I’m 28 and the idea of moving to Japan is fun to entertain, but I’m not sure if financially it would come close to making sense unless I were to laterally move into a role in Japan from within my company (Morgan Stanley). I have my financial licensing (SIE, Series 7, and 66) but I do not think those licenses have much use/appeal in Japan. I do not know Japanese, and my confidence in becoming efficient enough to communicate at a native level is low. I understand that is a deal breaker for most circumstances in the Japanese financial industry.
Does anyone in this community work for a US finance company in Japan? Did you move from the US? Is it potentially worth it? How is your work life balance? How’s the pay discrepancy? Do US licenses carry any weight when coming to Japan?
Thanks for anyone’s responses in advance 🙂
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