In this episode, Nolan Piatkowski describes his career path and current role as a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst at IMAX. He received his bachelor's degree from Northeastern University in Finance and Business Analytics. His work experience includes working as an FP&A Coop at Salsify and as a Corporate Finance Coop at Boston Consulting Group. We discuss:
His current role:
0:44 - Overview of his current role
1:36 - His roles and responsibilities
2:33 - The timeline of his tasks
6:27 - How many projects he works on simultaneously
7:03 - What a typical day looks like
7:39 - How social his role is
8:34 - How collaborative his assignments are
9:47 - What he likes about the role
10:40 - Challenges of the role
12:00 - What the training was like
13:12 - Examples of specialties within IMAX
Career path:
14:17 - What made him interested in finance
14:54 - Why he wanted to be an FP&A analyst
15:41 - Factors he did and didn't want in a role
Advice:
17:12 - Advice on how to explore career options
18:25 - Advice when applying to jobs
19:27 - Networking advice
20:43 - Advice on how to set yourself up for success
22:25 - General career advice
