City CV

Banking and finance CV writing services

Specialist CV writing, LinkedIn and career support for banking and financial-services professionals competing in demanding global markets.

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Banking and finance professionals in the City

Est. 2008Career expertise built in the City
40,000+Clients supported
74% clientsThrough recommendations
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Does your CV demonstrate your commercial impact?

Banking and financial-services recruitment is highly specialised. Employers expect candidates to understand their products, markets, clients and regulatory environment while showing clear evidence of commercial contribution.

Your CV needs to communicate more than a list of positions. It should make the scale of your work visible through deal values, assets, revenue, risk exposure, portfolio performance, operational improvements and stakeholder influence where relevant.

Our team includes former bankers, traders, analysts, wealth managers and financial-services recruiters. We help you present your experience in the language and context expected across the buyside, sellside, risk, operations and wealth markets.

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Banking and finance CV writing

A professionally written CV that connects your market expertise, achievements and commercial contribution to your target role.

  • Position your experience for the relevant product, function and institution.
  • Quantify deal activity, revenue, assets, risk or operational impact.
  • Balance technical detail with a clear account of your wider value.

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LinkedIn profile writing

A stronger professional presence that improves how financial-services recruiters understand and find you.

  • Align your profile with your CV and target market.
  • Use relevant product, function and sector terminology.
  • Communicate your expertise without creating unnecessary compliance risk.

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Cover letters and applications

Targeted writing that connects your experience to the institution, team, mandate and opportunity.

  • Explain your motivation and fit beyond your CV.
  • Prioritise relevant transactions, portfolios, clients or operational outcomes.
  • Create a strong structure for future financial-services applications.

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Career and interview coaching

One-to-one support for banking career decisions, lateral moves, promotion, redundancy and interviews.

  • Clarify your direction across institutions, functions and markets.
  • Prepare evidence for technical, competency and commercial questions.
  • Practise through realistic interviews and direct feedback.

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What financial-services employers need to see

Strong banking and finance positioning makes your specialist knowledge and contribution easy to assess.

Relevant product, market and functional expertise for the target opportunity.

Evidence of revenue, deal, portfolio, client or commercial contribution.

Sound risk, regulatory and operational judgement within complex institutions.

A professional story aligned with the expectations of your chosen market and seniority.

Banking and finance fields we support

Our team understands front-office, investment, control and operational roles across global institutions, specialists and boutiques.

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Investment banking and markets

  • Debt and equity capital markets
  • Leveraged, project and structured finance
  • Sales and trading
  • FICC, derivatives and emerging markets
  • Quantitative trading and analysis

Buyside and alternatives

  • Asset and portfolio management
  • Fund and hedge-fund management
  • Private equity and venture capital
  • Private markets and real estate
  • Distressed and special situations

Risk, control and operations

  • Risk and compliance
  • Product and financial control
  • Operations and trade support
  • Corporate actions and client services
  • Financial-services technology

Wealth, research and relationships

  • Private wealth and financial planning
  • Equity, credit and economic research
  • Product development
  • Client relationship management
  • Corporate and investor engagement

Specialist financial-services expertise

  • Industry experience: writers and coaches from banking, markets, asset management, wealth and financial-services recruitment.
  • Recruitment leadership: Victoria McLean previously managed recruitment at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
  • Market fluency: expertise spanning front office, investment, risk, control, operations and client functions.
  • Established results: clients have secured roles across leading global banks, asset managers, professional-services firms and boutiques.

Banking client result

The City CV team did a great job with my CV. I have just started as a Director in Operational Risk, and a lot of credit goes to the team because I now have exactly the role I wanted.

City CV client
Director of Operational Risk

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Tell us about your experience, target roles and current career situation. We will help you identify the most relevant writing or coaching support.

Frequently asked questions

Have a question about our banking and finance CV writing and career support? These are some of the things clients ask us most often.

Yes. Our team includes former industry professionals and recruiters with experience across investment banking, markets, asset management, wealth, risk, operations and related functions.

Yes. We help you identify relevant evidence such as deal values, revenue, assets, portfolio performance, risk exposure, client growth and operational improvements where these can be disclosed.

Yes. We adapt the content and terminology to the product, function, institution and seniority you are targeting rather than producing a generic financial-services CV.

Yes. We can create consistent positioning across your CV, LinkedIn profile and cover letter while considering professional and regulatory sensitivities.

Yes. Our coaches can help you prepare for technical, competency, commercial and stakeholder questions through focused sessions, mock interviews and detailed feedback.

MDs, C-suite and board-level financial-services leaders can access specialist executive and board career services through Hanover Talent Solutions.