Finance

Major Outcomes

There are immediate employment opportunities for finance majors in firms operating in the financial industry – banking, investments, insurance, real estate, and securities. Finance graduates find professional career opportunities in a wide variety of areas, including corporate finance, investments, money and capital markets, banking, insurance and other financial services.

the median starting salary for 2015 finance GRADUATES was $50,000.

Some recent Creighton finance graduates have interned and are employed in the following positions, in addition to gaining acceptance into some of the most prestigious graduate and professional schools in the nation:

Title or Field of Advanced Study / Company or School
Consultant / Accenture (Kansas City, MO)
Analyst / Acclaro Valuation Advisors (Omaha, NE)
Financial Associate / Adams Consulting Group (Minneapolis, MN)
Investment Analyst / Aether Investment Partners (Denver, CO)
Project Manager / Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (Philadelphia, PA)
Human Resources Associate / Airlite Plastics (Omaha, NE)
Investment Analyst / AllianceBernstein (New York, NY)
Analyst / American National Bank (Omaha, NE)
Financial Planner / Ameriprise Financial (Minneapolis, MN)
Financial Advisor / Ameritas (Omaha, NE)
Insurance Broker / AON Risk Services (Omaha, NE)
Analyst / Aventine Renewable Energy (Dallas, TX)
Investment Analyst / Credit Analyst / Bank of America (Charlotte, NC; New York, NY; Chicago, IL)
Management Development Trainee / Bank of Springfield (Springfield, IL)
Credit Analyst / Bank of the West (Omaha, NE)
Business Analyst / Barclays Capital (London, UK)
Commercial Underwriter / Financial Analyst / Marketing Specialist / Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Co. (Omaha, NE; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO)
Investment Banking Analyst / BlackRock, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
Commodities Analyst / BP (Omaha, NE)
Business Analyst / Burlington Capital Group (Omaha, NE)
Operations Consultant / C&A Industries (Omaha, NE)
Business Consultant / Cerner (Kansas City, MO)
Financial Analyst / Chipotle, Inc. (Denver, CO)
Equity Research Associate / Citigroup (Buffalo, NY)
Rotational Business Associate / CNA Insurance (Chicago, IL)
Financial Analyst / Financial Development Program / ConAgra Foods (Omaha, NE; Minneapolis, MN; Chicago, IL)
Financial Representative / Continuum Financial (Omaha, NE)
Financial Planner / Creative Planning Inc. (Omaha, NE)
Finance – Business Service Center / Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Marketing Director / Crossover Symmetry (Denver, CO)
Accountant / D&J Beverage (Omaha, NE)
Advisory Consultant / Business Risk Consultant / Deloitte (Chicago, IL; Omaha, NE)
Banker / Dundee Bank (Omaha, NE)
Analyst / Dundee Venture Capital (Omaha, NE)
Financial Analyst / Ecolab (Minneapolis, MN)
Management Trainee / Edward Jones (St. Louis, MO)
Systems Administrator / Ensight Solutions (Irving, TX)
Your Master Plan (YMP) Program – Staff Accountant / Risk Advisory Consultant / Ernst & Young (Kansas City, MO)
Account Manager / Ethos Consulting Group (Denver, CO)
Vendor/Asset Management Analyst / Express Scripts (St. Louis, MO)
Financial Analyst / FAF Advisors (Minneapolis, MN)
Research Analyst / Analyst / Federal Reserve Bank (Kansas City, MO)
Financial Institutions Specialist / FDIC (Kansas City, MO; Omaha, NE; Denver, CO)
Analyst / First Capital Partners (Omaha, NE)
Release Coordinator / First Data Corporation (Omaha, NE)
Management Trainee / Business Risk Analyst / Treasury Analyst / Credit Analyst / First National Bank (Omaha, NE)
Business Development Analyst / Five Elms Capital (Kansas City, MO)
Investment Management Research Analyst / FolioMetrix (Omaha, NE)
Loan Processor / Foundations First Bank (Omaha, NE)
Investment Research & Strategic Pricing Coordinator / Front Row Capital (New York, NY)
Analyst / GALLUP (Omaha, NE)
Financial Analyst / Commodity Trader / Gavilon (Omaha, NE)
Financial Management Program / GE Aviation (Cincinnati, OH)
Research Associate / Geraty Investments (Minneapolis, MN)
Financial Consultant / Consultant – Enterprise Marketing Practice / Grant Thornton (Omaha, NE)
Junior Trading Analyst / Green Plains Renewable Energy (Omaha, NE)
Analyst / First Saler, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
Corporate Finance Consultant / FTI Consulting (Denver, CO)
Financial Advisor / Heritage Financial Services (Omaha, NE)
Private Equity Analyst / Hewitt Ennis Knupp (Chicago, IL)
Investment Banking Analyst / Hovde Group (Chicago, IL)
Consulting Analyst / Huron Consulting Group (Chicago, IL)
Commissions Coordinator / ING (Des Moines, IA)
Financial Advisor / Investment Centers of America (Aberdeen, SD)
Analyst / Javlin Capital (Omaha, NE)
Private Banking Analyst / Financial Analyst-Derivatives / JP Morgan Chase (Newark, NJ & Washington, DC)
Sales Representative / Kansas City Chiefs (Kansas City, MO)
Treasury Analyst / Assistant Business Manager / District Purchasing Coordinator / Kiewit (Omaha, NE; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Kansas City, MO)
