At Infosys, I trained in SAP Finance & Controlling but worked on an SAP Materials Management project. If you think that’s weird to be trained in one domain and ending up working in a totally different one. Then read on, I promise my professional journey continues to on this very theme and with Finance the protagonist.
So, fast forward to my choice of major which happened to be Marketing, was simply a result of the process of elimination. Like I said, I had a flavor of Finance and Operations in my prior work experience and I couldn’t say either were my “calling”.
Then came Summer Placements where I got to intern with Deloitte Consulting. Yes Point 1. Consulting checked! But they hadn’t told us under which function they were putting us till we reached the office premise on day 1. And you guessed right I was put in Finance. I took it in stride, just because I did not take even a single Finance subject did not mean I couldn’t ace the internship. I think I did get some things right as did receive a PPO from Deloitte at the end of the two months.
Anyway, I did level set with my then manager, that my specialization was Marketing and I would like to align with that if and when I joined them full time. But when the time came, you guessed it right, history repeated – tagged to Finance again. This time around I just smiled to myself as I knew my bed was made and I better lie in it.
That was early 2019. Its been over 3 years and a promotion and a job switch later, still in Finance. Though this alliance was most definitely an arranged marriage of sorts. I think we are a match made in heaven. We didn’t like each other at the start and the road has been bumpy. But we have built a solid foundation for any further surprises that get thrown our way.
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