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prash42

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Jun 1, 2014
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Hello all,

I'm an investment professional looking for senior positions in securities / investment firms. Also open to corporate finance and related openings. I expect to make a short landing visit to Toronto this summer, and do an initial job search. As things stand, we will relocate permanently to Canada only after me or my wife (also a senior finance professional) find a good job.

I don't think job fairs and regular job search websites will work as well for me. I'm looking through efinancialcareers.ca and also plan to reach out to specialist search firms such as Robert Half and Michael Page.

However these are the standard approaches for people looking for finance jobs in New York or London, and I'm sure finance professionals in Toronto have better job search strategies. Any ideas or suggestions? Greatly appreciate it.

Best,
prash42
 

navneet1983

Star Member
Jul 21, 2011
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Following the post

I fall in the same category.. working in financial services (Investment research / private equity) since past 9 years. I found LinkedIn to be a great tool (although not landed with a job as yet but did manage to connect with a few relevant people)

DO share your updates as well. Looking for jobs in specialized niche industries can get tough!
 

Shavithe

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Jun 25, 2015
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I am also fall in this category of job (Finance/Investment Job) I have degree in MBA and i can handle this job perfectly. So I am very interested to get this job from you and I hope i will fulfill your conditions of this job. So I would appreciate if you can share some more details about this job i.e. what will be salary and what will be duty hours and also what are the conditions of job?
Also what about Visa because i am now in India and want to know do you bare the expenses of my traveling to Canada? Also How many vacations you will offer in a year and what will be condition of traveling to India on vacation if required?

I think this job is very suitable for me because it is related to finance and i have degree in MBA (Finance) so i think it is very easy for me to handle this job perfectly. So plz consider me for this job and i hope i will not let you down.

Also one more thing i would happy to ask from you and do you give me house to live or i would to find my house by myself to live on and also what about meal in the day when i will be working in the company office?

So plz share your Skype or Whatsapp to discuss more about Job.
 

scylla

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Shavithe said:
I am also fall in this category of job (Finance/Investment Job) I have degree in MBA and i can handle this job perfectly. So I am very interested to get this job from you and I hope i will fulfill your conditions of this job. So I would appreciate if you can share some more details about this job i.e. what will be salary and what will be duty hours and also what are the conditions of job?
Also what about Visa because i am now in India and want to know do you bare the expenses of my traveling to Canada? Also How many vacations you will offer in a year and what will be condition of traveling to India on vacation if required?

I think this job is very suitable for me because it is related to finance and i have degree in MBA (Finance) so i think it is very easy for me to handle this job perfectly. So plz consider me for this job and i hope i will not let you down.

Also one more thing i would happy to ask from you and do you give me house to live or i would to find my house by myself to live on and also what about meal in the day when i will be working in the company office?

So plz share your Skype or Whatsapp to discuss more about Job.
No one here is offering a job.
 

torontosm

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Apr 3, 2013
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prash42 said:
Hello all,

I'm an investment professional looking for senior positions in securities / investment firms. Also open to corporate finance and related openings. I expect to make a short landing visit to Toronto this summer, and do an initial job search. As things stand, we will relocate permanently to Canada only after me or my wife (also a senior finance professional) find a good job.

I don't think job fairs and regular job search websites will work as well for me. I'm looking through efinancialcareers.ca and also plan to reach out to specialist search firms such as Robert Half and Michael Page.

However these are the standard approaches for people looking for finance jobs in New York or London, and I'm sure finance professionals in Toronto have better job search strategies. Any ideas or suggestions? Greatly appreciate it.

Best,
prash42
Prash42,

Your strategy of contacting recruiters and checking specialized online websites such as efinancialcareers is a good one. However, rather than limiting yourself to the large recruiting firms, look at specialized financial services recruiters such as Thorek/Scott and Vlaad & Co. as well.

In addition, I would encourage you to use LinkedIn to find people that are working in companies you are interested in, and to reach out to them. Networking through a series of coffee meetings will provide you with more leads than you would think.

All of that said, as you probably know, Canada's economy is precarious at best right now and there is not a lot of capital markets or M&A activity. Banks have been laying off i-bankers recently, so finding a job may take longer than usual. Good luck!
 
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prash42

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Jun 1, 2014
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Torontosm,

Thanks for your thoughtful response. I will be in Toronto for a couple of weeks in late September / early October to meet as many people as I can (recruiters, business school alumni, contacts established through LinkedIn, CFA Society Toronto, etc).

Thorek/Scott and Vlaad are not names I have come across before, will certainly look into them. Please do share names of any other specialist recruiters you can think off.

Thinking out loud, I probably need to be flexible in the kind of openings to pursue, given the economic slowdown. I've been an EM equities fund manager for the past 6 years, and worked previously in M&A (3 years, New York) and credit (4 years, India). In your experience, how open are Canadian firms to hiring career switchers? I guess my question is, will I be taken seriously if I apply to positions in wealth management, investor relations, finance roles in companies, etc? I have an MBA from a US business school, CFA charter, and CA from India.

Best,
Prash42

torontosm said:
Prash42,

Your strategy of contacting recruiters and checking specialized online websites such as efinancialcareers is a good one. However, rather than limiting yourself to the large recruiting firms, look at specialized financial services recruiters such as Thorek/Scott and Vlaad & Co. as well.

