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The Winning Solution: The essential guide to job opportunities within and beyond finance

The Winning Solution: The essential guide to job opportunities within and beyond finance. The Winning Solution. Finance to Finance. Finance to Others. Re-skill & Upgrade. Lateral Move. Go Independent. Alternative Careers. Go Independent. Same job family. Different job family.

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The Winning Solution: The essential guide to job opportunities within and beyond finance

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  1. The Winning Solution:The essential guide to job opportunities within and beyond finance

  2. The Winning Solution Finance to Finance Finance to Others Re-skill & Upgrade Lateral Move Go Independent Alternative Careers Go Independent Same job family Different job family

  3. Finance to Finance

  4. 1. Finance to Finance: Re-skill & Upgrade Re-skill & upgrade relevant finance skills during this ‘down-time’ Sign up for Financial Industry Competency Standards (FICS) accredited programmes by Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) Supported by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) Up to 90% funding support* by MAS, for FICS accredited programmes 5 lead providers for FICS in Singapore: - Financial Training Institute @ SMU - International Compliance Association - Risk Management Institute @ NUS - Singapore College of Insurance - Wealth Management Institute Website: www.ibf.org.sg & www.wda.org * Terms & conditions apply

  5. a. Professional & Finance-related Associations ACCA Singapore Pte Ltd www.singapore.accaglobal.com ACI Singapore – The Financial Markets Association www.acisin.com Association of Banks in Singapore www.abs.org.sg Association of Financial Advisors in Singapore www.afas.org.sg Chartered Financial Analyst www.cfasingapore.org Financial Planning Association of Singapore www.fpas.org.sg Financial Women’s Association www.fwasg.org General Insurance Association of Singapore www.gia.org.sg Investment Management Association of Singapore www.imas.org.sg International Compliance Association www.int-comp.org Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore www.icpas.org.sg The Alternative Investment Management Association Ltd www.aima.org Securities & Investment Institute www.sii.sg Securities Investors Association of Singapore www.sias.org.sg Singapore Insurance Brokers Association www.siba.sg Singapore Investment Banking Association www.siba.org.sg Singapore National Employers Federation www.sgemployers.com Singapore Reinsurers’ Association www.sraweb.org.sg Singapore Training and Development Association www.stada.org.sg Singapore Trustees Association www.sta.org.sg Society of Financial Service Professionals www.sfsp.org.sg Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners www.step.org.sg

  6. b. Institutions of Higher Learning that Offers Finance-related Courses INSEAD Singapore www.insead.edu Singapore Management University www.smu.edu.sg National University of Singapore www.bschool.nus.edu.sg National Technological University www.nbs.ntu.edu.sg Singapore Institute of Management www.sim.edu.sg

  7. 2. Finance to Finance: Lateral Move Leverage on ‘core’ skills and work experience, to make a lateral move into a different area within the financial industry The ‘core’ skills are transferrable skills (i.e. financial advisory skills, client management skills) which you can bring to the next firm Examples include: - Private Banking to boutique consultancy / wealth planning firms - Investment banking to boutique private equity / hedge funds firms - Accounting to risk management firms

  8. 3. Finance to Finance: Going Independent Set up your own finance – related consultancy, tapping into your in-depth knowledge, experience and contact base Examples include: · Accounting · Compliance · Corporate Services Provider · Risk Management · Trust and Fiduciary Services Advisory · Family Office · Investment Management · Financial Planning · Tax Planning · Immigration Planning

  9. Finance to Others

  10. 1. Finance to Others: Alternative Industries Different Sectors, Different Careers Alternative industries & new possibilities include: - Civil Service - Hospitality - Consulting - Healthcare - Compliance - Infocomm Technology (ICT) - Creative Arts - Tourism - Education - Real Estate - Entrepreneurship - Social Enterprise - Oil & Gas - Social Work & many more!

  11. 1. Finance to Others: Alternative Industries • Be Open Minded – explore different sectors and opportunities • Go in-house – maybe in a financial capacity • (use existing skills) • Get relevant training or acquire new skills to fit in with • new growth industries • -Go Independent

  12. 1. Finance to Others: Alternative Careers Programs available for acquiring new skills: WDA = good starting point(website: www.wda.gov.sg) - Job placements - Skills Upgrade - Learn new skills according to sector SPUR Programme(Skills Programme for Upgrading and Resilience) - List of SPUR Courses for Individuals - Professional Skills Programme - Job Search and Training Facilitation - Higher Course Fee Subsidy Website: http://app2.wda.gov.sg/web/Contents/Contents.aspx?ContId=651 WDA’s Professional Skills Programme = resource for PMETS to explore Professional Conversion Programmes (PCP) to help PMETS acquire new skills in growth sectors, such as Education and Creative For example, PCP for Arts Managers include 6 months “Train & Place” Professional Conversion Course for Arts Managers in conjunction with Sotheby’s Institute of Arts, Singapore Website: www.wda.gov.sg

  13. 1. Finance to Others: Alternative Careers List of SPUR Courses

  14. 1. Finance to Others: Alternative Careers Professional Conversion Programmes

  15. 2. Finance to Others: Going Independent Be an entrepreneur and start your own business Explore Enterprise One, a multi-agency initiative by Spring Singapore, to help start, sustain and grow your business: - For expert help & face-to-face advise, contact one of the Enterprise Development Centres (EDCs) Website: www.business.gov.sg Explore training and financing options at Spring Singapore: - Entrepreneurship training for PMETs, in collaboration with various Singapore Polytechnics (70% funding support* by Spring) - Various financing schemes available: Spring Startup Enterprise Development Scheme (SPRING SEEDS), Young Entrepreneurs Scheme for Startups (YES! Startups) etc Website: www.spring.gov.sg * Terms & conditions apply

  16. Conclusion • There are enough jobs out there within or beyond Finance • We need to know: - Where to look - Who to connect with - How to execute - Be Open-Minded to new possibilities, new jobs and new skills

  17. Introducing Our 2 Panels Panel 1: Options Within Financial Services FWA MODERATOR: Chan Ee Lin IBF- Paul Yuen, CEO WDA - Lynn Ng, Director, Community & Professional Services Division Compliance Asia - PhilippaAllen, CEO & MD Hudson - Angela Kuek, Manager, Banking & Financial Services Panel 2: Alternative Careers for Bankers FWA MODERATOR: Tan Su Shan EDB - Wong YauChung, Head, International Organisations Program Office MOE - Tan KokHeng, Deputy Director (Recruitment & Placement) Bain & Company - Louis Lim, Manager Mapletree Investments - Wong Leong Mein, Senior VP, Corporate Planning & Investor Relations Marina Bay Sands - Tan Eng Leong, VP, Human Resources Thomson Reuters - John Taylor, Head, Human Resources, Global Sales & Customer Service

  18. The End – Thank you! Please visit our website www.fwasg.org

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