FACCA FINANCE AND CONSULTING CLUB AARHUS
Can we have YOUR attention? We are certain you will not regret it!
This booklet presents you with a short introduction to all the major resources of Finance and Consulting Club Aarhus (FACCA). It enables you to use FACCA to gain competences, expand your horizon, and connect with best-in-class companies. We regard a membership of FACCA as an important tool in designing the career of your dreams. You will enter a world of opportunities for learning and networking and you may even find the stepping stone to your future job.
Yours faithfully, The Executive Board of FACCA
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Are you a student at Aarhus University in your 4th semester or above? Then you are entitled to a free membership of FACCA. We hope this material will inspire you, and we look forward to welcoming you at future FACCA activities. We are sure that you will find a membership more than worthwhile.
OUR VISION
FACCA – the preferred value adding choice for students in Aarhus passionate about finance and consulting in collaboration with trusted partners.
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Events
Miscellaneous
FACCA Events 8 FACCA Groups 10 Investment Camp Aarhus 11 Educational Courses 12 Previous Events 13 FACCA Friday 14
Resources 18 FACCA Alumni 19 FACCA Innovation 20 Corporate Partners 22 Collaborators: Aarhus Symposium 24 Collaborators: Aarhus Case Competition 25 Want to become a Member? 26 The Executive Board 27
Distinctions The FACCA & BCG Award CV-Database & Job Profile
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About FACCA Finance and Consulting Club Aarhus (FACCA) is a student association whose aim is to improve the link between students at Aarhus University and the concurrent job market. We accomplish this by signing partnership agreements with best-in-class companies, both domestically and internationally. Since our launch in 2010, we have proved to be an ideal platform for interaction between our more than 750 members and our 25 top tier corporate partners. We are one of the largest student associations in Aarhus and we host more than 20 exciting and instructive events every year. The Executive Board of FACCA continuously invests efforts in actively engaging students at Aarhus University with an interest in the finance and consulting industry. The objective is to compliment members’ ongoing education with skills, tools, and insights necessary to excel in their preferred career path.
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What we do
Through FACCA Distinctions members can engage in exclusive challenges and opportunities, to showcase their skills and ambition to best-in-class corporate partners.
Resources
FACCA Events are designed for our members to advance their insights and skills while networking with both participating corporate partners and other FACCA members.
Distinctions
Events
In FACCA we have built our organization with the purpose of delivering value to our members. Therefore, we have designed our organization around the following three pillars:
Through FACCA Resources members gain access to valuable, up-to-date information on jobs, events and partner content. Furthermore, our members can also engage directly with the FACCA Alumni Network.
FACCA Innovation
FACCA Innovation is an extension to each channel and is based on input from corporate partners, members and the Executive Board Members. We encourage you to share your ideas. We are listening.
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FACCA Events The FACCA Events are designed for a broad audience with the purpose of offering our members the opportunity to gain insight into the corporate world. The events usually consist of presentations from more than one company in order to illuminate a subject from different perspectives. All events have a specific focus inspired by recent cases or current economic circumstances. Moreover, it is important that the events include an academic content to ensure that our members establish a link between the theoretical curriculum taught at the university and the practical execution.
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The events can be arranged as presentations at Aarhus University or visits to the premises of our corporate partners, where you get the opportunity to explore the atmosphere. We continuously seek to arrange our events in a way that actively includes the participants, e.g. through case solving. The idea is to give our members a feeling of being “on the job�, while the corporate partner gets the opportunity to assess the professional capabilities of the individual participant. All events include a networking session where our members get to socialize with one another and with representatives from the partner companies.
“Through FACCA Events we got in contact with several top students, who are now employed at Quartz+Co� (Mathias Leth Nielsen, Management Consultant at Quartz+Co.)
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FACCA Groups FACCA Groups bring members together with the purpose of hands-on practice. Examples are case competitions and case-solving when preparing for job interviews. An increasing number of employers use case-solving intensively in the job interview process when recruiting new candidates. Knowing how to crack the interview-case and present your results has become a vital factor
whenever you want to excel in a competitive job market. Similarly, case competitions are an activity valued by an increasing number of our members. FACCA Groups are set up to facilitate training and help you acquire the skills needed. We seek to invite relevant aspirators, and we always welcome new group arrangements.
PREPLOUNGE To improve your chances of landing the job of your dreams we have teamed up with the online interview preparation platform, Preplounge. We will use FACCA Groups to show you how you can get the most out of your training with Preplounge. You can try out Preplounge for free at www.preplounge.com or purchase a premium account at a discount using the vouchers found in the resources section at www.facca.dk.
