Kristen Garcia
Finance Rotation Program Associate
Capital One
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
Majored in Finance since I enjoyed math.
Graduated in 2009 to an economy with no finance jobs.
Relocated to a city with a promising job market.
Took a call center job at a large company with hopes of moving into finance.
Within 1.5 years, applied for an internal finance coordinator position (promotion).
Promoted to Associate level.
Applied and was accepted into Finance Rotation Program as an internal hire.
Will graduate (exp. end of 2015) and have completed 3 rotations across the Finance organization.
Keep following my journey
Education
High School
Career
Finance Rotation Program Associate
Assist the Global Finance Organization to become compliant with new data quality requirements.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Business
Numbers
Problem Solving
Day to Day
Likely to see a few meetings throughout the day: project team meeting for overall status on data quality progress, meetings with customers to gather data quality requirements and supporting information to help move project to next phase.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for college students
Try and identify the type of work you want to do within the Finance world and experiment via internships. This field is very large and each insititution could have many layers of Finance opportunities. Do you see yourself working in a traditional Financial Analyst role forecasting revenues / expenses or are you more looking for special projects with little repeatable work? Asking yourself these questions will help you understand your strengths and where you will be happiest in a permanent role.
Recommended Education
My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Myself:
"If you were good at your job you wouldn't get nervous"
