Hi all, would really like to seek your opinion/thoughts about the difficulty of getting a job in UK financial industry from Malaysia.

I used to study in the UK for my bachelor degree, I did not attend one of those prestige uni, but a rather outskirt uni down south. I did accounting and finance for my degree and graduated with a 2:1. When I was a student there I did try to apply for the graduate programmes, but only got to the assessment centre stage.

Yup so here I am back in Malaysia now. I only started my career in the banking industry as credit analyst about 3-4 months ago and I reaaaaaallyyyy wanna get a job in the UK asap. I know it is super difficult to get a sponsorship visa there, I am well prepared for that.

What would you say in terms of how many years I need to actually make it back to London? What role within the banking industry would be an advantage/beneficial or even more sough after in the UK?

Also, I have a few friends who’s an auditor made it back, but so far I have not heard people within the banking industry made it back to UK. Do you guys have friends who worked within the banking industry made it back?

Any thoughts are welcomed!