With Mirkamol Tulyaganov, Manager at KPMG, CFA level III candidate:

- How have you accelerated your career progression from joining as an intern to becoming a manager?
- How was the role of CFA Research challenge in shaping your career?
- Should entry-level professionals prioritize CFA certifications over others?
- Should we get CFA level I before graduation or after?
- What are the CFA concepts that you use on a daily basis at work?
- Do you really suggest taking CFA designation to those working in markets like Uzbekistan`s?
- What are the most surprising things to learn regarding business valuation that textbooks don`t teach?
- How to get into Deal Advisory? What are the skills needed?
- How can we increase our chance of getting into companies like KPMG?
- What is the biggest difference between working individually versus leading teams?
- If you could go back to your 20s, what could you have done differently?
- What emerging opportunities you noticed in current Uzbekistan`s market

#interview

@fineconim

It was nice to talking to him again)) I learnt a lot this time too.

You can see the all interviews here.

Our next speaker is ex-Goldman, now works at Citi. Will share later. Stay tuned.

How to get into banks like Citi, Goldman Sachs?

We are happy to have Uchkun Eshkobilov as a guest speaker at FinEcon.

He is currently an Assistant Vice President - Senior Internal Auditor at Citi. He has worked at Goldman Sachs as a
Senior Analyst for more than 2 years.

We will talk about the career in big banks, and how to break into such multinational banks coming from countries like Uzbekistan?

You can ask your questions at the end of the interview))

@fineconim

30 minutes left...

With Uchkun Eshkobilov, Assistant Vice-President at Citi, ex-Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs:

- How he went from studying at Wesminster to working at Citi?
- MBA vs Masters in Finance?
- Application process for Citi Bank? Tips?
- How he transitioned from NatWest to Citi?
- Recruiting process in Citi vs Goldman Sachs?
- Life/Work balance at Goldman Sachs? Hours of work?
- Why he came back to Citi again after working at Goldman Sachs?
- What are the technical and soft skills necessary to join large banks?
- How to increase the chance of getting recruited by big banks even without any prior experience?
- If he could go back to his freshman years, what could he have done differently?
- How was the transition to life in Poland from Uzbekistan as a 18-year old?

#interview

@fineconim

Honestly, he shared a lot of insights and asking questions I was also taking notes from his answers. I asked so many follow-up questions too)

BTW, we will have our first female speaker... She works at JP Morgan Chase. So, this can prove that women are not just for having kids and for kitchen. Given chance they can achieve a lot.

Please share with as many people as possible since the larger we are, the better and easier we can get guests))

Thank you guys for your support ❤️

Hey guys, this interview is scheduled to mid-August.

I am reaching out to many people on LinkedIn, but still I wanna know:

Who you want to have a chat with? Please send me his/her name below on comments and if possible link to the LinkedIn profile

@fineconim

One more thing,

I am thinking of hosting and organizing the largest valuation competition in Central Asia, but I cannot do that alone.

I need two ambitious volunteers who can help me with organizing this event. Reach out to me at @unsmartboy and let me know why and how you can help me.

Thanks)

@fineconim

I am receiving much more messages than I had expected, please be patient, I will try to reply asap)

This is legendary BA II Plus Professional calculator.

It is expensive, but I am grateful to be gifted this.

I was taking accounting class. I met the professor assistant and she told me she had passed all CFA levels.

I didn't know what the CFA was back then. I met her and started talking about CFA and CFA seemed to be interesting and then I asked for some advice.

Then, she gifted me this calculator. I didn't know how valuable this gift until taking some finance classes. It is really powerful!

She is now a professor in China.

Why I am sharing this? Cuz I will share a material to master BA II Plus)

@fineconim

Here you go....

Time to master BA II Plus

P.S. I learnt how to use it from Kaplan though

@fineconim

I have been requested to have a chat with ACCA holder.

We are planning to have one this weekend hopefully))

He has nearly a decade of experience in many countries and works in a leadership position in one well-known international firm.

He was not easy to get as I had to discuss everything with HR first to get approved.

Hope you guys enjoy it! Let's talk tomorrow

@fineconim

ACCA, BCG, MBA?

Those words can come in one place if we talk about Sardor Uzakov.

He is currently Project Leader at BCG.

He worked at PwC for 9 years and became the Senior Manager, Financial Service Consulting. He has worked in Tashkent, Dubai and Riyadh.

We will talk about career in consulting, doing MBA in Europe and ACCA.

Date: 14:00, Sunday July 13th

Share with others))

@fineconim

If you look at his LinkedIn profile,

he started his career as Front Desk Assistant at Asaka Bank 14 years ago and now he is the Project Leader at BCG.

It is almost like rags to riches story))

Let's find out.

Hey guys,

Since we are getting bigger and bigger, I need one volunteer to join me at FinEcon.

What will you do?

- Organising events
- Finding the right people to interview
- Preparing questions for the interview
- Making posts

So, it is not gonna take a lot hours. If you want to help out and become the part of the bridge builder between youth and finance experts and get to know such people, contact me at @unsmartboy.

When you send a message, answer to this question:

"Why do you think you are the right candidate?"

P.S. I may reply late. Sorry for that and be patient)

Thanks.

FinEcon

@fineconim