The Finance Career No One Talks About

You're ambitious, but is Investment Banking really the only path to a huge finance career? Tylor, a Director of Strategic Finance at ProsperOps, started his career at Goldman Sachs as an investment banker and even worked on Uber's IPO. He breaks down how he built a high-impact Strategic Finance career after pivoting from IB, sharing what his day-to-day looks like and the exact path to get there. If you’ve ever wondered how companies invest their resources or what your career could look like after investment banking, here is your playbook.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:33 What Strategic Finance really does
01:03 Example projects
02:48 Why Tylor chose finance
03:51 The most meaningful career moments
05:32 Skills and traits that help you thrive
06:26 How students can start building the right skills today
07:35 Salary progression in Strategic Finance
08:37 Job stability and the future of finance
09:54 Tylor’s full career path (high school → now)
12:34 The ideal playbook to break in
14:58 Advice for students unsure about their path

Connect with Tylor Inaba
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Resources/Tools Mentioned
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