u/Cotor178

Hi so I just recently graduated with a finance, accounting, and supply chain management major. I don't have any work experience and I was looking to get my foot in the door into FP&A. I was thinking about staff accountant, AR, AP as sort of an entry job to get my foot in the door. Is there any other role I should be aware of in my job search that might also be helpful to getting into FP&A? Career goal wise I want to get into FP&A and maybe pivot into equity research from there if the option presents itself but I worry that career wise I'm too behind to think of as an option compared to peers.

Just graduated from IU kelly with a BSB in finance, accounting, and Supply Chain Management majors. I don't really have any work experience, club, or any extracurricular activities. In the future I want to pursue a financial analyst role specifically doing equity research.

Currently I'm doing some applications for jobs and I think I will get an internship doing mostly data entry & and maybe some analysis by supporting the FP&A department. I've been told the job won't just be data entry as I support their accounting & FP&A department so I can hopefully get some experience in financial analysis. I'm still looking for other jobs but I think that position will be most likely and they have stated they could be looking for a permanent position afterward as well. But the job is only paying 17 dollars an hour and isn't a financial services company like a bank. My father and mother think I should be able to get an entry job at a bank with my degree but with the company going to reply soon. I don't know if I should accept it or to delay it and keep looking for another summer internship / entry position which in that time they might go with someone else.

In addition I've applied to IU & Texas MSF programs and rejected by both of them with a Michigan Ross application for business analytics also in the works but most likely a rejection from them as well. But my parents still want me to keep applying but at this time I'm long past the deadline for most of the big schools and even if that wasn't the case, I'm unlikely to get in the first place. So I would have to target a lower ranking school. But even so I'm unsure if it would be even worth it to pursue a masters since I'm not getting the advantage of networking with people at a non-target school and getting a masters with minimal work experience doesn't seem that great of career decision for future jobs.

So I'm going to list a few questions I need advice on specifically.

1. Should I pursue the internship and hope that I learn something from there and maybe work there if they offer a permanent position or do I try to look for another job instead of that?
2. Would it be worth it to pursue a masters at this point? And if so which school?
3. I'm mostly worrying about getting work experience & possibly pursuing an MSF program, but is there anything else I should worry about if I want to pursue a financial analyst role? like do I need a license or anything like that for the job?