Career Services

Our financial mathematics masters students receive individualized career support.

Your ultimate goal is to get a job that translates your skills and knowledge into organizational impact, and we support you in realizing your aspirations with a focus on career skill development. Your studies in the MFM program will give you a technical tool set that is in high demand, but your ability to translate your knowledge and skills into compelling stories to prospective employers will truly differentiate you as you compete for your dream job.

1-on-1 Career Counseling

Personalized Career Planning

Weekly Career Workshops

Interview Practice

Exclusive Career Resources

Professional Networking

Industry Project

Peer to Peer Learning

Communication Development

Career Development Workshops

In the Fall & Spring semesters, you will attend workshops on career focused topics that include professional networking, building an effective LinkedIn profile, resume and cover letter writing, interviewing, and job search strategies. You will also refine general professional skills such as project management, teamwork, and presentation skills. Together, these lessons will make you more effective as a student and help you compete for and succeed in your work post-graduation.

Industry and Alumni Guest Speakers

During your time in the program you will have the opportunity to meet professionals from a wide range of industries, including diversified financial services, trading, insurance, data analytics, consulting, banking, asset management, and technology, among others. While you may take advantage of speakers organized by the university and open to all students, you will also have the opportunity to participate in exclusive sessions dedicated to MFM students, representing organizations with a history of hiring MFM graduates.

Upcoming Guest Speakers

Team Projects

Our goal is to provide you with as much industry-relevant experience as possible and during the program you will contribute to multiple projects that focus on current issues in quantitative finance. These projects will give you real-world practice with these subjects, but also give you both recent and relevant experiences to highlight on your resume and during interviews with employers. Some projects will be assigned as part of your classes, while others are assigned as developmental opportunities during the summer.

Summer Projects with Industry Mentor

Project experience is a very important part of our student training. Students who do not participate in a summer internship will work full time for 10-12 weeks during the summer on industry originated projects under the supervision of industry mentors. These projects culminate in a final presentation to alumni and industry representatives and these guests will provide feedback and advice to our students.

Interest Rate and Prepayment Models for Mortgage-Backed-Securities
- Sponsor: Bank of America
Hazard Rate PD Models and LGD Models on Fannie Mae Mortgage Loans
- Sponsor: Truist
Loan Application Scorecard Models
- Sponsor: Zions Bank
Optimal Hedge Ratio for Mortgage Portfolio
- Sponsor: Black Knight
Natural Language Processing – Sentiment Analysis
- Sponsor: Wells Fargo
Algorithmic Trading and the Durability of Published Financial Modeling
- Sponsor: QMS Capital Management
Interest-Rate Derivatives Models: Design, Development, and Validation
- Sponsor: JP Morgan Chase
Monthly Model to Forecast VIX Index
- Sponsor: Morgan Stanley

Semester Course Projects

The purpose of semester course projects are to provide students some hands-on experience in solving real problems with the technical skills they have learned in the classroom. Most projects involve real-time data, and students will improve their skills on data cleaning, data analysis, model developing and model validations. Students use data sources that include Bloomberg and various programming languages such as Python, SAS, and R to complete these projects.

Stock Price Forecasting using Machine Learning, Time Series and Deep Learning
Neural Network and Application to Financial Data Analysis
Portfolio Investments and Algorithmic Trading with Jump Diffusions
Bitcoin Futures and Volatility Surface
Portfolio Management and Investor Intuition: The Black-Litterman Model
Assessing Market Opinions on Climate Risk
Impact of Disaster Events on Investments via Financial Contagion
Loss Severity Analysis on Single Family Mortgage Loans

One-on-One Career Coaching

You will begin working one-on-one with our Career Services Director, who has over fifteen years of experience in career services, higher education, and placement services starting from your first week in the program. This partnership will continue throughout your time in the program and as an alum. Career discussions will focus on clarifying your career goals and mapping out a plan to achieve those goals early on, then transition to improving your career skills via extensive practice and feedback. Appointments can be scheduled both virtually or in-person.

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The Bottom Line

We know that you have many choices when selecting a graduate program. We believe that our strategy of layering career skills development, speakers from industry, practical project work, and individualized career coaching on top of a world class core curriculum provides a significant advantage to our students.

If you are ready to take the next step in your career, learn more about how to Run With the Pack at NC State’s Master of Financial Math program.

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