Senior Finance Executives Will Need More Talented Recruits

According to a study published by Savant Recruitment, a specialist accountancy and finance recruiter, about 80 per cent of their senior executive interviewees said that risk, compliance and governance specialists the following year would be in high demand due to cyber crime frequencies and the need of banks to have better knowledge of the regulations for the banking sector.

The study revealed that about 49 per cent of the respondents needed employees with critical commercial knowledge. About 43 per cent of the respondents said workers with management and leadership capabilities were very important. About 40 per cent of the respondents claimed they needed more employees with risk management skills and data analysis knowledge.

It would seem anybody looking for a career in finance will find today as the proper time to look for a company willing to hire. However, with hundreds of finance graduates looking for employment in the sector, industry leaders will need rigorous requirements and standards for hiring only the best recruits.

While it would be best to know the universities that would be helpful to boost your career chances, this news would mean your chances of getting hired and climbing the ladder in the industry is very high as of the following year.