The Financial Services Industry is an important part of the Irish and Global Economy. It is a thriving area for talent and offers exciting opportunities for students to consider. Jobs and Careers within the Industry are far less ordinary than you might think – as an Industry our jobs range from Customer Service Advisors to Mobile App developers, Investment Analysts to Sustainability Experts, Accountants, Engineers, IT Specialists, Regulatory Experts, HR, Marketing, Legal and so many other jobs in between.

As an Industry we pride ourselves on investing in talent and personal development and many of us joined the industry through a number of channels – via apprentice programmes, straight from Secondary School, as College Graduates, as Career Changers from other industries – what we all have in common is the great potential to learn on the job and be trained for future careers.

As part of the Ireland for Finance Progamme, we want to do our part to help encourage International interest in Ireland as a base for talent. So, we want to help you consider our Industry as a great place to build your future. Many of our jobs you mightn’t be aware of, some of them are still emerging but we have asked some of our members to describe what they do and how they got there to give you a flavour of what life looks like. Through these role profiles we hope you will see the many opportunities that you might never have considered.

Our aim within the 30% Club is to have a minimum of 30% of all senior roles in every industry held equally be men and women – to achieve that we need a balanced talent pipeline, and pipeline starts at the entry point. We hope that these profiles will help young men and women consider the industry in equal measures – firstly as a job and ultimately as a career that offers opportunities, potential for personal growth and great places to work.