Originally Posted by Unregistered

Having been in the banking & financial industry for more than 10 years previously, my word of advice, don't enter into back office operations now, especially if you are new, young and thinking of working your way up the corporate ladder in BO ops. As someone has shared previously, many banks have shifted their BO functions to overseas offices, unless you are aiming for local banks. Alternatively, I would suggest asset/fund management companies, which also have operations functions.

If your desire is to get into the banks (in any kind of role), and is willing to learn and pick up official certification or degrees, why not try taking up a specialise degrees in areas like quants finance or data science, or certifications like risk management? These niche skills or certification will give you an edge to apply for specific roles in the banks.

In today's world of fast moving technology, automation, and data science, generic BO operations functions are being phase out very quickly. I have started out as Ops many years ago, and over the years my role evolved to something that is no longer pure Ops (of course in between include alot of retraining, taking up new skills, etc.).

In any case, good luck in your search.