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Jie Luan, MSc Finance and Investment (2017)
'My work provides me with a large platform on which I can get to know all the essential parts of the industry.'
Associate, Shanghai Stock Exchange
What can I do with a degree in Finance & Accounting?
The below offers a selection of the destinations University of Exeter graduates from Finance & Accounting have gone on to. The information below is not exhaustive, however it does highlight the range of job and further study options available to you after your studies.
If you would like to learn more about any of the jobs listed below you may wish to browse the job profiles on the Prospects website.
Careers with a degree in Finance & Accounting
Recent Exeter Finance & Accounting graduates have entered a wide range of careers. Some recent examples include:*
- Chartered and certified accountants
- Taxation experts
- Sales accounts and business development managers
- Primary education teaching professionals
- Management consultants and business analysts
- Finance and investment analysts and advisers
- Quality assurance and regulatory professionals
- Cyber security professionals
- Data analysts
- Archivists and curators
- Financial accounts managers
- Importers and exporters
Many employers accept applications from graduates with any degree subject, so don't restrict your thinking to the jobs listed above.
Other resources:
- Employment sector pages useful to help research these industries further
- Prospects to find out more about job profiles
- ICAEW - Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales - this site includes a searchable directory of firms and a list of training vacancies
- ICAS - Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland - this site includes training vacancies for opportunities in Scotland
- ICSA - The Governance Institute for UK and Ireland
- CIMA - Chartered Institute of Management Accountants - site includes a directory of opportunities on the prospective student's page
- Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy - site includes training vacancies
- Students and Qualifications (tax.org.uk) from the Chartered Institute of Taxation
- ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
- Institute and Faculty of Actuaries - careers page includes job and internship section
- Management Consultancies Association
- Chartered Banker Institute
- Graduate Outcomes Data to do a deep dive into the data on what Finance & Accounting graduates do after their degree
- LinkedIn Exeter Finance & Accounting alumni tool (you will need to be logged in to LinkedIn to access this functionality) - for further inspiration and to contact past graduates who could share their experiences finding graduate employment
* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys (ordered from most popular to least).
Employers of Exeter alumni with a degree in Finance & Accounting
Recent Exeter Finance & Accounting graduates have joined a wide range of employers. Some recent example include*:
- Alvarez and Marsal
- BDO
- Cazoo
- Deloitte
- Ernst & Young
- Goldman Sachs
- Grant Thornton
- Haysmacintyre
- KPMG
- Mazars
- Menzies
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
Other resources:
- Business School Case Studies
- LinkedIn Exeter Finance & Accounting alumni tool (you will need to be logged in to LinkedIn to access this functionality)
* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys.
Skills
An Exeter Finance & Accounting degree will arm you with some great employability skills including:
- Manipulate financial and other numerical data and appreciate statistical concepts
- Locate, extract and analyse data from multiple sources and be effective in ICT
- Present quantitative and qualitative information, with analysis, argument and commentary
- Analyse the contexts in which accounting operates
- Interpret and use the current technical language and practices of accounting
- Record and summarise transactions and other economic activities
Further Study
Around 67% of Exeter graduates in Finance & Accounting go on to pursue further study within 15 months of completing their undergraduate degree, with almost half (48%) of these completing a Professional Qualification alongside work. Some recent progression routes include:
- MSc Accounting and Finance
- MSc Business and Finance
- MSc Finance
- MSc Finance and Management
- MSc Finance and Marketing
- MSc Finance and Investment
- MSc Financial Analysis and Fund Management
- MSc International Business
- MSc International Trade, Strategy and Operations
Some went on to study other degrees including:
- Graduate Diploma in Law / Law Conversion
Useful resources:
- Find a Masters
- Masters Compare
- Masters Portal
- Prospects
- University of Exeter PG Study
- Business School Case Studies
- LinkedIn Exeter Finance & Accounting alumni tool (you will need to be logged in to LinkedIn to access this functionality)
* Data taken from aggregating the responses from full-time, first degree, UK domiciled students who completed 2017/18 and 2018/19 Graduate Outcomes surveys.
**Individual course names were taken from the University of Exeter's Career Destination survey (2018/19 & 2019/20) as this information is not collected within the Graduate Outcomes survey.