Resources
Club Resources
The Wall Street Club Vice Presidents focus on the various aspects of exploring and preparing for careers in financial services. The resources below highlight the role of each VP and include relevant information that serve as an overview for interested students.
Alternative Careers
The Alternative Careers Officer aims to provide support and guidance for those students interested in careers outside of the traditional investment banking, sales and trading, and private wealth management jobs. These include areas such as private equity, real estate, and various buyside positions. Each year, the officer hosts an informational meeting for underclassmen on the different careers, including a panel of upperclassmen who have had alternative experience. Additionally, they offer continual support for students by communicating internship opportunities available, mentoring on networking and resumes, and otherwise guiding preparation for alternative career internship and full-time interviews.
Debt Careers (Restructuring / Credit Investing)
Education
The Education section of the Wall Street Club aims to ensure all students are well equipped to handle technical interviews and common financial concepts. The Vice Presidents of Education lead a fall workshop series before recruiting begins. The series is comprised of 5 workshops: Financial Statements / Accounting, Comparable Companies Analysis, DCF Modeling, LBO Modeling, and M&A Modeling. The VPs are responsible for both creating and presenting the content of the workshops, as well as interacting with students to ensure effective preparation before recruiting across a wide variety of positions, including Investment Banking, Private Equity, and more.
Session 1 - Accounting Overview
Interview Preparation
Th VP of Interview Preparation is centered around preparing students for any interview they may have - from first round behavioral interviews with a bulge bracket bank, super-day interviews at a boutique investment bank, or a phone screen for an asset management firm. We mentor students throughout the year to ensure they were both fully prepared for any variation of technical/behavioral interview question and also were able to properly communicate their 'story' and differentiate themselves. This culminated in an 'investment banking recruiting workshop' in which presented the nuances of the recruiting process to sophomore students in the Mendoza College of Business and prepared them for the accelerated recruitment process.
Markets and Skills
The VP of Skills and Markets has two main functions. First, the VP is in charge of organizing and running the Modeling series workshop in conjunction with NDIGI. This requires contacting and coordinating with former alumni in order for them to help lead the sessions. In addition, the modeling workshop requires other senior help and other logistical challenges. The second function or the VP of Skills and Markets is to give occasional market updates during the weekly Wall Street Club meetings.
Financial Modeling Seminar 2020
Financial Modeling Seminar Excel (Student) 2020
Financial Modeling Seminar Excel (Key) 2020
Mentoring
The mentoring Vice President is in charge of the Wall Street Club's mentor program. The mentor program pairs senior mentors who have just finished their internships with freshmen and sophomore students who are seeking to learn more about careers on Wall Street and recruiting. Underclassmen are paired with mentors based on the division and location they are interested in potentially working. Mentees can reach out to their mentors informally throughout the year with any questions they may have.
Diversity
The Vice President of Diversity is responsible for promoting inclusivity and ensuring diverse representation among members. This involves developing recruitment strategies to attract individuals from underrepresented backgrounds and organizing events and workshops focused on diversity opportunities. The VP collaborates with other student organizations to enhance diversity initiatives, voice their experiences, implement mentorship, and advocate for policies that promote equity within the club. By focusing on these areas, the VP helps create a more inclusive environment that enriches learning and collaboration within the finance club.
Non-Business Majors
The Vice-President of Non-Business Outreach is tasked with being the liaison between non-business majors at Notre Dame and opportunities in the financial services industry. Responsibilities include developing workshops and panels to increase awareness of opportunities within the industry, meeting with non-business underclassmen that are hoping to get into the field, and continuing the dialogue with non-business major department heads in order to deliver communications to students within various academic branches.
Underclassman Outreach
The Vice Presidents for Underclassmen Outreach, seek to introduce younger students to the variety of opportunities available on Wall Street. Educating students early and connecting them with resources on campus has become increasingly important as the internship recruiting process moved up for many areas of finance in recent years.
In addition to meeting with students individually and presenting at select WSC meetings, we also partnered with the Notre Dame career center to host bi-weekly freshman learning labs. During these hour-long sessions, we provided an overview of the different areas of finance and spoke about our own recruiting and internship experiences. Another important aspect of our position is to guide students in taking the next steps in their career discernment process, for example attending company information sessions, joining other business clubs, or connecting with qualified upperclassmen.
Athletics
The student athlete liaison for the Wall Street Club assists student athletes in getting internships and full time jobs in the financial services industry. Student athletes are at a particular disadvantage in an environment where most students have multiple internship experiences on their resumes prior to applying for full time jobs. Student athletes are often expected to be on campus over the summer, giving them limited opportunities to get the same work experience as other students. The best resource for younger student athletes to navigate the career search and interview processes is upper-class student athletes who have recently gone through the unique process.
This year the club rolled out new initiatives for student athletes. Individual meetings and group sessions as well as small panel discussions have been continued from previous years. The goal of these meetings is to give high-level advice and career discernment thoughts to younger student athletes. A series of mock interviews were also conducted to support student athletes currently in the interview process. A new initiative this year was the addition of the student athlete externship program. The program is a 2-week externship in New York City with a hedge fund managed by a Notre Dame graduate in the period of time between the end of the spring semester and the start of summer school. In its first year, 4 student athletes from various sports teams were selected and will participate in the program. The program will expand to different geographies and greater scale in the coming years.
WSC Student Athlete Finance Advice
Other Resources
Notre Dame Wall Street Club Contacts Database
In addition to the Wall Street Club, there are several other organizations that are open to students. A few of those groups are listed below, and we encourage you to get involved and further explore careers, build financial skills, and give back to the community.
Other Clubs, Organizations and Resources
- Center for Career Development
- Institute for Global Investing
- SIBC Finance Division
- Investment Club
- JIFFI
- Unleashed Social Ventures
- IDEA Center