INTEGRATIVE THINKING AND YOUR CAREER IN...
Banking


The Rotman Finance Area has been ranked by the Financial Times in the top ten worldwide for five of the last six years, alongside Wharton, NYU and London Business School. But in the competitive world of business education, Rotman has one key advantage that no other school can match: an innovative approach built on Integrative Thinking.

Rotman students receive a solid grounding in all the functional areas of business: Finance, Accounting, Economics, etc. But in addition, they learn how to think beyond them to consider the big picture, approaching each challenge with creativity, a willingness to consider multiple perspectives, and the ability to build new and better models. Our groundbreaking approach can help you shape your business — and the world— for the better.

Currently, 1,600 Rotman alumni work in financial services. Meet some recent graduates who are putting Integrative Thinking to work in the world of Banking:

Ravinder Gill (MBA), Senior Consultant, BMO Financial Group, Toronto: "In my role I am not only responsible for delivering tangible results to the client but also for managing expectations. The Integrative Thinking curriculum has taught me to dig deep into the client’s objectives in order to uncover the less obvious factors that will impact the project’s scope, specifically alternate views and contradictory data. Through this exploration process I am able to develop customized recommendations that account for more of the variables and relationships that will impact the client."

George Yao (MBA), Investment Banking Associate, Morgan Stanley, Toronto: "Working within a matrix organization, I have to solicit input from numerous individuals and produce deliverables that satisfy the needs of multiple stakeholders. Integrative Thinking enables me to approach such situations and extract as much information as possible without the influence of my own mental models, and to then successfully combine seemingly opposing concepts from different sources into one effective solution. Being an integrative thinker is allowing me to deliver solutions that are representative of the collective thoughts of a varied team and that address clients’ concerns."

Joanna Lim (MBA), GRM Associate, Scotia Capital, Toronto: "As a rotational associate in risk management, analyzing every aspect of a situation or entity and identifying and mitigating against major areas of risk are key to being successful. Integrative Thinking enables me to see and understand various perspectives of a single situation, while also not losing sight of the bigger picture for the bank as a whole."

 

John Carinci (MBA), Graduate Leadership Program, RBC Capital Markets, New York, NY: "Effectively managing complex problems is a fundamental input for success in my role as a member of the Graduate Leadership Program at RBC. Integrative Thinking enables me to dissect and analyze the underlying mechanics of such problems, so that ultimately, an enhanced, integrated solution can be developed from which all stakeholders will obtain value. Whether tasked with a quantitative or qualitative endeavor, Integrative Thinking provides the necessary tools for success in a role where innovation is in high demand."



Manu Sud (MBA), Wholesale Banking Associate, TD Securities, Toronto:
"My role involves working with several teams and managers across various divisions. Coming from an Engineering background, I had somehow become accustomed to looking at the trees rather than the forest. The Rotman MBA and its unique Integrative Thinking (IT) approach taught me to focus on the forest by exploring the reasons behind problems and coming up with optimal solutions. This further helped me in providing innovative ideas by thinking outside the box and ignoring heuristic biases. My IT training not only gave me managerial judgment and decision making skills but also allowed me to avoid systematic errors and see how truly 'rational' decision makers should act."

Financial Services firms recruiting at Rotman in the past two years include:

Prospective students interested in careers in Banking will want to: