The SMU Cox Master's of Science in Finance expands well beyond your one year of time here. Instead, you'll be able to tap into our network, our career resource offerings, and so much more. Forge forward with the tools in your toolkit.
Create Your Career Path: The Career Management Center
As your world expands through Cox, the CMC goes to work for you. The staff's main purpose is to give you the advice and resources you'll need to pursue and build your ideal career — before, during and after your MSF studies. Take advantage of a range of services, including the Associate Board Mentoring Program. Through the Associate Board, Cox’s executive mentoring program, you’ll gain real-world insights and connections in your area of interest.
The career services seminar has sessions throughout the MSF program, beginning with an orientation to career development in finance. It contains a wide range of activities from resume writing to interview skills to positioning for CFA, CFP and licensing certifications. MSF students, have access to an active board of job postings from investment banks, financial institutions and multinational companies. SMU hosts an annual career fair, held every spring, which brings to campus many employers eager to meet graduating students from all of our programs.
Recent Hiring Companies
MSF students were recently hired by the following companies:
- AEW Capital Management
- American Airlines
- Anadarko Petroleum
- AustinCSI*
- Bessemer Trust
- Bloomberg
- Capital One
- Challenger Group
- Comerica
- Deloitte
- Deutsche Bank*
- Federal Reserve Bank
- FedEx
- Goldman Sachs
- Graycourt Capital*
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- Guotai Junan
- Injury Management Organization*
- Interstate Batteries
- JP Morgan
- Kaufman Rossin
- Liberty Mutual
- Match Point (2)*
- PwC (2)
- Regions Bank
- Sabre Holdings
- Southwest Bank
- Steria Consulting
- Stout Risius Ross
- VMG Health
- Vobile
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*Denotes post-graduate internships
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Grow as a Leader
You can't learn leadership from a textbook — you need firsthand experience. That’s why the Cox Business Leadership Center develops your leadership abilities through a variety of programming that will broaden your horizons and hone your skills. The BLC offers you a chance to engage your studies in real-world application and readies you for the road ahead.
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Highlight: Business Leadership Center Seminars
Cox's Business Leadership Center seminars brings leadership lessons to life with fresh insights from industry heavy-hitters. You can attend an average of four weekly BLC seminars, each developed and led by pros from such companies as Accenture, Dell Services, Walt Disney Company, Texas Instruments and Xerox. From personal branding to conflict management, these practical, hands-on seminars connect the classroom and the boardroom. BLC seminars appear on your Cox MSF transcript — where potential employers can see the extra miles you’ve covered.
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