Tag: Investment Banking

Chartered accountants are considered as one of the most sought after professionals in the finance industry and becoming one can expose you to a lot of job opportunities. These opportunities extend to lucrative careers in the Global Investment Banking sector, but they often get passed over for people who have additional skill-sets to meet the requirements of these global IB firms.
To bridge this gap, Imarticus Learning has introduced the CIBIF (Certified Investment Banking International Finance Professional) program with the purpose of imparting knowledge and training that will enable them to successfully enter field of Investment Banking.
This course is structured for candidates who have completed or are pursuing CA, ICWA or CS and want to work in areas of Financial Control, Product Control, Financial Planning & Analysis & Corporate Treasury in the Investment Banking industry. CIBIF is designed to be industry relevant in Corporate Finance for Investment Banking, which will create a distinct advantage over other general finance professionals. To facilitate the training program, a wide range of industry experts from highly reputed organizations will share their expertise and knowledge and provide guidance to the students.
This unique and specialized course is scheduled to begin from November, 2012. It is a comprehensive 3-month program which will enable students to gain in-depth knowledge of Global Investment Banking and Capital Markets, Securities & Derivatives industry, Global Accounting & Reporting Standards, Balance Sheet Forecasting and Analysis, Corporate Treasury and IB Corporate Finance.
After going through the CIBIF program, a student will be ready to work in a Global IB firm as he/she will have an in-depth understanding of Global Capital Markets, Complex Trading Activities, Financial Control, Regulatory and Compliance Reporting, and Treasury across the broad spectrum of IB divisions.
Some of the key responsibilities of a Corporate International Finance Professional would be:

• To safeguard the firm’s assets across complex trading structures.
• To manage the firm’s liquidity, secured and unsecured funding requirements, balance sheet reporting and analysis from entities and subsidiaries to group holding companies.
• To protect the firm’s capital against counter party default and creates a strong risk management framework.
• To look after the firm’s relationships with regulators, rating agencies and creditors and provide a broad analytical and regulatory compliance support across all IB businesses.
• To ensure that the firm complies with the tax laws of the countries it operates in.
• To provide meticulous knowledge and understanding across areas such as Front Office, Legal, Compliance, Operations & Technology.

Imarticus Learning introduces the first batch of the program ‘Certified Investment Banking IT Professional’ (CIBIT 2012) at its Mumbai campus.

Information Technology plays an integral part in the financial services industry, particularly in investment banking. A key enabler for success, technology touches every aspect of an investment bank  and acts as a key differentiator in providing effective solutions to clients globally.

While the significance of technology and need for special skill sets to understand the application of IT in investment banking has been cited as a necessity by many industry veterans, it has been observed that not too many special training programs exist for this purpose.

It gives us great pleasure to announce the commencement of the first batch of ‘Certified Investment Banking IT Professional’ (CIBIT) program at Imarticus Learning through which we aim to provide a certification in investment banking technology to eligible students to help them get an in depth understanding of the application of IT in investment banking.

Taught by industry veterans with years of experience, our students will be trained in areas like Microsoft Technologies (VB/ASP, .Net, Sql Server DB), data modeling, project management (Water-fall/Agile) and capital markets.

In a span of 3 months, the CIBIT programs will give the students a practical understanding of the various roles under technology in IB through advanced application development skills, real life case studies and live project experiences.

The batch which has currently enrolled with us at Imarticus  for the CIBIT course is an eclectic mix of freshers and engineering graduates. Here’s a brief insight into the student profiles:

Here’s what some of our students have to say about the experiences gained at Imarticus in the short span of time that they have been with us:

Tejas Kulkarni

“In just two weeks, I feel that I have learned more on programming than what I did during my engineering. The sessions are very interactive and very informative. I have started getting the bigger picture of programming and the role of Information Technology in Investment Banking. We get to interact with experienced people from the industry, and during the guest lectures, people from higher management in the industry give a brief on their roles and experiences.”

Sagar Rao

“As a Computer Science graduate, I was quite confused on how to start my career in IT because nowadays it is very important to have a good start and to have skills that differentiate you from the rest of the crowd. I heard about  Imarticus Learning and after the counseling I realized CIBIT was exactly what I was looking for.

Through this program, the amount of knowledge that I have gained is vast and the exposure that Imarticus provides has proved to be extremely helpful. Interaction with Mr.Yogesh, Ms. Shikha, Mr. Harish and mentor cum friend Mr. Gagan, has provided guidance to all the students on how to really push yourself, how things work in the corporate world and how to develop extra skills that makes you stand apart.

The technology training that Onkar Sir provides is really unique and excellent, right from building the basics to step by step approach towards complex areas of Java. I am confident that this course will mould my personality and provide that extra something that will give me an edge over all the other candidates.”

“PERFECT INVESTMENT FOR INVESTMENT BANKING”

That’s how our student, Vivek Shah feels after joining Imarticus. This is what he has to say about us –

“Wishes will come true as targeted goals become clear,

After joining Imarticus, investment bank will become very dear ;

Hard work is the key to success; so make it your friend,
And smart work with experts is the new Imarticus trend ;
Operations was unknown and investment bank was just a name,
Imarticus made us feel that IB is an exciting game ;
Imarticus is an institute and a training centre with a prominent rank,
Professional atmosphere gives a perfect feel of an investment bank ;
Brilliance can only be achieved and it cannot be bought,
Interactive sessions leave us behind with an aspiring thought ;
Along with concepts, personality is also groomed,
Perfection is their desire and every career is bloomed ;

Experts from corporates give us practical exposure,
So,our thought process and industry comes more closer ;

Structure of the course and the levels defined are commendable,
Training is immaculate, and in the industry its bankable ;
Getting placed is not the end but a new beginning,
Imarticus will be carried further with us, as it’s bright stars shining.

In this video, Mr. Yogesh Dama, IT Faculty and Program Manager at Imarticus Learning talks about what a student will learn in the CIBIT course and the various levels of training they will be exposed to throughout the course. He also talks about his professional experience in the industry. Mr. Yogesh Dama comes with 12 years of IT experience with TCS, HCL Technologies and Nomura working for projects in functional domains such as MIS, CRM, mortgages, fixed income and foreign exchange. Yogesh has been instrumental in delivering the eFX program out of Nomura India, and has managed various development activities, spread across Mumbai, London, Singapore, Tokyo and the USA. His ambition is to mine this vast experience and empower the next generation of technologists. His areas of expertise include Microsoft Technologies (VB/ASP, .Net, Sql Server DB), data modelling, project management (Water-fall/Agile) and capital markets. Watch this video to know more…

Mr. Harish Thakkar,  Chief Faculty at Imarticus Learning, comes with 17 years of experience in investment banking operations and 8 years of experience into training in financial markets. In this video, he talks about CIBOP and the various levels of training students are exposed to. This 3 month training programme is designed in such a way that students get practical exposure and knowledge that is relevant, timely and interesting. According to Mr. Harish Thakkar, Investment Banking is a very knowledge intensive industry. Hence, CIBOP plays a major role in imparting the right skills and knowledge to students. Watch this video to know more…