Looking for the chillest job in the financial industry? 🕶️ Want to work a stable 40 hours a week without burning out? I hear you! Here are some potential options that could offer the balance you’re looking for:
– Financial Analyst at a corporate firm: Typically involves analyzing data, creating reports, and forecasting trends. It’s a steady job with regular hours.
– Wealth Management Advisor: Helping clients manage their finances and investments can be rewarding and doesn’t always require long hours.
– Financial Planner: Assisting individuals with their financial goals and plans can be a fulfilling career with a good work-life balance.
Remember, finding the right fit also depends on the company culture and your own preferences. Good luck on your search for the perfect chill job in finance! 💼 #WorkLifeBalance #FinancialIndustry
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Risk is generally good for WLB.
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relationship manager
everyone labels it as sales but you rarely have to ‘sell’ anything since most clients only talk to you if they already need something anyway. referrals are also nonstop so it doesn’t get dry, at least not for me. 32hrs a week is normal, most of my team is offline by 2:00pm and just wrapping up calls on their own
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i come from a medical background with no banking experience. i was put on 107k starting with a 15k sign on bonus and bonus ceiling for my first year was 120k, got 85k for being a mid performer. can absolutely get into 400k+ by the 3 1/2yr mark.
it’s EXTREMELY soft-skills heavy. basically when you get in front of a client, if you can adjust your perspective and make it so that you are on their team first and foremost, it’s kind of hard to fail and be disliked.
bonus: inside competition isn’t crazy, a lot of people get comfortable and would rather maintain their current role rather than promote so if you’re gungho about it like i am, you can hit AVP within 1 1/2yrs and vp by 3 1/2. VP level is on 200-280k salary and has bonuses upwards 17k/month depending on your firm
I am a retail banker and I find the work/life balance pretty cool, pay including performance bonuses and stuff are nice. Don’t need to stress about work when I am at home and stuff 🤷🏾♂️
Any back office role in banking will get what you want. They’re 9-5 and never have to think about work at home. Don’t go into senior management if you don’t want to be stressed.
Operations for Fund Admin
Compliance
Repo trader?
Risk management for sure
Commercial banking is pretty chill from what I’ve seen. Im interning at one, and most of the people here have chill jobs. The only people that really have more than a 9-5 are the top loan officers or the president of the branch who sometimes have to take calls outside of work hours. Everyone else does their 9-5 and goes home. Though, this bank is 8-4.
I work in investment operations at a bank for their mutual/common funds, and work from home 3 days a week. Couldn’t ask for a better work life balance. Plus really good benefits
A bank teller that works 20 hours
Compliance is chill
Honestly the vast majority of finance jobs have 40 hr workweeks. It just happens that the most interesting work ends up with more bc a ton of people are competing for the most interesting roles, hence they have to outwork each other and it becomes an industry norm
I work in investment ops and it couldn’t possibly be more chill. Downside, you aren’t gonna get paid a substantial salary, which is why I’m aiming to exit. However you can make an okay living working minimally.
Trade desk guy with at least 4 licenses at a mega-brokerage.
I’m a registered principal – that was my role at my old firm. My current role is “OSJ Supervisor”, but I do the exact same thing I do at my old job, it’s just a bigger firm so I have more financial advisors to supervise and it pays better. All I really do is approve new accounts, review trades, make sure my advisors stay compliant (trainings, firm/reg element, etc) and request signed forms from them and their clients when needed. My role is basically to keep the reps in line so they don’t get screwed by the SEC or FINRA.
Sometimes advisors drag their feet on stuff, or they wanna argue with me – that’s the only bad part of the job. But again, it’s to keep regulatory bodies and head honchos at the firm off their backs – we’re on the same team. So eventually they have to comply. Most of my advisors are very sweet people though, so this rarely happens.
There’s a lot of downtime depending on the amount of reps you oversee. I was in insurance for a few years, then I was a personal banker for a bit before a small firm reached out to me via LinkedIn. They sponsored me for my Series 7, 66 and 24, and I stayed with them for about a year and a half before I got an offer from my current firm. Also – Supervision is very similar to Compliance, which other commenters have mentioned. Not a bad gig either.
Commercial banking. Either as a RM or as an Analyst/Associate (credit analyst/underwriting basically) or as credit manager (titles vary – but these guys review and approve the loans). Most weeks are a steady 30-40 hours a week. I’ve literally had some weeks where I worked maybe 10-15 hours when I was an analyst and my RMs were either on holidays or we just had slow deal flow.
Management and budget office of a municipality or State, if in United States.
Commercial banking. I am working sparingly above 40 hours, unless if it is my own doing.
Any back office work
Has this question been asked like maybe 16 times in the past week or am I having a stroke?
PWM, after you built your client book
PWM after you’ve built a book
Get into a financial advising practice where the lead advisor is trying to sunset his/her practice in the next 5-10 w/o any kids.
Compliance, PWM after you built your book
Wealth management at BNY Mellon
Family office if you find the right one
I work in munis and the industry is pretty chill. Not necessarily always 40 hours on the investment banking side, but S&T generally would be.
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