Personal Banker / Klein Bank (Chaska, MN)
Credit Analyst / Koch Industries (Wichita, KS)
Associate, Economic & Valuation Services / KPMG (Minneapolis, MN)
Commercial Auto Liability Adjuster / Liberty Mutual Insurance (Portland, OR)
Claims Associate / Lincoln Financial Group (Omaha, NE)
Strategic Analyst / Account Manager / Broker / Lockton Companies (Kansas City, MO)
Investment Banking Analyst / Macquarie Capital (Chicago, IL)
Product Development (Merchandising Group) / Macy’s (New York, NY)
Financial Analyst / Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
Financial Analyst / McCann (New York, NY)
Finance Rotation Analyst / Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Analyst / Mid American Energy (Des Moines, IA)
Financial Analyst / Midwest Housing Equity Group (Omaha, NE)
General Manager of Operations / Mountain State Provisioners, LLC (Denver, CO)
Medicare Auditor / Financial Advisor / Associate Underwriter / Mutual of Omaha (Omaha, NE; Kansas City, MO)
Investment Accountant / National Indemnity Company (Omaha, NE)
Financial Agent / New York Life (Tucson, AZ)
Acquisitions Analyst / NGL Energy (Omaha, NE)
Operations Analyst / Nomura Securities (New York, NY)
Financial Advisor / NorthRock Partners (Minneapolis, MN)
Fund Accountant / NorthStar Financial Services Group (Omaha, NE)
Financial Representative / Northwestern Mutual Financial Network (Omaha, NE & Minneapolis, MN)
Internal Wholesaler / LTC Sales Support / Pacific Life (Omaha, NE)
Financial Analyst / Patpatia & Associates (Berkeley, CA)
Pricing Coordinator / PepsiCo (Chicago, IL)
Asset Analyst / Physician’s Mutual Insurance Company (Omaha, NE)
Investment Banking Analyst / Piper Jaffray & Co. (Minneapolis, MN)
Assurance Associate / PricewaterhouseCoopers (Minneapolis, MN & Kansas City, MO)
Management Consulting Analyst / Promidian (New York, NY)
Investment Banking Analyst / Raymond James Investments (Boston, MA)
Branch Associate / RBC Wealth Management (Omaha, NE)
Financial Advisor / Renaissance Financial (Omaha, NE)
Equity Research Analyst / Robert W. Baird (Milwaukee, WI)
Credit Analyst / Saint Louis Bank (St. Louis, MO)
Investment Banking Analyst / Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. (Chicago, IL)
Financial Analyst / Sears Holding Corporation (Chicago, IL)
Management Associate / Signature Bank (Chicago, IL)
Investment Analyst / Spectrum Financial Services, Inc. (Omaha, NE)
Analyst / Standard & Poor (Denver, CO)
Financial Services Agent / State Farm Insurance (Omaha, NE)
Executive Operations Assistant / Steiner Studios (New York, NY)
Investment Banking Analyst / Sterne Agee (New York, NY)
Research Analyst / Summit Strategies Group (St. Louis, MO)
Business Analyst / Target Corporation (Minneapolis, MN)
Investment Representative / Transfer Analyst / Credit Analyst / TD Ameritrade (Omaha, NE)
Financial Analyst / TDS (Chicago, IL)
Trading Analyst / Market Risk Analyst / Private Equity Analyst / Tenaska (Omaha, NE & Ft. Worth, Texas)
Finance Leadership Development Program / Textron Aviation (Wichita, KS)
Pricing & Promotions Analyst / The Mergis Group (Minneapolis, MN)
Credit Monitoring & Control Specialist – Risk Management / The PrivateBank (Chicago, IL)
Insurance Producer / The Robert E. Miller Group (Overland Park, KS)
Equity Trader / Tradebot Systems (Kansas City, MO)
Assistant Vice President / TriValley Bank (Talmage, NE)
Credit Analyst / Loan Portfolio Manager / TS Bank (Treynor, IA)
Analyst / Two Harbor Investments (Minneapolis, MN)
Business Analyst / UBS Investments (Omaha, NE)
Financial Analyst / Internal Auditor / Supply Chain Analyst / Union Pacific Corporation (Omaha, NE)
Associate Financial & Budget Analyst / University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, NE)
Loan Officer / US Bank (Minneapolis, MN Omaha, NE)
Product Analyst / Vendorin (Omaha, NE)
Financial Manager / Vision2Voice (Omaha, NE)
Credit Analyst / Loan Officer / Consumer Loan Underwriter / Financial Advisor / Analyst / Financial Analyst-Capital Finance / Wells Fargo (Omaha, NE; Minneapolis, MN; Des Moines, IA; St. Louis, MO; Atlanta, GA)
Fleet Coordinator / Rate Analyst / Werner Enterprises (Omaha, NE)
Financial Analyst / West Corporation (Omaha, NE)
Advisory Analyst / Westwood Holdings Group (Omaha, NE)
Financial Analyst / Yahoo!, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA & Omaha, NE)
Underwriter / Zurich North America (Omaha, NE)
Law / MBA / Medical / Dental / Investment Management & Financial Analysis / Creighton University (Omaha, NE)
Law / Duke University (Durham, NC)
Law / MBA / Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Economics / University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Law / University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Neurochemical Research / University of Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, NE)
Law / University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
MBA / University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
Law / University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)

