Looking to break into a career in Financial Services?
FinTrU is a multi-award winning financial services company that is committed to giving local talent the opportunity to work on a global stage with the largest international investment banks. Based in Belfast and London, FinTrU provides its clients with high quality, cost-effective, near-shore resourcing solutions.
The FinTrU Financial Services Academy is supported by the Department for the Economy and delivered in partnership with Belfast Metropolitan College and Ulster University. It is a 5-6 week programme, designed to provide graduates with the core skills needed to take up exciting new graduate roles in FinTrU’s Belfast Centre of Excellence. Graduates selected to join the programme will receive practical, real world training and have the opportunity to work within FinTrU’s main product areas; Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations, KYC and Consultancy.
Successful Academy participants will have the opportunity to complete level 1 of the Investment Operating Certificate (IOC) through CISI and a potential offer of employment. The selection process will include an aptitude test and an interview/team exercise. Training for successful applicants will take place in Greater Belfast.
Previous experience is not required but graduates must hold at least a 2.2 in any discipline. For the duration of the programme participants will be paid £150 training allowance per week plus travel expenses
For more information and to view a promotional video regarding the FinTrU Financial Services Academy, please click here.
For further information please email your enquiry to assuredskills@economy-ni.gov.uk
Successful applicants claiming Job Seekers Allowance can contact their local Jobs and Benefits office to have a ‘Better off Calculation’ carried out before proceeding with the programme. Applications are welcome from those who meet the criteria irrespective of religious belief, political opinion, age, sexual orientation, disability, race, marital status, gender, whether or not they have dependents and women returning to the workforce.
Applications are welcome from those who meet the criteria irrespective of religious belief, political opinion, age, sexual orientation, disability, race, marital status, gender, whether or not they have dependents and women returning to the workforce.
Psychometrics are assessments which measure individual differences in many areas including personality, motivation, aptitude and abilities.
Psychometric assessments are a common part of the selection process and enable organisations to better understand candidates and determine if they have the skills for the job.
For best results, Mindmill recommend the assessments are completed in a test-like environment. Any possible distractions should be turned off, for example mobile phones, TV, music. Concentration is needed throughout the assessments, so if you are completing it at home or work, ensure other people are aware they should not disturb you until you are finished.
Candidates will not receive their individual results on the assessments. All candidates will be informed if they have met the criteria or failed to meet the criteria by a standardised email only.
Candidates can review the practice test booklet on this website. Candidates can look through the relevant assessments on the practice booklet to familiarise themselves with the type of questions they will be asked on the day of testing. During the actual test, candidates will also be given practice questions before each assessment to ensure they understand the questions before beginning the timed assessment.
No. The Mindmill Cognitive Assessments have been developed by item generation theory which indicates new questions can appear for every test. There are no right or wrong answers in personality questionnaires. Mindmill Personality questionnaire has inbuilt warning mechanisms to determine results which may have been distorted or faked.
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For optimum performance it is advised that all assessments should be completed in one session. This should be carried out under test conditions; a quiet environment with no interruptions. However, if a situation arises where the assessments cannot be fully completed by a candidate, they can log back into the system at another time and continue from the last fully completed assessment.
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