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Investment Camp Aarhus … … is a joint venture between FACCA and FinanceLab Aarhus in close collaboration with Danish and international corporate partners (in 2012 DONG Energy, Nordea, Bloomberg and Nykredit participated). ICA aims at training selected members to become highly efficient and skillful employees within the financial sector. This is done by dividing the participants into small groups allowing the students to dig deeper into a particular financial issue suggested by the corporate partners. At each workshop short cases are solved and potential solutions to the cases are presented.
Seats are limited and early registration is recommended.
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Educational Courses During the year we offer some educational courses in order to supply you with skills highly demanded by our corporate partners but not directly offered at the university. The purpose of the courses is simple: To upgrade the skillset among members of FACCA to strengthen their current education and qualify them for their future career. To make sure that we provide courses that are truly value-adding in the corporate world,
we always get inspiration from our corporate partners. The courses have found high popularity among members and are applauded by our partners. Previous courses include the two day intensive VBA course where more than 200 members got an insight into the world of programming and improved their skills within Excel.
“The VBA course enabled me to start using the power of programming at my student job as well as at the university� (Nicolai Lahrmann, HA, 5th semester)
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Examples of previous events: FINANCE DAY PLACE: Arla Foods Head Offce, Sønderhøj 14, 8260 Viby J DATE:
7 March, 2013
TIME:
17:00-20:30
Spend an afternoon with Arla and PwC, and get a solid insight to Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Arla and PwC will lead the participants through the framework of M&A's by using recent real-world cases, while exploring the different elements of an M&A in the process.
FACCA Female
- in collaboration with KØN PLACE: E2, Campus Fuglesangs Alle DATE:
8 May, 2013
TIME:
17:00-21:00
Thor Hvid, Head of M&A at Arla, will guide you through the nancing aspects unique to Arla as a co-op, and use their freshly signed deal with the Chinese dairy giant, Mengniu, as a showcase. Carsten Hemme, Head of Deals SMV at PwC, will take you through a current case to enlighten you on the practical matters pertaining M&A’s. Sign up for this event if you are looking for an exciting and informative afternoon, where you really get a chance to dig deep into the core of M&A’s – right here at Arla’s Head Offce in Aarhus! After the presentations we invite you to stay for dinner along with a networking session. Read more and sign up at www.facca.dk
Ever wondered how you can utilize your female strengths when seeking a professional career? - Then join FACCA and KØN for an evening solely devoted to our female members. At this year’s Female event corporate representatives from Deloitte Consulting and Novo Nordisk will present and illustrate how they made it to the top of their eld by using concrete experiences. The presentations will be followed by a paneldebate where you get the chance to ask clarifying questions to the representatives on how to exceed in the corporate world. After the presentations and the debate we will serve a light tapas buffet. Please sign up at www.FACCA.dk or www.kvindeligt.dk
RISK MANAGEMENT PLACE: 1324 - 025 (Tvillingeauditoriet) DATE:
April 18, 2013
TIME:
16:15-20:30
The recent crisis has illustrated how important it is for managers to understand the risk induced by the nancial markets. FACCA is therefore bringing some of the leading Danish companies together for an entire evening with risk management on the agenda. Danske Markets will initiate the evening with their take on how to optimize the use of derivatives for corporate risk management. After that, Nykredit Asset Management shifts the view to the point of the individual investor. Matching the risk and return proole of the investor will be the center of discussion. DONG Energy rounds off the evening with a presentation in their eld of expertise: commodity risk, and how to hedge against it. All three presentations will take on a quantitative approach. To fully th beneet, we strongly advise that you have a solid background in statistics and quantitative nance in general. Sign up on www.facca.dk
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FACCA Friday FACCA Fridays are casual monthly networking events that enable you to expand your network to include other FACCA members and corporate partners. It is a pleasant way to round off a busy week and enjoy social interaction in a relaxed atmosphere. FACCA Fridays are open to all members and resemble an after-work social get-together more than an academic event. Furthermore, we seek to invite relevant partner professionals to take part in the afternoon.
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Distinctions FACCA Distinctions allow corporate partners to engage with selected ambitious and driven members through exclusive challenges and opportunities. FACCA Distinctions include “The FACCA and BCG Award” in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group and the CV-Database and Job Profile, which allow flourishing members to stand out and distinguish themselves.
Did you know that … You can keep your personal calendar automatically updated with upcoming events. To do this, add a subscription to www.facca.dk/calender to your preferred calender program.
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The FACCA and BCG Award The FACCA and BCG Award is a unique opportunity to be honored and rewarded as an outstanding member of FACCA. The award is given annually in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Selected applicants will be invited for a day where they get the opportunity to practice case-solving with other students of diverse backgrounds and to try out a real life case interview in a safe environment. BCG consultants will provide comments on the applicants’ case-solving abilities and feedback on a personal interview along with recommended areas of development.
