Career change question

Greetings! I am struggling lately with a choice. I will finish bachelor+masters in a month, and I got super passionate about Finance since 2 years, I've been learning maths from absolute scratch and I grew to like it a lot. I've considered much, and I considered going Finance and Accounting in my country, although non-target university, as I cannot afford it anyhow, and I believe I should get Finance education and get to know about it rather than looking for work in that field, so my current choice is university education. The thing I cannot decide on - should I do Masters or Bachelors in Finance and Accounting in such case? I saw people saying Master would be really bad for me, on other hand I would rather work extra hard and go through intense 2 years programme and dedicate myself to studying, than go all over 3 years and then consider masters yet again, as I am 23 already. Either of those programmes would be non target universities, as I cannot afford going abroad and studying there. What do You think would be a good choice there? I'd really appreciate all the help i can get. I do know 4 languages, I am planning on extra activities at university, completing few courses Financial Modeling and Banking related, also quite few other non uni related activities. I am planning on getting internship inbetween 1st and 2nd year, and hopefully some graduatte programme after completing Masters, or so I thought that'd be a good choice. The careers im aiming for would be ambitious IB/VC level, do You think it's achievable and realistic with my background, and which degree would be beneficial from non target? 

Master or Bachelor non target in my case?

Bachelor non target
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Master non target
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