Relocating to Seattle experience, investment, reasonable, everyone

kmf229

Hello everyone,

I wanted some info on job opportunities for finance professionals in seattle with 3-4 years of experience. My cousin is going to relocate from India to seattle in a couple of months. She has a degree in finance and cleared level 2 last year. Her total experience would be around 4 years with an offshore investment bank (1 year) and a general consulting firm (3 years).

what are the odds of landing up a reasonable job (60-80K) in finance in seattle? (she would be on a non-working visa, i reckon getting a work visa will also be an issue while finding jobs)

Any color on the situation above is much appreciated!!

Thanks,
Djinn

cfalevel2011

SuperiorReturn Wrote:
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> - You will be required to comply with a Code of Ethics which covers personal trading activities for you and members of your household.

Now that's not very 'edgey', contrarian, nor independent thinking, that's just malarkey.

justin88

looking at the jobline,
the ones hiring are:
Russell Investments
BlackRock
Cohen & Steers Inc
Vulcan Capital
Prudential

Edge Asset Management is looking for international equity analyst:

The ideal candidate will have:
- Understanding of and belief in the value investment philosophy and willingness to learn and adhere to the team’s investment process

- 2- 5 years of investment experience working for a value-oriented equity investment management firm

- An BA with concentrations in finance and / or accounting. A CFA charter or work towards the Certified Financial Analyst designation (passed level I CFA exam)

- Ability for contrarian and independent thinking; conviction to defend his/her own and team’s ideas in front of the portfolio manager, consultants and clients

- Knowledge of valuation techniques (experience with HOLT and understanding of the EVA and ROIC concepts preferred) and ability to apply them to real businesses

- Experience in analysis of companies within different economic sectors and geographic regions (a multi-country generalist is preferred)

- Strong written and verbal skills

- High degree of personal integrity, strong self-motivation, superior work ethics, and ability to work both independently and as a part of the team

- Natural curiosity and desire to learn

- Interest and ability to travel, both within the US and overseas

- You will be required to comply with a Code of Ethics which covers personal trading activities for you and members of your household.

- Employment at the Principal Financial Group is contingent upon completion of thorough background and credit checks.

Analyze_This

thanks!

Ohai: she would be going with either a visitor's visa or spouse visa.

Roflnadal

I would say that the mutual fund/hedge fund presence is surprisingly small given that Seattle is a wealthy coastal city. There's some investing there, but mostly fund of funds.

I would look at some of the corporates there, heard that places like AMZN and SBUX are pretty fun.

bbtomato

Pictures? Are there pictures of this cousin?

luda002

What kind of visa is your cousin coming with?

tikfed

thank you so much for your responses.
any idea if getting a work visa will be terribly difficult? from what i could gather with my research the picture aint that sunny...just wondering how long could it take to land a job once there.

laurab

Russell is big in seattle if she wants to stay with a consulting type role. There are a couple smaller traditional investment teams located there as well as a large VC community. I'm not sure what type of consulting your cousin did, but depending on that one of the VC companies could present a good opportunity.

Unforseen

Blackrock's has a large alternative focus there I believe, they bought Quellos maybe 3-4 years ago. Also Vulcan Fund, Paul Allen's asset management arm is there and has a large presence in several areas; In fact they were looking for an analyst a few weeks back, I was told by someone inside. That may be worth your cousins time to look into. Beyond those two, Russell is probably the biggest player in the analysis space. I think DA Davidson also has a presence there in Fixed Income.

I don't know much about pay in Seattle so I think your idea would be better than mine. I think it will be very difficult for her to secure the position before arriving as I have had little luck with Jobs there b/c of my geographic proximity and their preference to hire local....

Best to you and your cousin!