Finance Program

PhD Student

Interest Rate Swap Trader

Corporate Graduate Program

"I'm currently working for Statoil ASA as part of their Corporate Graduate Programme. It's a three year rotational program where I get to work in different business units in Norway or outside Norway. After the fourth year, I choose which business area or unit I like, depending on my interests and career path. For my first rotation, I am currently based at the head office in Stavanger, Norway under the Natural Gas - Strategy and Anaylsis - Economic Analysis business unit where we handle different projects related to natural gas all over Europe."

Federico M. Gómez Vega '09

“I am Reporting Analyst in the Finance and Management Department of Ternium, a leading steel company in Latin America. Basically, my Department is in charge of the consolidation and analysis of the financial and operating information of the whole group, in order to present it to the chief executives for essential decision-making. Furthermore, we conduct the management control of the group. In particular, I am focused on the control, compilation, analysis, and presentation of financial information such as derivatives’ valuation and results.”

“I joined the company in January 2010 and stayed three months in Madrid for theoretical training (called TK Seed campus) with other graduates recruited from all over the world. After the training I was sent to Dubai, where my main responsibilities are to guarantee and control a smooth execution of the assigned projects. Meaning, coordinate with factories, client and other departments of the company, to ensure a correct and on-time installation of our systems. But also to control and monitor all the costs and variations of the projects in order to remain within the allocated budget." Eye on Alumni Feature

"I’m a Senior Analyst in the Finance Department in Seat Pagine Gialle (Italian Yellow Pages). In my office our job is mainly to prepare the financial reports and forecasts of all the Group companies, to monitor the dynamics and the criticalities of the debt and of the financial derivatives designed to hedge against the currency and interest rate risks and to provide all the financial information needed by our stakeholders, external analysts and rating agencies."

"After having obtained a degree in Economics and Finance, I started worked for Accenture (Financial Services) as Business Analyst in risk management and Basel II projects (especially operational risk) across Italy. In 2007 I decided to deepen my economic and financial knowledge by attending the Barcelona GSE's master program in Finance.

"This 'sabbatical year' was for me a great opportunity to extend my studies in the fields of finance, investments and business in an extremely multicultural environment and, last but not least, staying in an unforgettable city like Barcelona!

"Once I came back to Accenture, I could apply what I'd learned to several areas of my work as a professional consultant:

• Comparison with international students has improved my soft skills during business meetings and for the organization of complex activities involving many people.
• Financial training helped me in the analysis of specific aspects of operational, liquidity and interest rate risks.
• Statistical methods have been useful in analyzing data and research information."