Pros
PTO is generous. Low-stakes environment. Work-life balance is solid. You can coast pretty easily without much trouble.
Cons
First and foremost the title they sell, “financial analyst”, is not accurate in any way, shape, or form. You cannot accurately describe this position as “finance”. A majority of the responsibility is copying and pasting and acting as an eternal middle man between borrowers, investors, rating agencies, etc. Do not go into this job expecting to obtain valuable experience learning financial analysis, budgeting, or anything of that nature. The majority of what you do is simply copying and pasting. Describing the job function as “tedious” is the understatement of the century. I implore anyone looking to join Key to look into what exactly “Loan Surveillance” is before signing up. Second, the pay is average/mediocre and the turnover rate is high. Most smart people leave the bank or get promoted. It is very difficult to leverage what you “learned” here in interviews as it is pretty minimal and not transferable, so most settle for getting promoted within the bank. Third, the culture is pretty bad. Management are notorious bad-mouthers and pick people to scapegoat and get mad at for not meeting expectations. Often these expectations weren’t made clear at all. To summarize, I don’t recommend this role to anyone who sees themselves as ambitious. If you are looking for a job where you can just collect a paycheck without much effort, then perhaps this is for you. But avoid getting on management’s bad side because they hold on to grudges.