Profile Eval Req|Indian M working in HSBC|finance sectr|GMAT 690

Question

Hi,

GMAT : 690 (Quant 50, VA 32, IR 7, AWA 4.5). I am looking for 2016/17 admissions

Graduation : done my Bachelors in Technology in Computer Science in Engineering from NIT Nagpur (Indian Govt. top 25 engg college in India.Right after IITs) with a 6.46/10 GPA (GPA remains low since I was not very interested in CSE but had grown interest in Finance towards the end of my Bachelors.)

I am currently working in an Sapient Global markets (Financial services company) for 33 months as a Business analyst.I work in a project where we have created a Reporting tool used by our clients(Many US and UK Investment banks) for reporting Over-The-Counter(OTC) trades to CFTC(Like SEC but for OTC products).We also handle reporting to CME , ICE and some other European and Australian regulations.My current role is to create Functional specs, Data dictionaries, understanding client requirements and advising them in various aspects, give client demos and presentations about the business side of projects, helping software developers translating business requirements to relevant codes etc.

In my previous role in this project , I worked as a technical-cum-business support staff to our clients. This included daily interaction with our clients and helping them in their business or technical BAUs/queries/incidents. It also included giving client demos/presentations/handling high stake client calls with our director/VPs and working in high intensity time bound situations.

But I have recently resigned from the company and I will be joining HSBC as an Assisstant Manager - Financial Operations as they were providing me a better opportunity.

I have a few research paper ideas in mind and would like to publish a few finance research papers in leading Indian journals.

Given my interest in Finance , I want to an MBA/Masters in finance from a school preferentially in South east Asia which has good finance program. 
My preferred schools are : NUS , NTU , ISB , SMU ,Some good schools in HK.

I am willing to wait for a year or 2 for my MBA admit as I hope to have a good working experience with HSBC until that.

Also, I have worked with an NGO in New Delhi teaching and helping many orphan/single parent boys. I was the local manager/leader of a group handing various social service events all throughout Delhi. I worked there for almost 2 months (weekends) but had to leave due to office work on weekends.

Can you please evaluate my profile and suggest If I need to hone a few skills or do something else to strengthen it ?

Thanks and Regards,
Vineet

bryantmichaels · Answer

What is your post MBA Goal? It will help me evaluate your profile and options better.

vharsh · Answer

Hi Bryan,
I intend to work for a big financial firm preferably investment banking, and have a significant impact to the affairs of the company and reach to an executive level soon.

bryantmichaels · Answer

Vineet-

As you know, Investment Banking is one of the most competitive fields out there and financial firms will want to see high GMAT scores and grades, since they have the luxury of choosing from among the best and brightest. Work experience is actually secondary to the i-banking recruiters, since they like to train people from the "ground up" and make them earn their stripes in the field by slogging away crunching numbers for the more experienced bankers on the team. Having a background in finance, however can in some cases help demonstrate aptitude, but you would be better off if you could get that GMAT score up a bit. I am speaking mostly to the ibanking recruitment process than the admissions process, since your profile should be good enough to get you into a school or two on your list. The tricky part will come when you announce to the admissions committee that you want to do i-banking post MBA. They will scrutinize your plans just like the recruiters will and make sure you are competitive for these jobs. Getting some management experience at HBSC would be good and really the best thing you could do between now and application time would be to build relationships within the bank so you will have folks willing to go to bat for you not only as recommenders, but also as references when it comes time to get a job after b-school.

vharsh · Answer

Thanks Bryan, this helps :-D

I am thinking of retaking GMAT which will boost my chances of getting into colleges of my choice and may help in future recruitments as well.

bryantmichaels · Answer

Yes unfortunately the GMAT has taken on increasingly significant importance over the years since it's the only real apples-to-apples comparisons schools can make between applicants.

Profile Eval Req|Indian M working in HSBC|finance sectr|GMAT 690

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