APPLY | GIVE
Career Impact>

Finance Career Path

Finance@Anderson

Becca Bilek-Chee ('18), Dimensional

In 2018, approximately 25% of UCLA Anderson students were hired into finance roles across a variety of industries including investment banking, investment management, corporate finance, real estate finance, private equity and commercial banking. Companies hiring Anderson students ranged from bulge bracket, middle-market and boutique firms on Wall Street, Los Angeles and San Francisco to investment management firms to major companies in a variety of industries. Parker has helped students land a median salary of $125,000, with 62% landing signing bonuses averaging $39,170.

 

Where You Want to Be

 

The following are some of the organizations hiring UCLA Anderson MBA students in finance roles (both full-time employment and summer internships):

The specific finance functions UCLA Anderson MBA students enter include:
 
  • Investment Banking
  • Investment Management
  • Corporate Finance/FP&A/Treasury
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity
  • Commercial Banking and Lending
  • Private Health Management
 

Academics

 

Students interested in finance build a strong academic foundation in core finance concepts, including financial statement analysis, discounting and present values, valuation of bonds and stocks, capital budgeting and more. Students select electives based on their professional interests in the following areas: investment banking, investment management, private wealth management, corporate finance and private equity/venture capital.

 

Specializations:
Corporate Finance, Investment Management, Accounting

 

Sample Electives

  • Corporate Financial Reporting
  • International Financial Markets
  • Financial Reporting and Equity Valuation
  • Business and Economy in Emerging Markets
  • Corporate Valuation
  • Managerial Model Building
  • Fixed Income Markets
  • Financial Institutions
  • Option Markets
  • International Political Economy
  • Venture Capital and Private Equity
  • Takeovers, Restructuring, Governance
  • Behavioral Finance
  • Investment Management
  • Global Economy
  • Money and Capital Markets

"Making the transition into investment banking was daunting at first. But the programming at Anderson helped me get up to speed quickly and made me more comfortable with the recruiting process. This allowed me to simply be myself and find the right landing spot for my future."

Brian Busick (’18)

Investment Banking, Credit Suisse

Applied Management Research (AMR)
Sample Projects

  • Conducted an analysis of a boutique investment banking firm’s capabilities and limitations to build a strategic plan of action to drive business and refine its transaction process
  • Analyzed current market for M&A activity and prepared possible scenarios on strategic moves for a company in the memory and semi-conductor technology sector
  • Developed a business plan for an improved platform for trading securities derivatives for a leading financial services and investment firm
Learn More

Resources

Follow the UCLA Anderson Full Time MBA Program:

WeChat

Follow us on WeChat by scanning the QR code