Managing money is a skill that everyone needs, and if you’ve mastered that skill, you’re in demand in the job market. If you’re getting into money management, that doesn’t always mean you need to have a career in accounting, though, since there’s more to the business than simple math. There’s a social aspect, since you’ll be engaging with the people who need help with the complicated world of finance. Centennial College’s Financial Services program helps give students those skills, while providing them with connections to a needed, lucrative career.
What a job in Financial Services really means
A career in Financial Services includes a wide range of opportunities, from banking to investment and portfolio management, commercial lending, compliance, insurance, risk management, financial analysis and financial planning.
A little less jargon
To break it down, since the advent of ATMs, people don’t often need to speak to anyone in a bank, unless they have a more complex need. And that’s where you come in, providing solutions to people, families and businesses. Customers expect to meet with an expert who can help them with all of their financial needs, be it a mortgage, a line of credit, or something more complicated.
It’s a lucrative market
Everywhere you go, you see bank branches, investment dealers and insurance companies, and they all need qualified, eager employees. Financial Services is a career that’s in demand, putting graduates in a good place to get hired, which is where we come in.
We can provide the path
Centennial College’s Financial Services is a two-year program that uses hands-on learning to give you the talents you need to succeed, including those you wouldn’t think of, like presentation skills you’ll use when you sit one-on-one with clients and families. A very important aspect of the program is the credentials you can earn, since the Financial Services program is geared towards helping you qualify for several of them while in school. They include the Certified Financial Planner certification, (CFP), the Qualified Associate Financial Planner certification (QAFP), the Canadian Securities Course (CSC), the Life License Qualification Program (LLQP), and certifications in mutual funds (IFIC) and retirement planning (RPC). Once you have the designations, you’re the kind of professional that banks and financial institutions want to hire.
It can be tough to follow the world of finance. But by taking a program in Financial Services, not only will it make sense to you, but you will will also be able to make it make sense to others, making you invaluable to anyone looking to manage their money.
By: Anthony Geremia