I feel the same way about your situation. I want to point out that the financial industry is not an abstract job, but also a very hard job.
You are a translator yourself, and now you have to change careers. It is possible that your past experience is not useful. I hope you will carefully consider the cost of changing careers.
You can consider trying a translation position in a Japanese-funded bank, which is likely to be successful, and at the same time apply for a master's degree with the same qualifications in your own position. After getting familiar with the banking business, I am slowly considering the possibility of changing jobs or going to a branch of a Chinese bank. In order to keep employees stable, most large enterprises will not offer too many job transfer opportunities on their own initiative, lest employees be impetuous!
If you really don't want to continue your translation work, or there is no suitable job opportunity. I suggest you take the postgraduate entrance examination. Improve your study level before facing the competition in the workplace! At present, funds, brokers, insurance asset management and other good jobs are all started by master students or old employees with many years of experience. The probability of recruiting a non-professional and inexperienced employee is too small. You think carefully about your own strength.
I feel that if you think that car companies are well paid, it is better to invest seriously. To tell the truth, it is difficult for fresh graduates to find high-paying jobs now. Even if you enter banks, funds, brokers and other general branches. In the financial industry, the starting salary of fresh graduates is not much higher than that of PricewaterhouseCoopers. If you need money in the future, it is better to keep a high-paying position. If you really like finance and look for a job at the current level, you may only be engaged in a relatively junior position in the financial industry, such as a bank teller or a salesperson of a third-party wealth management company. Personal views are for reference only!
Personal comments on your career change path;
1. Return to the Big Four and the Grassland. Take the CPA exam (because I have prepared four major tasks before), I have an idea. Will the professional background of car companies be a plus item? Because I know that the audit department of PricewaterhouseCoopers is divided into customer groups, such as financial group and heavy industry energy group; (It is definitely a plus item, but now the four major tasks are very hard. After working overtime to 12, the probability of job-hopping to the bank is high, and the probability of going to funds, brokers and asset management is small. )
2. Financial planner, starting with assistant financial planner. I minored in insurance during my college years, and I am interested in financial planning. I also know that this is a sunrise industry. But my only concern now is whether being a financial planner should start with the sales of financial products. Because the domestic financial planning consulting service seems immature, many so-called financial planners have become vassals of insurance companies or banks? (Except for a few excellent financial planners in the industry, most of them are salespeople, and they get commissions according to their sales performance. If you behave well, you will be paid well.)
3. take CFA. Because I don't come from finance or even business, changing careers should be a big disadvantage for me, so I have to take a certificate to make up for it. I don't know if this idea is naive and feasible (it is difficult to prove, suitable for the asset management industry)
4. Transfer jobs within the company, enter the finance department, and then make plans. I wonder if the industrial finance background is the advantage of switching to finance? Whether the feasibility is strong or not (consult relevant personnel for details)
5. Take advantage of Japanese and start with Japanese financial institutions. But as far as I know, Japanese-funded financial institutions in China, such as Sumitomo Mitsui, Mitsubishi Bank and Tokyo Marine Fire Insurance Company, are basically small in scale and single in business. The specific things are done by the Japanese and assisted by the China people. The circle is small and the compatibility is poor. So, if you are interested in doing finance, don't go to Japan (personally, it is feasible).
6. Postgraduate entrance examination