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MBA Graduates

Your Path to Success Symantec is the world leader in providing solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information and identities. As one of the largest software companies in the world, Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries with 100% of the Fortune 500 using our solutions.
To achieve this level of success, Symantec relies on the talent it continuously attracts. Recent MBA graduates bring a fresh perspective to drive innovation at Symantec. Our objective is to draw the very best people with a variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives from leading business schools and provide MBAs with a work environment where diversity is valued and empowered. Recent MBA graduates will receive support and guidance from executive management to drive their own career paths at Symantec and eventually grow into senior leadership roles at the Company. Symantec offers a number of opportunities across the organization.
MBA Finance Program
Your first role may or may not be in your area of expertise. Don’t worry. We want you to take on new responsibilities and become a capable leader here. We encourage you to change roles and responsibilities to help gain the breadth and depth of experience needed to be successful and make a greater impact at Symantec. Your new career will begin in one of the following areas: Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis, Business Unit Finance, Pricing & Licensing or Investor Relations within the CFO organization. Your role will include a variety of finance and business analysis, such as developing business metrics used to make operating decisions, evaluating acquisitions and new business models, conducting competitive and market analysis, or creating institutional shareholder communications.
Here are some highlights of the program:
  • Role flexibility – you will be encouraged to rotate within the CFO organization after 18 to 24 months
  • Tackle a finance project with other MBAs and work directly with executive management to make business decisions
  • VP mentor, every MBA is assigned a VP mentor
  • Executive lunches
  • MBA buddies are assigned from the previous year's MBA hires
  • Frequent interaction with top executives
  • Diverse work environment
  • Strong fiscal company

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James Beer, Symantec CFO, Introduction to the MBA Program

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