In addition, I would encourage you to use LinkedIn to find people that are working in companies you are interested in, and to reach out to them. Networking through a series of coffee meetings will provide you with more leads than you would think.

All of that said, as you probably know, Canada's economy is precarious at best right now and there is not a lot of capital markets or M&A activity. Banks have been laying off i-bankers recently, so finding a job may take longer than usual. Good luck!
 

sridharcw

Full Member
Nov 20, 2014
29
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Hi prash42,

I'm a financial services professional with diverse experience (mortgages, underwriting, real estate valuation, financing, etc).
My situation was a bit unique in the sense that I worked across different sectors so I could not pin myself to one area.
You seem to have an excellent profile in terms of your qualifications and designations, which would help. I just had my MBA + work experience and only recently gave my CFA level 1 exam.

I landed in summer of 2015 and did all ground work, networking, etc. Later given personal situation took up odd jobs until Feb 2016, when I got my first break with an accounting job for a property management firm. Its more of a clerical role than accounting (much below my expectations) but atleast far better than odd jobs.

I'm sure you will get good offers given specialized qualifications, where I lacked frankly. In interviews, I know hiring managers can stump you on 'Candian experience' but no one can question a CFA or CA designation, which are gold standards. I heard about different recruiters including Hays, Robert Half, Lannick Group, Randstad, etc. They would be excellent and highly responsive as long as they need a candidate like you for their clients. For some roles recruiters are too investigative and detailed that they dig so deep in to your work/technicalities as if they were the hiring manager/your prospective boss. So just be prepared for this as I had such experience and its understandable since they need high-quality candidates for high-quality roles.

Situational Questions: This is where most interviewers trap you with lot of hypothetical and 'what if' scenarios. In India these questions are common but not designed as traps but more to understand your lateral thinking or leadership approach. For eg. how you dealt with an arrogant subordinate.
In some cases you may want to balance/down-play strong tones and show your ability to balance different extremes and priorities. Canadians generally may not prefer someone who is too decisive or takes extreme or bold decisions - they need people who can understand and appreciate different points of view, invite ideas even if you dont necessarily agree, etc. In the example of arrogant employee if you decided finally to let him/her leave you need to prove that you counseled them, re-trained them, gave additional support, identified and solved their concerns, etc. and finally the person improved and at one point he/she decided to move on although he/she loved working with you (sounds sugar coated) but thats how it works here. If you were to tell them that you took a tough but hard decision for better interests of the team, mgmt, etc....I would appreciate your point as I go by the context, but not the interviewers.

I dont claim expertise as Im still learning, but Im sharing snippets from my personal experience. At the end of the day its the interviewer's call. Personally speaking I would prefer testing a candidate with a real project/assignment (which most lazy people would dread doing) and serious candidates will give their best, and later interviewing and selecting will be a piece of cake. I've seen the best candidates who impress you in 30 minutes can sometimes turn out to be poor executors in their work/project despite their street smart personality.

You can connect with me at https://ca.linkedin.com/in/sridharvca
Stay in touch. I'd be glad to share experiences and meet with professionals like you, so we get a chance to learn from each other.

Good Luck.
Sridhar




prash42 said:
Torontosm,

Thanks for your thoughtful response. I will be in Toronto for a couple of weeks in late September / early October to meet as many people as I can (recruiters, business school alumni, contacts established through LinkedIn, CFA Society Toronto, etc).

Thorek/Scott and Vlaad are not names I have come across before, will certainly look into them. Please do share names of any other specialist recruiters you can think off.

Thinking out loud, I probably need to be flexible in the kind of openings to pursue, given the economic slowdown. I've been an EM equities fund manager for the past 6 years, and worked previously in M&A (3 years, New York) and credit (4 years, India). In your experience, how open are Canadian firms to hiring career switchers? I guess my question is, will I be taken seriously if I apply to positions in wealth management, investor relations, finance roles in companies, etc? I have an MBA from a US business school, CFA charter, and CA from India.

Best,
Prash42
 

Hasitbhatt

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Apr 9, 2017
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I am also fall in this category of job (Finance/Investment Job) I have degree in MBA and i can handle this job perfectly. So I am very interested to get this job from you and I hope i will fulfill your conditions of this job. So I would appreciate if you can share some more details about this job i.e. what will be salary and what will be duty hours and also what are the conditions of job?
Also what about Visa because i am now in India and want to know do you bare the expenses of my traveling to Canada? Also How many vacations you will offer in a year and what will be condition of traveling to India on vacation if required?

I think this job is very suitable for me because it is related to finance and i have degree in MBA (Finance) so i think it is very easy for me to handle this job perfectly. So plz consider me for this job and i hope i will not let you down.

Also one more thing i would happy to ask from you and do you give me house to live or i would to find my house by myself to live on and also what about meal in the day when i will be working in the company office?

So plz share your Skype or Whatsapp to discuss more about Job.
My Whatsapp number is +91-91679-17376. I am a corporate Finance professional with 12 years of infrastructure sector experience. Looking for a job in Toronto or Vancouver. Please advise.