I hold a Specialist(MS) degree from Russia in finance. Worked in Gazprom moved to US to develop myself in the language and my career. I went to Altai State Technical and I'm looking the opportunity to work inside a IB, HF, PE, or anything related to investments. Now since i hold a masters degree is it a good idea for me to go back to school in order to get recruited?
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I'll be honest here...
The US doesn't do a great job of recognizing foreign degrees if they're not from Canada or the UK. It's also extremely difficult to find a job from overseas in entry-level IB programs and fluent English is a must. On top of that, fewer and fewer banks are sponsoring foreigners. Your best bet is to hit a global firm in Moscow and then lateral within the firm to another country after 2 years.
Well here's the thing i recently got my green card, and I've been working at an American company focusing on supply chain as part of their finance team, My English is fluent and I'm trying to break into investment firms. I have close to 4-5 year overall experience and I'm just trying to see what is the best path for me to get noticed.
In that case, with that experience, MBA is your strongest route. It would be very difficult to pitch a finance team supply chain background to an investment or banking group.
Agreed w/ comment about relevance of supply chain finance to IB - what did you do at Gazprom?
I was a Lead Economist at Gazprom, I primarily worked with investment projects that had to be pitched to the senior partners and an investment committee. I had to analyze whether or not a project would be economically feasible through modelling and several other factors.
You should be able to leverage this, plus your MS, to get a decent MBA (I'm assuming your current role is at a recognizable Fortune firm, have a good GPA, and you do well on GMAT).
Honestly, based on where you are right now, networking your way into IB will be an uphill climb, and you're time may be better spent building credibility & network via an MBA.
Even if you get your foot in the door today (which is not impossible), you'll be asking yourself the same questions then as you are today, as you try and make your way up the ladder.
Take it from someone with an unrecognizable European degree.
I came to that same conclusion as well i just needed somebody else's opinion. Do you recommend any good schools that will be worth the investment. I want to attend school in NYC, so far my choices are Fordham, Baruch, Columbia, Even though Columbia is pricey, I believe that it's ROI will outweigh the costs IMO.
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