Careers, Outcomes & Salaries

Finance consists of three interrelated areas:

1. managerial finance, which deals with financial decisions within the firm
2. investments, which involves the decisions of individuals and institutions as they select assets for their investment portfolios
3. money and capital markets which focuses on how firms affect and are affected by the financial markets. The department offers courses in each of these areas and in these courses students are expected to develop and apply their analytical skills to identify problems, propose and evaluate solutions, and ultimately make management decisions.

Graduates in finance will find professional career opportunities in a wide variety of areas. Some recent Xavier finance graduates have been employed in the following positions:

Title	Company
Credit Representative	FGH Enterprises
Credit Analyst	LaSalle Bank
Financial Analyst	Procter & Gamble
Asset Maintenance Specialist	JP Morgan Chase
Bond Underwriter	Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Accountant	State Industrial Products
Financial Analyst	General Electric
Corporate Staff Accountant	Western & Southern Financial Group
Consulting Group Analyst	Smith Barney
Loan/Lease Processor	Fifth Third Bank

Career Assistance

The Williams College of Business at Xavier gives you the chance to test your skills in the real world through its cooperative education program. And once you graduate, the center for career and leadership development works closely with students to assist them in finding appropriate positions in which to utilize their knowledge to work after graduation.