Typically SG is a global financial hub so dont think a lot of consulting roles - maybe the standard Big 4, but havent heard of too much MBB recruiting from NUS. On the contrary, if you are open to continuing in the financial services industry, NUS can open a lot of doors in the local SG market particularly with large banks and funds.

Financial services experience is valuable to consulting firms as well given the client focused model, problem solving and quant skills developed during your Analyst tenure. Just the exit options from both consulting and FinServ tend to be slightly different. With consulting you typically look at corporate roles / entrepreneurship roles in the long term. With FinSer you typically rise up the ranks to an MD or move to a Corp Fin role or maybe a PE/HF role eventually. Dont see a lot of Bankers make it CEOs, most tend to be confined to CFOs within large corporates. So keep the long term picture in mind while making a short terms career decision.

That's extremely valuable advice, thank you so much!! I guess I did unwittingly tunnel vision in on my short-term interests. My current role is restricted to back-office operations, and that's what I'd like to escape in the near future.

Dont discount your experience because its a support role, most roles in India are support functions given the size of the market. Would advice you to focus on the Global Experience you would have built interacting with clients across the globe as that would be valuable for schools. Additionally, an MBA will be the perfect fit to enable you to transition into a full fledged client role in a large market. Have sample ample instances of candidates in support roles transition into solid PE/HF roles with large fund houses / banks withing Singapore and HK. Plus there is a growing Indian presence of Corporate India in Singapore with a lot of companies exploring SGX listing, so that should work in your favour from a recruitment point of view.

Thank you! Your reassurance gives me a lot of courage. I've been fortunate to have a list of strong clientele in the HF space, which I'm hoping will earn me brownie points when applying. A few of these clients are even based in/have branches in Singapore. For now, my focus is working on my GMAT score and applications.

Thats good to know, prior knowledge / experience in the market is always helpful from an MBA admissions point of view and subsequently from a recruitment point of view. Also, have seen a lot of fund houses relocated from London to Singapore due to Brexit and from HK to Singapore due to the China situation. Thus, SG will be a strong market for a career in Finance.

All the best for your GMAT!

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Thank you so much! I really appreciate you taking the time to lay all of this out for me. Have a wonderful rest of the week, cheers!