation

Specialise in finance for a better salary

A career in finance is a major opportunity to earn a satisfactory salary. All finance jobs guarantee good pay, regardless of the sector you choose. Whether you work for a multinational or a smaller company, the jobs in this sector promise attractive salaries that are particularly progressive. This is one of the sectors with the most rapid career development. So specialising in finance is always an attractive prospect, and guarantees the promise of a rich career.

In France, the median salary for finance jobs is 42,716 euros net per year. The average entry-level job starts at around €31,108 a year, while an experienced employee can earn double or even triple that, with bonuses and various benefits.

Career

Specialising in finance: a gateway to a wide range of careers

As long as industries and businesses continue to exist, the world of finance will always be legitimate and omnipresent through all its sectors of activity. As the world of business evolves and globalisation takes hold, the need for financing remains very great.

This high level of dynamism offers a wide range of jobs and careers. Whether you’re looking for a job in management, finance or accounting, a young graduate is bound to find a position that meets your expectations, always in line with your area of specialisation. Places are plentiful, and demand is constant. The wide range of courses available means there’s something for everyone. All kinds of careers are possible:

trader
project manager
financial director
portfolio manager
treasurer
insurance broker
independent expert
customer adviser
financial analyst
financial controller
actuary
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Offers

Which course should I choose at INSEEC to specialise in finance?

INSEEC offers a particularly wide range of courses to meet everyone’s needs. As finance is a particularly broad field, it comprises 4 major sectors:

Banking finance
Corporate finance
Market finance
Real estate finance

INSEEC has considered every possible scenario and offers tailored courses to guide students towards the most appropriate course for their profile and study path. All areas of finance are covered to ensure comprehensive and effective teaching. The courses offered by INSEEC’s finance division range from Bac to Bac +5 level and are suitable for all orientations. The school’s methodology favours an alliance with major companies, in order to offer internships and sandwich courses. This provides students with an ideal learning environment.

Training at INSEEC on one of the group’s campuses guarantees a perfect mastery of the rules of economics and business in general. Whether you are a student or a graduate, you can be sure of receiving the best possible support for your career plans. They will find an opportunity to develop their skills and find the job that suits them best.

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