Dilan Gomih
I had the fortune of interning at Bank of
America/Merrill Lynch and one of the things
that surprised me about that summer was I
had so much support.
People were very willing to talk to me about
what they did, and were very open and honest
with me and I'm really excited to say that
since I've joined, it's exactly what I experienced
that intern summer to a greater extent.
I work in foreign exchange, so our markets
are open 24/7, so our clients can be trading,
even while the US is asleep.
I do a lot of analysis of client trends.
I help enable clients to be able to trade
FX electronically.
We help institutional clients hedge their
foreign exchange risk and sell the bank's
liquidity.
I think one of the most rewarding aspects
of my job is just really getting to interact
with clients and I have the fortune of having
a great team that takes me on client meetings
with them and teaches me how to be a better
sales woman.
I describe the culture of Bank of America/Merrill
Lynch as a teamwork environment.
Everybody's in it together and very aware
of the fact that when we work together as
a team and you help each other out, we do
better together.
We have people from all different kinds of
backgrounds, not only just from different
countries, but also from different academic
backgrounds.
I was a political science and African studies
major aka liberal arts, so you would think
that doesn't necessarily mean a traditional
root to finance, but it's actually helped
me so much more in my work, because I'm able
to write and that helps me communicate better,
so don't just shut yourself out of the finance
box because the things that make you unique
are actually really important to the Bank
of America and it makes us better as a firm.
