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Department of Financial & Management Studies (DeFiMS)

Graduate Destinations

How does a degree in Financial and Management Studies help with my career?

The department of Financial and Management Studies at SOAS provides its students with a specialist international focus and the skills needed to work effectively in a global, multicultural context. Graduates are equipped with advanced training and research expertise related to finance, management and development.  They also gain a portfolio of widely transferable skills which employers seek, including analysing and selecting information; communicating effectively; understanding and interpreting numerical data - numeracy and problem solving.  

Former Financial and Management Studies students have gone on to professional and management careers in both the private and public sectors, as well as continuing in the field of research at SOAS or other institutions.

Destinations of recent graduates from this department immediately after graduation include:

  • Deloitte: Audit Associate
  • Lion Bridge: Freelance Interpreter
  • Business Monitor International: Risk Analyst
  • Richmond Council: Local Councillor
  • Bonhams: Trainee Catalogue Administrator
  • Education First: Operations Manager
  • Joseph Wishwell Institute Foundation: Project Director
  • Discovery Channel: SPNA Analyst
  • A & A: Export Operator
  • Swiss Chamber of Commerce: Marketing Assistant
  • Yomiuri Shimbun: Assistant Correspondent
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers: Accountant
  • HSBC: Global Markets Analyst
  • Invesco Perpetual: Product Manager
  • United Nations: Finance and Development Officer
  • The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC): Project Finance Officer
  • Ugandan Central Bank: Bank Regulator
  • State Bank of Vietnam: Financial Economist
  • Shenyin + Wan Guo: Stockbroker
  • Deloitte LLP: Tax Advisor in Entrepreneurial Business
  • Bloomberg: Financial Analyst
  • Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority: Associate Regional Director for Europe
  • African Development Bank: Banking Consultant
  • Associaton of Supervisors of Banks of America: Secretary General Adviser
  • Bank of Uganda: Senior Banking Officer
  • Mo Ibrahim Foundation: Development Project Charity Worker
  • China Consulting CRCC Asia: Associate Consultant
  • University of Latvia: Lecturer in Japanese Management
  • Nikkei Europe Ltd: Researcher
  • Pakistan Railways: Finance Officer
  • Algerian Embassy: Translator
  • Emirates Airlines: Resource Planning
  • Etrade Securities: Project & Database Analytic Manager
  • Department for International Development: Economist
  • Shanghai Relations: Public Relations Officer
  • Motivation Charitable Trust: Financial Sustainability Co-ordinator
  • Barclays Capital: Investment Banker
  • International Planned Parenthood Federation: International Management
  • London School of Business & Finance: Chartered Management Accountant
  • SOAS: MSc International Management for China

DLHE Statistics

The chart above shows that SOAS Financial and Management Studies graduates are very employable. Graduate Destination Surveys from 2004-2011 show that 84% of graduates who could be surveyed are either in work, further study, work and study or volunteering.

Further information about DLHE is available on the Careers Service website.

What do Graduates do?

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