{"id":8061,"date":"2021-07-12T02:40:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T02:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.explorecareers.emotedigital.com.au\/industry\/banking-insurance-finance\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T12:31:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T02:31:53","slug":"banking-insurance-finance","status":"publish","type":"ra-industry","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/industry\/banking-insurance-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Banking, Insurance &#038; Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The banking, insurance and finance sector is HUGE and touches on almost every single other industry. The sector is one of the world\u2019s most exciting professional environments &#8211; and it\u2019s so much more than sitting in a stuffy cubicle punching numbers into a dusty calculator!<\/p>\n<p>The industry is defined as providing management of money for individuals, businesses, and governments. The banking and financial system also includes the circulation of money, managing investments, and the lending of funds. Here\u2019s a little breakdown of the three core areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Banking<\/strong>: Working for banking institutions to help individuals and businesses manage their money.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Investments<\/strong>: Helping individuals of businesses invest income to grow and secure their wealth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finance<\/strong>: Helping individuals of businesses better understand their finances and the best ways to keep it safe, handle financial debt or manage their financial future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are three main areas of this industry you could work across:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Personal (Helping individuals)<\/li>\n<li>Corporate (Helping businesses)<\/li>\n<li>Public (Helping government organisations)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>It\u2019s estimated there are over 800,000 finance professionals working in the industry across Australia in a variety of roles. From Banking Administrators and Advisors to Investment Managers, Accountants to Financial Directors.<\/p>\n<p>Every organisation has a finance department, meaning a finance career can get you working with some of the biggest companies out there. Alongside multiple entry pathways and ongoing professional development, it\u2019s a career with lots to offer.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best things about a career in finance is that there are heaps of different ways to get onto the path that\u2019s right for you, whether as a school leaver or a graduate.<\/p>\n<p>You can go to university first and then apply for a graduate programme, complete a professional qualification through TAFE, or you can join an employer after year 12 and start earning while you learn on a school-leaver, traineeship or apprenticeship programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8062,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry\/8061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ra-industry"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}