Afterwards all participants are invited for an exclusive dinner that reward outstanding members of FACCA. One scholarship will be awarded to a student, who has demonstrated a strong desire to excel, ability to perform and commitment to teamwork. Further, one scholarship will be awarded to a student who has engaged in remarkable extracurricular activities. To apply for the award upload your CV and grade transcripts at www.facca.dk. Selected applicants are expected to participate in the afternoon case-solving session and the following Award Dinner.
“Several previous applicants for the FACCA and BCG Award Dinner are today consultants at BCG” (The Boston Consulting Group)
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CV-Database & Job Profile It is a central part of FACCA to provide you with the opportunity of showcasing your skills to our corporate partners. Thus, to become a member you are required to fill in a profile and upload a CV to our CV-database. We encourage you to update your CV on a regular basis as our corporate partners use the CV-database to look for members with profiles that match their needs. Confirmed examples show that corporate part-
ners use the CV-database actively to spot potential employees and arrange for presentations to fit the profile of participants. All uploaded information and CV’s are treated confidentially and deleted automatically upon graduation or discontinuation of membership. The information is only available to our corporate partners and the executive board member in charge of assessing the objective membership requirements.
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Resources The resource section on www.facca.dk provides relevant information that helps you get ahead both academically and professionally. The resource section is divided into five subsections all described in detail below: Job Bank: Do you want information about the latest and most relevant student, full time or internship positions available from our corporate partners? This is the place. Partner Content: Do you want exclusive material from our corporate partners such as particularly interesting articles, blogs about their business, and much more? Here you have it. Event Slides: Did you miss out on one of our events? In this section we upload information from our events that is not protected by copyrights. FACCA Content: Everything we consider essential for our members is compiled and uploaded in one place easily accessible to our members. Links: We provide you with updated academic information, which is directly applicable in a study context at Aarhus University. Guides and links to everything from summer schools to relevant reports and links to the European Central Bank, New York Stock Exchange and much more are available here.
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FACCA Alumni FACCA Alumni is a unique network which enables former and current members to share experiences, knowledge and interests to their mutual benefit. Graduated former members can benefit from FACCA’s resources by staying in touch with other alumni and build a bridge to current mem-
bers after graduation. Current members can use the platform to get in touch with former FACCA members now employed in a variety of industries. All FACCA Alumni shown in the FACCA Alumni section on www.facca.dk have actively expressed a willingness to interact with current members of FACCA. Thus, do not hesitate to contact them.
“The FACCA Alumni network has enabled me to retain and improve my social and professional network with both students who have graduated and students currently enrolled at Aarhus University” Emil Stamp, Associate at BCG
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FACCA Innovation In FACCA we believe that innovation is one of the keys to our strong and positive development over the past years. Our strong adherence to innovation entails continuous interaction with corporate partners and members in order to receive valuable input. To keep a close link to our stakeholders we have created FACCA Innovation. By using FACCA Innovation you can influence the development of FACCA in all directions.
Among other things it gives you the opportunity to organize and execute an event for other students in Aarhus in collaboration with FACCA. No matter what kind of idea you might have, please do not hesitate to submit it to: ideas@facca.dk. Upon acceptance of an idea you will work closely with one or more board members of FACCA and, if applicable, the participating partners.
We encourage you to share your idea. We are listening.
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Do you want to take part in shaping the best student association in Aarhus? … Then you should consider being a part of the Executive Board of FACCA. We strive to offer our Executive Board Members continuous opportunities for personal and professional development within our organisation. We offer a lot of responsibility, close dialogue with professionals, access to a first-class network while working in an ambitious and fun environment. Simply a large and unique platform of opportunities.
If you want to take part then do not hesitate to send us an email at mail@facca.dk or keep an eye out for our vacancies. We are always looking for new Executive Board Members to improve the organization. We look forward to hearing from you.
