Ian
O'Neil

Current Company:

SMU Cox

Title:

Associate Director | MSF, Sr & Jr Finance Career Coach

Education (SMU specific):

BBA Finance

Career Background:

From Undergrad I went to Deloitte and spent 4yrs there as a Tech Strategy and Business Transformation Consultant. I eventually left to found a company in the space of Web3.0 development and education. There I developed gamified educational experiences and conducted corporate education workshops. I have now come back to SMU as a Career Coach and Adjunct Instructor and will be working towards my PMBA while here.

What am I doing – describe your current role and objectives:

• Provide Career Coaching to 73 MSF, 258 Senior, and 265 Junior Finance students (596 total) which includes behavioral/technical/case mock interviews, salary/offer letter negotiation, resume/cover letter reviews and general career exploration meetings • Manage a team of 4 Finance Peer Coaches that provide additional coaching assistance to our finance population • Manage communications and data pertaining to the job search status and placement of our full-time seeking finance candidates • Assist with organizing and hosting events including Finance Exploration Night, Career Fairs, Roundtables, Employer Panels and more • Teach the Managing Your Career class for our full-time MSF students

Connections trying to make:

Would love to connect with anyone interested in speaking / recruiting on campus, potential mentors for the Master of Finance population, and making general / personal connections within the space of finance, technology and consulting