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Employment Opportunities

We prepare our students for a variety of roles in the financial industry and launch graduates into competitive careers.

Graduates from the MFM program secure positions that include:
Credit Risk AnalystData ScientistEquities Trader
Fixed Income AnalystInvestment ManagerMarket Risk Analyst
Model Validation AnalystOperational Risk AnalystPortfolio Manager
Quantitative AnalystQuantitative DeveloperQuantitative Trader
Quantitative ResearcherRisk Data EngineerTrading Risk Analyst

Average Starting Salary: $112,000

Average Sign-On Bonus: $13,000

100% Employment 6 Months After Graduation

Helping You Succeed!

Regional and National Employers

Many of these same companies have offered summer and academic term internships to our students, paving the way for full time placement upon graduation. While the majority of MFM students secure summer internships, we also offer a summer industry-based project, in which students apply financial mathematics tools to solve complex, real world problems while being coached and guided by industry mentors.

Commercial and Investment Banks

Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, Citibank, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, Discover Financial Services, First Citizens Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, KeyBank, Local Government Federal Credit Union, Morgan Stanley, M&T Bank, PNC Bank, RBC, State Employees Credit Union, TRUIST (BB&T/Suntrust), UBS, US Bank, Wells Fargo, Zion Bank

Investments and Funds

Altrius Capital, Blackrock, Captrust, Charles Schwab, Fidelity, NC State’s Treasury Fund., QMS Capital Management, State Street, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard

Insurance

Allianz, Geico, Genworth, Munich Re America, National General Insurance

Accounting and Rating Agencies

Deloitte, Ernest & Young, KPMG International, Moody’s Analytics, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Consulting

Financial Risk Group, Mazars UK, McKinsey & Co., Tata Consultancy Services

Software and Information Technology

Andrew Davidson & Co, Maxpoint,  Redhat, SAS, Amazon, Ant Group, ByteDance, Facebook, Google

Government, Regulatory and Power

Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, NASDAQ, Duke Energy