“If you have worked as an Executive Board Member of FACCA and the employer is aware of the professionalism of the association, your possibilities of getting the job will increase significantly.” (Rune Møller, Senior Director, Corporate Banking, Jyske Bank)
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Corporate Partners In FACCA we seek to have an exclusive and broad portfolio of partners that are of the highest relevance for students with an interest in finance and consulting. For the academic year 2013/2014 we are collaborating with the following partners:
FIH PARTNERS INVESTMENT BANKING
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“We hired 6 people from Aarhus University to join Nykredit’s graduate program in the fall of 2013. The awareness of us as a potential work place and the finance graduate positions we offer are to a large extent due to the successful collaboration with FACCA” (Helle Rose Jørgensen, Specialist, Employer Branding, Nykredit)
“After we started our collaboration with FACCA, Aarhus University has become a prime target for our recruiting” (Martin Wiig, Senior Vice President at Handelsbanken Capital Markets)
“FACCA is our preferred channel to recruit new Analysts from Aarhus. Especially, we pay close attention to skilled bachelor students considering pursuing graduate studies in Copenhagen, enabling them to work part-time for us during their masters program” (Louise Rasmussen, Vice president at FIH Partners)
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Collaborators As we continuously strive to provide you with ways in which you can excel, we are proud to have entered into collaborations with the following organizations:
Aarhus Symposium Leaders of today connecting with leaders of tomorrow
Aarhus Symposium is a student-driven event of international class that takes place in the ambient surroundings of Søauditorierne at Aarhus University. A strong panel of top business executives and key decision makers are invited every year to share their experiences and views on carefully selected topics under the main theme “Global Challenges”. Aarhus Symposium constitutes a unique platform where students can gain valuable inFor more details visit www.aarhus-symposium.org Follow us online: Facebook: www.facebook.com/AarhusSymposium Twitter: @AarhusSymposium LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/aarhus-symposium
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sights and engage in discussions with experienced top business professionals. Aarhus Symposium is an annual event organised by a non-profit association of a group of students enrolled at Aarhus University
Collaborators Aarhus Case Competition Aarhus Case Competition (ACC) is a competition, where students compete in providing the best possible solution to a real life business case presented by a major global company. The mission of ACC is to prepare business students for a business career - bridging the business and academic world. ACC is one of the nine business units in Studenterlauget, and has for the last two years hosted the only Danish case competition exclusively for Nordic business students. In a week of intense case solving, nine teams are competing and only the three best teams will present their results to a jury consisting of CEO‘s, top executives and a large audience.
ACC is an opportunity for students to develop their business skills, and by participating you will improve your educational level and practical experience, as well as facilitate a chance to excel in your future career. www.aarhuscasecompetition.com
AARHUS CASE COMPETITION
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Want to become a member of FACCA? Becoming a member of FACCA is easy. You sign up by entering www.facca.dk in your browser and then proceeding to the membership section. Please note that a membership of FACCA is FREE. A membership of FACCA helps you kick-start your career as you will: … meet professionals and learn how to interact with best-in-class companies … develop competences at boot camps relevant for your future career … learn how to excel at job interviews in case groups … have exclusive access to job postings … expand your network to include other ambitious students at Aarhus University … be able to apply for the FACCA and BCG Award … and much much more …
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The Executive Board Presidency Bastian Stemann Lau (President)
Members bastian.stemann.lau@facca.dk
Joen Vinther Møller (Vice President) joen.vinther.moller@facca.dk
Hannah Larsen (Head of Group)
hannah.larsen@facca.dk
Maria Astrup Jensen
maria.astrup.jensen@facca.dk
Anne Lundgaard Hansen
anne.lundgaard.hansen@facca.dk
Finance Andreas Kristoffersen
andreas.kristoffersen@facca.dk
External Relations Mette Overbeck (Head of Group)
mette.overbeck@facca.dk
Activities
Rasmus Kristensen
rasmus.kristensen@facca.dk
Joen Vinther Møller (Head of Group) joen.vinther.moller@facca.dk
Sofie W. Gildsig
sofie.westergaard.gildsig@facca.dk
Niels Leest Storgaard
niels.leest.storgaard@facca.dk
Thyge Ryom Enggaard
thyge.ryom.enggaard@facca.dk
Internal Relations
Anders Klitholm Jessen
anders.klitholm.jessen@facca.dk
Bastian Stemann Lau (Head of Group) bastian.stemann.lau@facca.dk
Oskar Harmsen
oskar.harmsen@facca.dk
Janus Winther Høy
janus.winther.hoey@facca.dk
Kristian Tanggaard
kristian.tanggaard@facca.dk
Mette Norlyk Madsen
mette.norlyk.madsen@facca.dk
Marketing Simon Hartington (Head of Group)
simon.hartington@facca.dk
Kristina Thejls
kristina.thejls@facca.dk
Alexander Bitzow Pedersen
alexander.pedersen@facca.dk
Kasper Lind Hougaard
kasper.lind.hougaard@facca.dk
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FACCA FINANCE AND CONSULTING CLUB AARHUS
Contact Information Finance and Consulting Club Aarhus (FACCA) Finance and Consulting Club Aarhus (FACCA) Business and Social Sciences,
Aarhus University Fuglesangs Allé 4 8210 Aarhus V Denmark
General inquires
info@facca.dk
Membership
membership@facca.dk
Partner Inquries
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partners@facca.dk