There's some evidence that the finance job market is already tightening a little bit for junior bankers who are trying to move up those ranks. And now they're really pushing to see a different set of skills as opposed to what they were maybe two or three years back. So on the one hand, there's an argument that hiring for your analyst because you're using AI narrows the talent pool that you can hire from and have people rise up in bank. On the other hand, it may actually mean you have more competition for those roles and you have to work harder to stand out.
Ever pulled an all-nighter to prepare a pitch, or had your weekend ruined by a last-minute fire drill from your MD? Imagine if artificial intelligence could crunch the numbers and format the slidedeck for you. What would you do with the extra free time?
But also, what valuable, formative experiences might you miss out on if you could outsource rote tasks to technology? And how might that change the culture of your institution?
Everyone’s talking about AI, and how it could revolutionize basically everything. We wanted to figure out what it might mean — both good and bad — for the debt markets, so 9fin reporters William Hoffman and Shubham Saharan hit the phones for some philosophical conversations.
In this week’s episode of the podcast, we’re asking: is AI coming for your finance job?