Career Assistance

The Heider College of Business at Creighton gives you the chance to test your skills in the real world through its premier internship programs. The Creighton Career Center works closely with students to assist them in finding full-time positions in which to utilize their knowledge to work after graduation.

OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK INFORMATION:

Occupational Outlook Handbook (U.S. Department of Labor) – www.bls.gov/oco
Economists – http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos055.htm

Market and Survey Researchers – http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos013.htm#related

Financial Managers – http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos010.htm
Financial Analysts and Financial Advisors – http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos301.htm
Banking Industry Guide – www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs027.htm

Insurance Industry Guide – http://stats.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs028.htm

Investments Industry Guide – www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs029.htm

Securities, Commodities and Financial Services Agents – http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos122.htm

cAREER INFORMATION AND JOB SEARCH RESOURCES:

Creighton Career Center – www.creighton.edu/careercenter
Jobs4Jays – www.creighton.edu/careercenter/jobs4jays
Vault’s Career Insider – http://careerinsider.vault.com/wps/portal/careerinsider?parrefer=2213
Going Global – www.creighton.edu/careercenter/goingglobal
JobWeb (from the National Association of Colleges and Employers) – www.jobweb.com
The Riley Guide – www.rileyguide.com
USA Jobs (Federal Government Jobs) – www.usajobs.gov
LinkedIn – www.linkedin.com
Econ-Jobs – www.econ-jobs.com
Federal Reserve Jobs – www.federalreserve.gov/careers

Financial Careers – www.efinancialcareers.com

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

American Economics Association (AEA) – www.aeaweb.org

Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) – www.afponline.org

Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards – www.cfp.net

Financial Management Association (FMA) – www.fma.org

International Economic Development Council – www.iedconline.org

Insurance Information Institute – www.iii.org

National Association for Business Economics – www.nabe.com/careers