Finance Career Opportunities
Steady employment growth is expected in finance. With a DeVry degree in hand, you'll be ready to take advantage of this expanding job market. Find a finance career analyzing and tracking profit performance, managing bank branches, or establishing credit rating criteria. Whatever area of finance you choose, you'll be prepared to work with the newest financial products and services and uncover data that will drive how important business decisions are made in your's or your client's, company.
Finance Career Options
Finance careers in this field are found primarily in industries like banking, credit management, financial planning, mortgage brokering, security and commodity sales, and insurance. DeVry graduates in Business Administration (BA) with a specialization in Finance will be prepared for Finance careers in many areas of business, including:
- Bank branch manager
- Budget analyst
- Credit manager
- Commercial banking officer
- Financial analyst
- Financial planning consultant
- Insurance representative
- Loan officer
- Security and commodities sales agent
- Broker
Finance Career Responsibilities
As a DeVry graduate, you'll be equipped for a finance career in the new world of global economics. With expertise in areas such as short-term financing, credit cards, factoring, mortgages, education loans, derivatives, commodities, international currency, interest rate exchanges, and international transactions and translation, finance experts' professional responsibilities could include:
- Managing bank offices
- Helping business customers best use their financial resources
- Analyzing and interpreting financial results to identify trends and variances
- Establishing credit card rating criteria and credit ceilings, as well as monitoring collection of past-due accounts
The Finance Career Advantage You'll Find at DeVry
At DeVry you can gain the skills, credentials, and respect you need to succeed in a finance career. The proof is in the numbers. For the year ending with the October '10 graduates, 95% of Canadian DeVry Business Administration graduates were employed in their field. This includes graduates who actively pursued and obtained employment and those who were already employed in education-related careers within 180 days of graduation. These graduates have an average salary of $59,441 (Canadian dollars).
To learn more about opportunities for finance careers and the difference earning a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from DeVry can make, contact a DeVry representative.
